Every autumn the RCD Education Department sponsors a training program designed to prepare new recruits in the field to teach and deliver outdoor education at its program sites.  The training is also taken by regular staff, as topics and speakers vary from year to year.

The training breaks down into two parts.  The first consists of a series of weekly events, running from mid-September to mid-November.  These are scheduled on Tuesdays and take place at various locations in the region of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The second consists of a number of student program observations and co-leads.  These are self-scheduled and carried out on site in parallel to the weekly meetings.  Once trained and certified, educators are paid an hourly rate for the education programs they deliver.

Prior education or training in Environmental Studies is certainly useful, but people with other experience make excellent environmental educators as well.

If you have a genuine interest in ecology and like working with young people; if you enjoy being outside interpreting nature and wish to be part of a community of life-long learners, then think about joining us in the fall.

The complete training schedule for Fall 2011 is posted below.  For more information contact the Education Supervisor at rcdsmm.edu@gmail.com.

 Environmental Training Program_Fall 2011.pdf