Seth Winkelhake Email & Phone Number

Leading school field trips for varied age groupsGreeting, setting expectations and teaching wetlands educationWorking closely with other staff and volunteers

Planning, organizing and staffing nature education outreach events both at the Nature Center and at various community locationsTHPRD Natural Resources social media content contributor Working closely with other departments in the park district and other community stakeholdersUsing Microsoft office suite to create attendance, budget and annual reports for.

Developing and implementing educational curriculum for 1st through 5th grade campsUsing language that encourages a positive outcome from youth and staff while teaching wildlife conservationCreating and using affective and cognitive assessment tools to evaluate educational programs

Using Coyote Mentoring and the art of questioning to foster a deep nature connectionLeading opening gratitude circle and closing story of the dayFacilitating games and activities designed to create a deeper nature connection in both students and their parents

Worked with school counselors, volunteers, high school students and host families dailyRecruited and interviewed potential host familiesOrganized and led trainings for volunteers and students

Worked with the public in a helpful and friendly mannerWorked with and led county sheriff's work crew and fair volunteersOperated equipment and machinery, including ridding lawn mowers, pressure washers, painting and light custodial duties

Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

Gave presentations to groups of people whose primary/first language was not EnglishCommunicated in both writing and verbally (in person and over the phone) with YFU staff, students, volunteers, school administrators and members of the communityDeveloped and implemented relationships with schools and diverse community groups to raise awareness of program.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Worked independently with very little supervision and with multiple coordinatorsDeveloped recycling education and waste reduction outreach programs with the publicPhysical recycling, collecting, hauling and sortingWorked as part of a team and training new employees

Eugene, Oregon Area

Natural History interpretationWorked as part of an interpretative team to explain natural and cultural history exhibits to museum visitorsGave informal presentations on archaeology and local natural history to visitorsPrepared interpretive activities and games for museum visitors