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                                       Jess Ann Rubin
                                          Essex Junction, VT 05452
                                    (802) 839-8286    yepeth@gmail.com   
This is my teaching resume; I have an earthworks resume that can be shared upon request                                         


Summary I offer empowering education, accessible skills, tangible practices, research, & helpful guidance to individuals, institutions, organizations, communities, families, & landscapes which nourish life support networks.
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Jess Ann Rubin   9 West Street Essex Junction VT 05452 (802) 839-8286 yepeth@gmail.com
 
Summary 
I offer empowering education, accessible skills, tangible practices, & helpful guidance to individuals, institutions, organizations, communities, families, & landscapes which nourish life support networks. 
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Experience 
 
Assistant Director – Essex Junction, VT                                     2018
Village Kids After School Program
Set up, co-facilitate, instruct youth, supervise mentors, clean up program  
High School Science Teacher
Colchester High School– Colchester, VT                                     2018
Long Term Substitute for 4 earth science and 1 Anatomy & Physiology classes  
Research Technician
UVM Entomology Lab– Burlington, VT                                                2017
Research topics of projects, contribute to methodology, gather data, analyze, write about findings, present at conferences, collaborate  
Founder & Creative Director                                                        2016-Current
Mycoevolve - Burlington, VT 
• Operate ecological restoration service from the soil up for habitat enhancement & watershed conservation 
 
Natural Resources Pre-Tech Program Teacher                       2016 - 2017
Center for Technology – Essex, VT 
• Co – facilitate natural resources program for 10th graders incorporating holistic science, math, english, with technical skills of welding, sugaring, agriculture, carpentry and life skills such as mindfulness, & conscious communication 
 
Co-Lead Nature Awareness Instructor                                       2016 
Vermont Wilderness School ‘Art of Mentoring’ – Plymouth, VT 
• Co – lead 26 teens with 6 other staff in wildland experience involving aboriginal skills, natural history.. 
 
Long term High School Science Teacher Substitute                 2016 
Harwood Union – S. Duxbury, VT 
• Teach chemistry, forensics, environmental science, and biology 
 
Outdoor Educator                                                                         2015 
Community Connections - Montpelier, VT 
• Design & facilitate nature programs for middle school 
 
Founder, Educator, Mentor, Creative Director
Roots and Trails 
– Montpelier, VT (http://rootsandtrails.com) 
2010 – current 
• Facilitate cultural & ecological mentoring programs; ethically rewild landscapes through compost systems, polyculture gardens, watershed restoration, pollinator habitats 
 
Adjunct Environmental Studies Instructor                                2014 - 2016
Community College of Vermont – various centers in VT 
• Teach Introduction to Chemistry, Natural History of Vermont, Earth Science, Environmental Science 
 
Head Outdoor Instructor                                                              2009 - 2017
Lamoille County Nature Center - Morrisville, VT 
• Design and instruct girls wilderness skills program: 'Girls from the Ground Up'. 
 
Outdoor Educator                                                                        2013 - 2015
Lotus Lake Discovery Center - Williamstown, VT 
• Facilitate outdoor challenges, initiatives, games, & overnight programs for school groups & teams to improve awareness, cooperation, communication; help create ecological & riparian curriculum 
 
Middle & High - School Science Teacher (Long Term - Substitute) 2014 
U – 32 School - Montpelier, VT 
• Taught biology, chemistry, AP Biology, Advanced Biology, Anatomy & Physiology 
 
Middle School Math & Science teacher                                     2013 - 2014
Pacem School- Montpelier, VT 
• Taught earth science, chemistry and math through a whole systems science lens 
 
Middle School Science Teacher                                                 2012 - 2013
Lyndon Town School - Lyndonville, VT 
Taught 7 & 8 grade earth, life, & physical science.  Facilitated electives in environmental activism, herbology, trail building, & nature awareness.   
Permaculture & Outdoor Instructor                                           2011 - 2012Kroka - Marlowe, NH 
• Co-led wilderness trips & instructed mini-permaculture course rewilding a pond 
 
Conservation Biology Teaching Assistant                                2011 
Antioch New England - Keene, NH 
• Designed/ facilitated quantitative labs, created rubrics, facilitated discussions, assessed student work. 
 
Earth Systems Engineering Instructor                                       2011 
UVM Governor's Institute - Burlington, VT 
• Co-facilitated earth systems program involving student projects and IESO training. 
 
Corridor Monitor                                                                           2010 - 2012
Green Mountain Club - Waterbury, VT 
• Check on, record, report boundaries, health/condition of wilderness area and create species inventory. 
 
EarthCrafts Instructor                                                                2007 - 2010
Orchard Valley Waldorf School - East Montpelier, VT 
• Facilitated eco education program 3-8 grade: botany, permaculture, nature awareness, primitive skills. 
 
Wilderness Crew Leader                                                            2008 
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps - Richmond, VT 
• Co-led two college wilderness crews; provided job training, supervisory feedback, eco - education 
 
Outdoor Mentor                                                                           2007- 2008 
Earthwalk - Plainfield, VT 
• Co-design and instruct 4th grade outdoor education school program; Co-instruct summer camp program. 
 
Mountain Classroom Instructor                                                2006 - 2007
Appalachian Mountain Club – Gorham, NH 
• Guided school groups on day hikes and hut trips while providing science and wilderness skill curriculum 
 
Wilderness Caregiver                                                                 2006 
Green Mountain Club - Peru, VT 
• Educated hikers on the AT while collecting fees & maintaining trails, shelters, outhouses, and campsites 
 
Research Assistant                                                                    2007 
Trophic Aspen Cascade Project - Waterton, BC Canada 
• Gathered quantitative data on mammal activity & created plant inventory 
 
Education
 
Burlington Master Naturalist Training            Program                          2017
Burlington Parks & Recreation - Burlington, VT
 
Mycology Cultivation Course                                                               2017
May Day Space – Brooklyn, VT
 
Agroforestry; Agroforesty Intensive                                        2017
Valley Clay Plain Forest Farm – New Haven, VT
 
Origins Program; Ancient Living Skills                                   2016
Roots School – Corinth, VT

Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medicine & Recert      2014 - 7
Solo - Lyndonville, VT & Waterbury, VT

Permaculture Educator Certification, Designing Educational Ecosystems Forest Garden Institute - La Vergne, TN                                                    2013

MS in ES Studies & Science Teacher Certification, Environmental Studies  Antioch New England - Keene, NH                                                      2012            

Kamana Level 1, 2, 3, Naturalist Training                                  2009 Wilderness Awareness School - Duvall, WA

Permaculture Design Certification; Permaculture Design       2009 
Winooski Permaculture - Plainfield, VT

ACA, PSIA, ropes course, & wilderness guiding, Outdoor Leadership   2005 Greenfield Community College - Greenfield, MA

Certification in Herbal Medicine, The Science and Art of Herbal Medicine 2005 Sage Mountain - Barre, VT

BA: Eco-Literature/American Indian Studies minor: College Scholar 1998 Dean's List/Cum Laude Cornell University - Ithaca, NY ___________________________________________________________
Skills 
Collaboration, Ecological restoration, permaculture, agroforestry, mentoring, classroom & outdoor education, workshop facilitation, curriculum, research 
 
References

Alyssa Callan, Essex Junction Park & Recreation Supervisor, acallan@ejrp.org, (802) 878-1375

Alicia Daniels, Vermont Master Naturalist Program, Alicia.Daniel@uvm.ed, 802- 862-4734 
 
Jen Gundy, Community College of Vermont Supervisor, Jennifer.Gundy@ccv.edu, (802)-751-0241

Dr. Josef Gorres, University of Vermont Research Supervisor, Jgorres@uvm.edu, (802) 743-4311

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