Jess Ann Rubin Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802) 839-8286 [email protected] 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. _________________________________________________________ Jess Ann Rubin 9 West Street Essex Junction VT 05452 (802) 839-8286 [email protected]
Summary I offer empowering education, accessible skills, tangible practices, & helpful guidance to individuals, institutions, organizations, communities, families, & landscapes which nourish life support networks. _______________________________________________________________
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
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
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
