American Association of Museums
1575 Eye St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
www.aam-us.org
Members/Purpose: Helps to develop standards and best practices, gathers and shares knowledge, and provides advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community
Training: Hosts annual meeting; provides Standards and Best Practices for U.S. museums
Journals/Publications: Museum News magazine; Aviso monthly newsletter Job Listings: Jobs listed […]

Environmental educators use a variety of skills, and many are transferable to other settings. Your respect for the natural environment, your ability to operate as an effective team member, and your strong communication skills would all be useful in the jobs shown below. If any of these job titles are of interest to you, be […]

As you can see from the list of job titles shown here, environmental educators are not just called teachers. Add to this list as you review job advertisements.

Camp director
Camp staffer
Director of education
Education naturalist
Educator
Environmental education instructor
Environmental educator
Instructor
Lecturer
Naturalist
Nature interpreter
Outdoor environmental instructor
Park naturalist
Park ranger
Professor (assistant, associate, full)
Program coordinator
Program director
Program instructor
Program leader
Program staffer
Senior naturalist
Teacher
Trip leader
Workshop manager

A range of potential employers is described in this section. Whether you are interested in working in a traditional educational setting (middle or high school, higher education), a nonprofit organization (national, regional, local), for a government agency (federal, state, local), or camps, information is pro vided that will help you in your job search. Read […]

Those graduates seeking traditional classroom environmental education jobs will use a different strategy than those seeking nontraditional education jobs. Strategies are outlined for middle and high school educators, college and university educators, and nontraditional educators.
Middle and High Schools
If your employment goal is to teach middle or high school students and you want to include environmental […]

Earnings for environmental educators will vary by the sector of the economy in which they are employed. Read on to learn more about starting wages in education (middle and high school, higher education), nonprofit, and government (federal, state, and local) organizations.
Middle and High Schools
Information about middle and high school teacher salaries at public schools is […]

Traditional environmental educators teach at various levels, including middle school, high school, and colleges and universities. The level that you choose will dictate the amount of education required for you to secure the proper credentials. Teaching at the middle and high school level requires a bachelor’s degree in education while college and university educators must […]

Often in the traditional classroom setting the learner is there only because it is required. Educators working in nontraditional settings have the pleasure of working with learners who want to be there! Members of the general public who are interested in the mission of your organization, teachers who want to learn more, schoolchildren escaping their […]

The term traditional setting as used in this section refers to schools that offer formal classroom training via courses or programs of study. In this section we will address the three traditional settings where an educator can expect to teach courses in environmental studies. Those settings include middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities.
Let’s […]

Before we begin defining teaching in both the traditional classroom setting and other nontraditional settings, let’s look at some recent job listings.
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Earth Science Teacher. Area senior high school full-time position available for the upcoming school year. School-based experience preferred and a degree in earth science a must. Send letter of interest, résumé, standard application, certificate, […]