Educator

About Us

Harlem Grown’s mission is to inspire youth to live healthy and ambitious lives through mentorship and hands-on education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition.

Harlem Grown operates 13 urban agricultural sites featuring 5 soil-based urban farms, 4 school gardens, 3 hydroponic greenhouses, and a mushroom chamber. All of our sites are located between 122 and 152 Streets in Central Harlem, Manhattan.

Since 2021, our programming has served over 10,000 youth in Harlem, we've produced and distributed over 100,000 servings of food, and diverted over 50,000 pounds of food scraps into local compost operations.

Our Programs

Harlem Grown provides youth and community development programs focused on urban farming, wellness, and sustainability through the lens of racial justice, food justice, social justice, and equity. Our youth focused programs include intensive school partnerships, educational farm tours, a summer camp, a Saturday enrichment program, monthly community events, an afterschool program, and our Mobile Teaching Kitchen. Our community development programs open to all ages include wellness workshops, special events, food scrap collection for composting, and fresh produce distribution to participants, volunteers, and neighborhood residents.

Job Overview

Harlem Grown is seeking an outgoing and enthusiastic person to assist with the teaching of our educational programs for children ages birth to 18 and their families. The Educator plays a key role in implementing lesson plans in a variety of our community-based programming, including in-schools, after school, community events, and with our Mobile Teaching Kitchen. This person will connect with our community and partners to promote all our educational programming and will participate in the delivery and demonstration of programs alongside Harlem Grown staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Youth for Success
• Teach and/or co-teach engaging, age-appropriate programs for children and their families in our partner schools, on our farms, and at community-based organizations
• Collaborate with the Education Program Manager and other Educators to plan and execute Saturday programming
• Teach and/or co-teach Saturday programming for at our 134th and 127th Street Farms
• Teach and/or co-teach in-school programming
• Co-create affordable, accessible, and culturally responsive recipes to demo on our farms, on our mobile teaching kitchen, and at our partner schools/organizations
• Develop project-based lessons/activities for students to engage in during programming
• Lead educational farm tours for partner schools, non-partner schools, and community-based organizations
• Program Implementation
• Collaborate with Harlem Grown program staff to deliver mobile teaching kitchen programs, including prep work before the programs, and clean up after the programs
• Assist the mobile teaching kitchen staff to maintain the teaching kitchen’s physical upkeep
• Drive truck from time to time to and from events at all our program sites
• Promote the mobile teaching kitchen as an essential part of Harlem Grown’s programs, seeking out opportunities to bring it around the Harlem and New York City community, and working and liaising with our school/community partners to incorporate it into their events and programming
• Represent Harlem Grown at community-based events
• Serve as a role model for youth and reinforce Harlem Grown’s values of honesty, respect, and responsibility
• Work as a team member to support Harlem Grown initiatives and programs
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications: 

• HS Diploma
• 2-3 years experience working with children
• 1-2 years experience leading an afterschool classroom
• Strong organizational, planning, and leadership skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team