Eric Au Email & Phone Number

Oversee planning, content, budgeting, staffing, reporting, and delivery of programming for the Children’s Garden and Garden Apprentice Program. Create and teach training for staff, apprentices, and volunteers, on mentorship, horticulture, and education pedagogy. Create and build partnerships with stakeholders in other departments, nonprofits, and corporate/private funders. Coordinate and facilitate corporate volunteer events in the Children’s Garden alongside the development and events team.Advise and mentor other nonprofits such as Franklin Botanic Garden, Fort Greene Park, and more in the creation of youth development programs.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Lead the design, delivery, and management of a four-tiered, nine-month horticultural apprenticeship program.Coordinate the recruitment and onboarding of up to 60 high school apprentices and 12 college program assistants with an emphasis on creating a diverse and equitable community.Mentor, coach, and train high school and college students in their first professional role at BBG with an emphasis on holistic youth development.Recruit and train staff mentors in holistic youth development pedagogy and regularly meet for feedback. Create and teach over 1000 hours of programs and curriculum centered on science, horticulture, professional development, pedagogy, community and leadership, diversify, and user's interests and needs. Establish and sustain partnerships with nonprofits and community-based organizations to coordinate environmental action projects benefiting the local community, and recruitment purposes. Modernize GAP’s operations by digitizing documentation and workflow, developing and automating application and data collection systems to track learning outcomes, and participant progress, and make data-driven changes to programs.

New York, United States

Design and maintain the live animal collection at the Discovery Room. Use said collection to help engage in science learning with guests. Train and schedule volunteers to work within the Discovery Room in science and museum education.Mentor and coach SALTZ Internship Program participants, CUNY interns, and Bank Street College of Education graduate students in science education, facilitation, and animal husbandry. Design and teach science programs for thousands of visitors at the American Museum of Natural History. Work in cross-functional teams throughout AMNH in our Urban Advantage and Big Crazy Questions programs.

Develop and facilitate site-specific historical and environmental education programs and exhibits for the general public. Recruit, manage, and train 30 High School/University interns, educators, and volunteers to operate programs. Coordinate site visits from funders and develop impactful volunteer events for corporate partners. Maintain the Lefferts Historic House, its grounds, farm plots, museum collection, and database of historical documents with best museum practices.Plan and execute large-scale public environmental/historical education events for thousands of visitors per year.

Create and facilitate environmental education programs with hundreds of visitors daily throughout Prospect Park.Mentor Park Youth Rangers from BASE Highschool in environmental education pedagogy, Design and lead The Audubon Center's annual summer fishing events for families. Design and maintain live animal collection of insects, reptiles, and fishes at the Audubon Society boat house.

Learn and practice urban vegetable farming techniques from The Youth Farms staff.Mentor and teach students of Wingate Highschool in urban agriculture, food systems, and horticulture.Work with staff to maintain The Youth Farm during non-program times.

Assist patrons with computers, printers and scanners at the circulation desk. Retrieving and processing book request from students and faculty. Checking books and other items in and out, shelving, booking & maintaining the study rooms

Work at Brooklyn College Learning Center to work with and tutor students who seek help for their required History 1 course. Create and lead History 1 midterms and finals review.Work one-on-one with students to coach them through writing history term papers.

Design and teach pre-school age students across Brooklyn with a focus on literacy and reading skills.Work with pre-school teachers to design lessons and learning goals for every pre-K student. Work one-on-one with IEP and special needs students along side a counselor to create lessons specific to their learning needs.