Internship - Interpretation and Education Intern
Program Dates: 8/12/2024 - 1/26/2025 = 24 weeks
About us:
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults. Program participants protect and restore national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks, community green spaces, and much more across the country.
Position Description:
Project Location: Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, TX
Interpretation and Education Intern
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults. Program participants protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks, and community green spaces across the country.
Hours will include office, field, and classroom-based interpretation and education work. Tasks will include creation and production of written and/or print materials, such as site bulletins and website content; drafting of social media posts; interpreting the park's cultural and natural resources for visitors through informal contacts and formal programming; development of lesson plans and other educational materials that meet Texas and national curriculum standards; creation and production of virtual programming; presentation of distance-learning and/or in-classroom education programs; and a variety of related visitor services tasks.
Hours:
Hours will vary based on schedule.
Living allowance: $560.00 per week
One-time relocation travel allowance: $1,100.00
Housing provided
This position qualifies for an AmeriCorps Education Award.
- All allowances are subject to applicable federal, state, and local taxes.
It is SCA's policy that all AmeriCorps-required background checks must return cleared results prior to the position's start; this includes being fingerprinted for the FBI check. Otherwise, the AmeriCorps award will be removed or the position's start date will be delayed due to non-compliance.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
For SCA's COVID guidance, please refer to www.thesca.org/covid