Bethany Ricks Email & Phone Number

Apple Valley, Minnesota

Land O' Lakes, Wi

•Mentored teens ages 15-18 at environmental boarding high school as residential life staff member•Offered after school and weekend programs for teens•Developed curriculum for and taught Field Instruction, an outdoor skills class, including aligning classes with Conserve School School-wide Learning Goals and National Standards for Physical Education•Developed curriculum for and taught Stewardship for Life, a colleges and careers class•Led service-learning student groups, including habitat monitoring and plant propagation•Used strong organizational and interpretive skills to restructure and manage social media for Treehaven, an environmental learning center run by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Sept. 2014-Dec. 2014) •Proposed, planned, and executed research project on Functional Motivations of Interpretive Volunteers using quantitative survey and statistical analysis

Saint Paul, Mn

•Managed daily activities of interpretive volunteers•Planned and executed training sessions for adult interpretive volunteers•Revised and organized content and interpretive manuals•Used principles of operant conditioning to ensure safe handling of program animals•Developed and maintained object-based, hands on interpretation carts•Delivered daily public programs, including pinniped and polar bear talks and hosting zookeeper/horticulturist talks

Apple Valley, Mn

•Led overnight programs for schools, scouts, and families, including tours and activity-based classes

Bandon, Or

•Developed informal education programs for use by Shoreline Education for Awareness, a Refuge Friends volunteer group•Developed and presented interpretive programs for Free Flight Bird Rehabilitation, including raptor handling•Co-taught monthly in-class lessons and field trips for 4th and 5th graders as part of the Shorebird Sister Schools Program•Served as a rocky shore interpreter at various locations along the Oregon coast

Bloomington, Mn

•Supervised daily operations for education, box office, and photo departments•Taught onsite, hands-on classes for early childhood-adult, groups of 10-75, including overnight programs•Taught offsite classroom and assembly programs for early childhood-adult, groups of 15-300+, including live animal handling and transport•Represented the aquarium at fairs and marketing events•Developed new curriculum, including shark and squid dissection classes•Interpreted invertebrate and shark/ray touchpools•Provided excellent customer service and executed cash handling procedures

Johns Island, Sc

•Supervised aquarium staff of 4 naturalists•Taught outdoor ecology classes for 1st-12th grade students•Set up and maintained aquarium for animals collected from local estuary•Set up record-keeping system to monitor and maintain water quality

Bloomington, Mn

Master Of Science (Ms), Natural Resources, Emphasis Environmental Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Environmental Studies