Kristen B. Metzger Email & Phone Number

Glendale, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Co-manage a County Contract to implement environmental service learning projects in schools across Los Angeles County, and report on progress and outcomes.- Manage a team of Project Managers who facilitate campus projects with school communities and lead workshops for teachers and administrators.- Organize and teach teacher workshops, develop material such as project guides and toolkits, and align work with the TreePeople mission and the New State Standards.- Collaborate with a leadership team to establish departmental policy and procedure.

- Develop, implement and assess programs for students and educators with Museum staff and partnering institutions.- Support and train staffed educators on the theory and facilitation of student programs.- Create resources and materials for school groups such as downloadable lesson plans and chaperone guides.- Invent and oversee implementation of policies and procedures, align them to program goals and guiding principles.- Perform duties such as updating web content, archiving files, delivering schedules, and writing/sending e-newsletters.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Develop and deliver interpretive programs for museum visitors.- Support evaluation and assessment of programs through peer-critique.- Support programming through tracking program attendance, organizing supplies and providing visitor service.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Provided students with safe and educational after-school science programming.- Practiced large-population classroom management and teaching strategies to support a wide range of student needs. - Work with existing curriculum to foster an enjoyment and understanding of a scientific concepts.

Palmer, Alaska

- Created and delivered interpretive tours to inform visitors about the mission.- Support gift shop operations and aid with animal care when extra help was needed.- Wrote and implemented a pilot summer camp for five to eight-year-olds.

Palmer, Alaska

- Worked with university staff to start the Fully Integrated Environmental Learning and Discovery (FIELD) School.- Invented and managed program policy, protocol and risk management procedures.- Oversaw the development of outdoor, experientially-focused curriculum and educational kits.- Interacted with clients and staff via email, phone and face-to-face to schedule participants and instructors for programs.- Created advertising and outreach materials to attract new clients.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

- Collected and managed water-quality, habitat assessment and instrument calibration/maintenance data in the field.- Worked with a small team for extensive hours completing projects that spanned the course of weeks to months.- Interacted with the public to educate and inform them about the Watershed Management program.

Port Townsend, Washington

- Implemented interpretive and educational programs with K-12 classes, summer camp students, and visitors. - Oversaw a team of volunteers on maintenance projects and worked with fellow educators to provide camp programming.- Performed various duties such as being a cashier, aquarium and museum maintenance, specimen collection and the like.

Ms, Outdoor And Environmental Education

- Extensively researched, developed and taught experiential education curricula alone and within a team, including constructing.

Bs, Biology

- Rekindled my childhood love for being outside while exploring science and nature!