Seeking Cooking and Nutrition Education Instructors

(Part time; 5-20 hrs/week)

The Children’s Aid Society’s (CAS) Go!Chefs program is seeking dynamic

instructors to lead after-school cooking and nutrition education programs for

elementary, middle and high school students in the South Bronx and Harlem.

Hours range from 5-20 hours per week.

Go!Chefs is part of CAS’s  Go!Healthy initiative, a comprehensive obesity

prevention and health promotion initiative that engages children from birth

through adolescence, as well as parents and staff. For more information about

the Go!Healthy initiative, please visit: www.childrensaidsociety.org/

nutrition.

Go!Chefs is our hands-on cooking, nutrition education and gardening curricula

for elementary, middle and high school youth. Since 2005, Go!Chefs has

introduced youth to the pleasures of growing, preparing and enjoying "real

food" that is both nutritious and delicious - an essential step toward health

and well-being. Our core goals are for children to embrace fresh fruit and

vegetables, increase their food literacy, and build skills and self-

sufficiency in the kitchen. The program culminates in an Iron Go!Chefs

Competition where teams of young Chefs design their own delicious, balanced

meals and cook them live for a panel of professional Chef judges. Go!Chefs

serves 1500 children each year across 15 sites, and to date we have built

children’s gardens in eight of these so children get the full “seed to table”

experience.

Instructors must be available for the entire program year (October – May),

with the possibility of staying on for summer.

Candidate must be an experienced, dynamic teacher and creative cook. S/he must

be:

•           Able to effectively implement our Go!Chefs curriculum, which includes nutrition education discussion and activities, hands-on cooking and journaling/reflection.

•           Education and cooking experience are required

•           Well versed in contemporary food and nutrition issues

•           Highly organized and able to work independently

•           Energetic and self-motivated

•           Good communicator

•           Bilingual (English-Spanish) is a plus.

Please email or fax resume and cover letter to:

Kaitlin Dougherty, Program Manager, Go! Healthy, The Children’s Aid Society

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Interviewing immediately!