SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP 2018
CAREER TRAINING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF UNITED WAY AND GRAND HARBOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Paid Summer High School Internship at ELC!
*We are pleased to offer a 6-week paid internship for highly motivated Indian River County students from low-income families*

The Environmental Learning Center (ELC), a 64-acre nature campus on Wabasso Island (on CR 510) in the Indian River Lagoon, seeks motivated high school students from low-income families who are interested in a paid summer internship exploring careers in a broad variety of fields through working with ELC staff and volunteers in teaching summer camps, landscape maintenance, marketing and communications, admissions/gift shop and general guest services, public programming, display aquarium and touch tank maintenance, scientific field research on Indian River Land Trust properties, and receiving mentoring and professional development workshops from nature center staff. High school interns will work alongside ELC’s college interns part of each week.

Eligibility: This internship is open to high school students of at least 16 years of age by May 30th, 2018, who have a social security number and are eligible to work in the U.S., and who have completed at least one year of high school.

Commitment: Wednesday, May 30 through Friday, July 20, 2018. Work schedule: Three days per week, 8 hours per day, for a total of 24 hours per week for 6 weeks.

Compensation, Food, and Transportation: This is a paid internship at $8.25 per hour. Breakfast and lunch are provided each day. If in need of transportation to and from campus, transportation will be provided; ELC is not on a Go-Line stop.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018.

Application Process: Complete and send the application form to Sarah Rhodes-Ondi at 255 Live Oak Dr, Vero Beach, FL 32963 or Sarah@discoverelc.org.  Direct questions to Sarah via email or at 772-589-5050 ext. 110.

Application Components:
1)  Completed application form.
2)  One page essay describing career interests.
3)  Two recommendation letters from teachers or coaches (no relatives please).


About the ELC: The mission of the Environmental Learning Center, a not-for-profit nature center located in Vero Beach, FL, is to educate, inspire and empower all people, including those with minimal access to nature, to be active stewards of the environment and their own well-being. Now in its 30th year, the organization serves on- and off-site nearly 20,000 children and adults through school excursion, camp, adult education, professional development, special event and other programs. Its 64-acre campus is surrounded on three sides by the Indian River Lagoon, an estuary of national significance, and is 1.4 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The campus includes native plant gardens, an interactive museum including aquaria and touch tank, pontoon boat and canoes, children’s nature play area, visitor center, gift shop, picnic facilities and more. One and a half miles of raised boardwalks, trails, docks and elevated lookout stations with educational signage and a wireless audio tour allow guests an educational first-hand experience of mangrove forests and the lagoon.