Workshop Facilitator Part time, volunteer (possible course credit) in-person

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The Student Global Ambassador Program (SGAP Leaders), a nonprofit located in Rockville, Maryland with offices in Montclair, NJ is looking for a self-assured, fully engaged facilitator to lead small group discussions (3-5 students) with middle or high school students about SGAP Leaders climate change/sustainability curriculum and workshops.

The Sustainability Challenge Event is a five-hour workshop that presents students with a real-life case study to ideate climate-change solutions for. The students divide into teams and utilize the perspectives of Subject-Matter Experts to compete with each other to generate the most sustainable and productive outcomes for the given case study. This year, the event will take place at CatholicUniversity and involve ninth-grade students from John F. Kennedy High School's Leadership Academy who have just completed SGAP's Sustainability Challenge Curriculum that was implemented at their high school for ten weeks prior to the event. Throughout the day, students will tour Catholic's campus and enjoy boxed breakfasts and lunches.

SGAP Leaders is a leadership program that empowers our underserved youth (ages 13-18) to take action on real-world problems by using STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to solve sustainability and social justice challenges. Our in-person and virtual workshops, tours and speaker series provide a vehicle for students to develop college and career readiness skills. Students choose the themes for our program which ranges from climate change, teen suicide and mental wellness, to human trafficking (to name a few).

We have impacted 4,200+ students from 78 different schools and school districts in NY, NJ, MD, Washington DC, and Northern VA.

Facilitator Responsibilities:

• Guide one student team
• Encourage respect for all ideas voiced during facilitation.
• Steer conversations about the learning material.
• Extract varied insights from students.
• Track and convey student engagement.
• Oversee all event activities
  

Facilitator Requirements:

• High school diploma.
• Demonstrable and relevant facilitation experience.
• Knowledgeable about routine assessment and moderation operations.
• Ability to drive critical, student-led dialogs about learning material.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Mentoring or TA experience with middle and high school students.
• Knowledge about climate change and clean energy is a plus.
• Respectful, astute, and accommodating.

Background check and online child safety training required.

If you are interested in this position, please forward your resume, a cover letter, and two writing samples to researcher@sgapleaders.org by January 18th, 2021 . Please put in the subject line of your email: Workshop Facilitator

Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis, and we will contact you if we’re interested in scheduling an interview. Please send an email to the above address with questions.