Position type: Full time, seasonal

Season: April 1--June 6, 2025 *possible extension to October 31, 2025

Location: Silver Falls State Park, Sublimity, Oregon (60 miles from Portland, Oregon) 

Compensation: $160/day, 3 days PTO

Perks: Meals provided for trainings and when students are on-site/Basic housing on site and/or staff housing in Salem area/Required certifications sponsored (CPR/First Aid)

Program: Opal Creek Outdoor School

Work schedule: Mondays-Fridays, no overnight, averaging 8 hrs/day

The Outdoor School Guide Opportunity

As an outdoor guide, your classroom will be the forests, creeks, and waterfalls of Silver Falls State Park, Oregon’s most beloved and largest state park and the ancestral home of the Kalapuya and Molalla Tribes. Over the course of 4 day, 3 night overnight programs and day programs, you will lead 5th/6th graders in inquiry-based lessons developed with guidance from Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, The Avarna Group equity consultants, and The BEETLES Project. Students will strengthen their relationships with nature, the land, and each other - understanding that these relationships exist within an interconnected system.

Your spring season will be a combination of training, pre- and post-classroom visits, and multi-day outdoor school. You’ll join a team of guides who all bring their own expertise, passion, and fun to Opal Creek Outdoor School. Through teaching, collaboration, and idea sharing, you’ll play a key role in shaping the outdoor school experience for students and guides for years to come! 

What We’re Looking For

We are less interested in the titles you’ve held and more interested in what you’ve actually done and who you are. A successful candidate will have experience with some combination of the following: 

• 1+ seasons/school years experience as an educator, formal or informal
• 1+ seasons working with youth
• Strong group leadership and management skills
• Clear and adaptable communication skills
• Experience with a diversity of communities and cultural backgrounds, especially Latiné 
• Outdoor enthusiast
• Local ecological knowledge
• Willingness to participate in camp facility tasks including cleaning and stocking of materials
• Able to pass a criminal background check

We are committed to having an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the students we work with, and we highly encourage Latiné, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to apply.