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Teva Fellow – March 2022-November-2022

TEVA EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP

Description:
Pearlstone is thrilled to announce our new Teva Education Fellowship. This Fellowship is designed to create a vibrant and dynamic Jewish community while facilitating our environmental education programming. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in facilitation, curriculum writing and program development. Fellows will work outdoors and facilitate transformative Jewish environmental education for students and campers as part of the vital Jewish life engaging work of Pearlstone Retreat Center and Outdoor Education Campus.

Teva (nature) is the name of the environmental education programming we do at Pearlstone. Fellows will focus on a school program for Jewish day-schools called Shomrei Adamah (Guardians of the Earth) and our nature-based summer camp called Tiyul Adventure Camp and our Family Farm Camp. During Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot Retreats, the Fellows will have skill-building opportunities to lead sessions to adults, children and families. Pearlstone will provide the Fellows with opportunities to enhance abilities, connect and learn together both within the Fellowship and engage and facilitate Hazon and Pearlstone programming. The Fellows will develop skills through supporting Jewish environmental education programming. Hazon and Pearlstone are committed to the professional development and trajectory of the Teva Education Fellows.

A Teva Education Fellow is nature-inspired, creative, playful, flexible and hard-working. We are looking for educators who are excited to take part in this mission by leading, developing and creating transformational experiences in nature, the AHA moment.

About YOU:
We are looking for Teva educators with a diversity of backgrounds and skills for our program. Musicians, teachers, wilderness leaders, artists, mentors, performers, athletes, scholars and lovers of life are invited! All Teva educators are hired because they have demonstrated strong skills in working with children through prior experience. Teva educators are patient, kind, creative, curious, good listeners and are eager to learn.

About Pearlstone and Hazon:
Pearlstone Retreat Center and Outdoor Education Campus, on 180 acres, is located about 30 minutes north of Baltimore, MD. We have a low and high ropes course, lake, hiking trails, basketball courts, wilderness area, meandering creek, pool, farm and animals. We are proud to be an agency of The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. Pearlstone cultivates a vibrant and sustainable Jewish community for all. We are in final merger negotiations with Hazon. Hazon shares our mission to lead a transformative movement weaving sustainability into the fabric of Jewish life, in order to create a healthier, more sustainable and more equitable world for all.

Please check out our website to learn more about us:
https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/
https://hazon.org/

About Teva:
Teva is the premier Jewish environmental education program in the country. Our four-day Shomrei Adamah program provides transformational experiences in nature for Jewish day school students. Teva was founded in 1994 with the goal of immersing participants in the natural world by providing structured experiences that sensitize participants to nature’s rhythms, help them develop a more meaningful relationship with nature, and deepen their personal connection to Jewish practices and traditions. Teva aims to inspire environmental awareness and activism and engage youth in Jewish culture and tradition. Educators spend their day outside with a group of students, and lead interactive curriculum that focuses on awareness, interconnectedness, ecology, and responsibility. Teva has served over 450 day-schools, congregations, camps, JCCs, youth groups, and other Jewish institutions. More than 100,000 individuals have benefited from Teva’s programs, spanning all Jewish denominations including secular and interfaith groups. Teva educators are sought as an asset in staffing work in the Jewish communal field. Teva’s engaged alumni network are often inspired to careers in environmental, outdoor, farming, and Jewish communal leadership roles. In 2021 Pearlstone became the national home for Teva’s powerful program. In addition to school-based programming, Teva has become the umbrella of environmental educational programming at Pearlstone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZclZEhy54w

https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/programs-events/all-programs-events/teva/

About Tiyul Adventure Camp:
Pearlstone welcomes campers at our day and overnight camps for a transformative summer experience. Be a part of the amazing crew of talented farmers, wilderness experts and fun-loving educators as you help cultivate the adventure. Each unique day of Tiyul Adventure Day Camp engages kids through hands-on skills, beautiful stories, great songs and fun community building. The program welcomes kids to explore our many offerings such as nature hikes, shelter building, fire building, creek walking, swim time, farm to table cooking, high-ropes, animal care and so much more.

https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/programs-events/tiyuladventurecamp/tiyul-adventure-day/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=Z2-DP-ruvWc&feature=emb_logo

Program Dates:
The Teva Education Fellowship will extend from April 3 through November 20, 2022. The Teva season in the Spring is from April 3 – June 2 with the Passover Retreat in April and the Shavuot Retreat in June. The Tiyul Adventure Camp is from June 12 – August 12. The summer season ends with the Family Farm Camp, August 22-28. The Teva Fall season begins in September and ends in November with a Sukkot Retreat in October. There are built in rest weeks for Teva Educators. (Please note all dates are subject to change.)

Responsibilities during Teva:

• Introduce students to the natural world through exploration of the forest, farm and campus of Pearlstone.
• Plan and lead outdoor learning blocks and electives to teach ecological and Jewish concepts, either solo or with a co-educator
• Lead Camp Teva children’s programming during Hazon and Pearlstone holiday retreats
• Work collaboratively with supervisors and colleagues
• Participate in theatrical presentations, large scale games, evening programming and song sessions
• Support programming at meals for students and chaperones
• Participate in Shacharit (morning prayer services) with the participants and add creative educational elements
• Assist with development of curriculum, skits and program materials
• Participate in staff training and development (1/3 of total work time) and learn Teva’s curriculum
• Prepare the site for the week, includes programming materials, set-up and take-down

Responsibilities during Camp:

• Introduce campers between the ages of 6-14 to the natural world through exploration of the forest, farm and campus of Pearlstone
• Create a safe space physically and emotionally for campers
• Plan and lead outdoor camp activities with a co-counselor and a team of specialists (you will be the lead counselor for your group, or possibly a specialist)
• Model Chessed (loving kindness) to all campers
• Work collaboratively with supervisors and colleagues
• Participate in, supervise, and potentially lead, if you are a specialist: adventure programming (high and low ropes, and zip-line), large- and small-scale games, swim time at the pool, arts, farm to table cooking, evening programming and song sessions
• Engage in blessings and song sessions at meals with campers
• Participate in Shacharit (morning prayer services), Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday Shabbat service, and Havdalah (end of Shabbat ritual), possibly adding creative educational elements
• Assist with development of weekly camp schedule
• Participate in camp prep and camp training
• Set up, break down and put away all materials used each day of camp, assist with any cleanup and other logistic needs
• Willingness to work outdoors in hot and inclement weather

Compensation and Benefits:

• Fellows will be paid $500/week
• Health Insurance available (Eligible after 30 days of employment)
• Communal living in an incredible staff communal housing building to create a vibrant community away from work
• Housing with a kosher vegetarian kitchen (meat may be grilled outside), meals when program is in session and other meals when available
• Opportunities to connect and network with dynamic Jewish and environmental leaders
• Develop a supportive, thoughtful engaged community
• Participation in select weekend/holiday programming at Pearlstone
• Professional development and networking opportunities throughout season
• Opportunity to develop hands-on teaching skills in a creative experiential setting
• Participation in cutting-edge ecologically based Jewish community of Pearlstone Retreat Center

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To Apply:
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until positions are filled; please apply expeditiously. Any questions please contact Eli: Ebass@Pearlstonecenter.org

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