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The Boise WaterShed Environmental Education Center promotes water stewardship through exhibits, Public Art, and programming. Located at the West Boise Water Renewal Facility, the LEED-certified building features an exhibit hall, a library, a theater/community room, and amazing artwork. The two acres surrounding the education center, known as the River Campus, is a park-like experience that integrates Public Art, exhibits, landscaping and a water feature that tells the story of our watershed.
Individuals are invited to help with lesson preparation and basic behind the scenes tasks in an effort to help us prepare for school groups, events and programming. Gather supplies for lessons, organize or re-shelf library books, prepare craft supplies, etc.
Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behind-the-Scenes Program Support | 1 | |||
Assist center staff in the classroom with large school or daycare groups. No teaching experience necessary.
Help manage large groups, leading pre-determined activities and assisting the educator with various tasks tasks during a lesson.
Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. depending on the reservation schedule.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Program Assistant | 1 | |||
| School Break Drop-In Programs | 10 | 3/18/2019 | 3/29/2019 | |
Assist center staff at various events either on-site or off-site locations with various educational activities and/or crafts.
Mainly the third Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the third Friday of each month, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m, and various other dates and times TBD.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Museum Day | 2 | 5/19/2019 | 5/19/2019 | |
| STEM Education Events | 7 | 2/21/2019 | 5/1/2019 | |
| WaterShed Weekends | 10 | 3/16/2019 | 12/21/2019 | |
Groups or individuals are invited to help the Boise WaterShed with projects to beautify, maintain, or improve our outdoor River Campus, classrooms, interactive trail or other area that may need some work.
Opportunities will begin again this Spring weather permitting.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landscaping and Gardening | 1 | |||
To promote water stewardship by teaching people of all ages how to protect and conserve our precious resources for future generations.