Benefits:

Company parties

Competitive salary

Employee discounts

Flexible schedule

Training & development

Position/work starts in Sept of 2024 with options to work for between 5 and 10 weeks thru early Nov. Outdoor School team work starts again in Feb and there may be Winter work for the right candidate. There is work for both Corvallis based candidates and travelling team instructors. Check us out at https://www.coyleoutside.com/join-our-team

This position is for:

Highly flexible and internally motivated individuals with strong work ethic

Those with the ability to work well in a team environment and support larger systems while performing creatively at individual assignments.

Candidates who are oriented toward contribution, making a difference, commitment and a capacity to make sacrifices for a greater cause. We consider it truly a privilege to do this particular work that the state and Oregon state voters founded.

Requirements:

1+ year experience teaching outdoor skills OR

1+ year experience conventional teaching with personal/other significant related outdoor skills experience

Coyle Outside is unique as an approved 'Mobile' Provider for Outdoor School programs in the state of Oregon. These 3-5 day long programs have us providing programs local to Benton County and travelling to sites throughout Oregon to work with 5th and/or 6th grade classes of between 20 and 220 students. This position is both for candidates who are based near/in the Benton County Oregon area who can work locally OR also have the ability to travel. Fall 2024 Programs are Non Residential (multiple day based field trip style - hours typically 7:30-3:30).

Team members commute (or may travel out of region) to program sites (which are typically amazing outdoor parks or camps) the day prior to program start to scout and prep the site with other team members and establish ourselves in the lodging or camping provided at the site (this varies widely but can be a simple as camping or more often is staying in yurts, cabins, lodges or Air BnB). Programming involves teaching Inquiry based outdoor skills lessons that we specialize in including Chemistry thru Fire Building, Habitat thru Shelter Building, Botany/Flora thru Foraging, Geography thru Navigation/Orienteering, Fauna thru Tracking, Woody Plants thru Wood craft, Fishing, Archery, Physics thru Traps, Naturalist Study through Observation/Interpretation etc. Other duties include physical set up and break down of lesson sites, pre briefing and de briefing, coordination and support of other assignments and logistics support.

Outdoor School Programs (and thus our work schedule) occur generally from early Sept thru early/mid Nov and again from mid/late Feb through mid June. There are other Summer positions as Summer Camp Instructor that would be available for candidates looking for continuous work through the Summer (Summer positions pay somewhat less - inquire with us about this) There are one week trainings that occur in Corvallis prior to each season. Every week is different in that they can be an overnight or non residential project. Overnights are more demanding, pay more and are generally most inspiring. Non residential programs are less demanding with guaranteed 8 hour work days (even if we only work 6 or 7) and provide more free time. The most demanding week might look like travelling to a distant site to scout on a Monday (leave at 10am to arrive at 2pm and then scout/set up til 6 or later if necessary), receive students and commence programming on a Tuesday at noon (typical arrival time) and work with them, the school staff and high school chaperone team through the evening each day/night until students depart on a Friday (typically around noon again). Our staff do not sleep in cabins or stay in cabins with students but have separate staff housing. A less demanding week would be at a site within 30 minutes where daily commuting to home is possible. Scout on a Monday afternoon from 2-6 with the team and show up Tues, Wed and Thurs at 7:30 to prep - program - debrief/clean til 3:30 each day.

The ideal candidate for this work

has experience working in teams

experience/competency in 2 or more of the content areas we cover (foraging, fire, tracking, shelter, cordage/knots, knife work, traps, navigation etc.)

experience teaching and working outdoors

is healthy and relatively fit and can work outdoors in poor weather for extended periods

is motivated to be part of what is a unique position, even within the industry of Outdoor Education

is reliably positive and solution focused

Most of our instructor team has life experience working in the outdoors and teaching/mentoring. Instructors are generally highly self sufficient and comfortable responding to and problem solving unpredictable or unforeseen work events.