Thank you for your willingness to consider becoming a Volunteer Trail Guide at Audubon. Every year we see over 5,000 children at the Center. Most of them come between mid-April and mid-June with their classes from school. With only 1 part-time and 3 full-time teacher/naturalists, we simply cannot take care of that many students, especially since we prefer small groups.
That’s why we need your help.
Requirements for Becoming a Trail Guide
-
Comfort in and some knowledge of the natural world:
It is important to have a love of the outdoors that can be shared with children. Knowing the difference between a tree, flower, bird, and bug is important. Knowing the name of every tree, flower, bird, and bug is not. -
Experience with Children: While not absolutely necessary, it does help if you have worked with young children before in some capacity – your own children, a scout troop, Sunday School… At the very least, you should like children and enjoy sharing nature with them.
-
Availability: Almost all of our walks happen during school hours – that is between 9:30 and 2:00 Monday through Friday. While we schedule some walks in the fall and summer, and a few in winter our heaviest schedule is mid-April through mid-June. Some Cub Scout and Girl Scout groups ask for Discovery Walks on weekends, but not many. Some of our Trail Guides are available 2 or 3 times a week. Others can only lead a walk every other week. We are happy for any time you can share with us!
-
Background Check: We may ask you for personal information that will allow us to run a State background check.
* Next–> What is a Discovery Walk?
