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Nature's Classroom

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Fun place, fun activities, too low of pay, too long of hours - Environmental Educator Nature's Classroom Employee Review

3.0
14 Nov 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility to explore topics that interest you with kids is great. Having the full weekend off every week is nice. Living on site with coworkers is fun, and it's nice to not worry about providing your own food. Meeting new kids every week is fun and refreshing. Coworkers are diverse, interesting, and passionate. Flexibility to work at different sites is fun.

Cons

Very limited personal time. Teacher to student ratio is very bad (12 students or more per teacher) is overwhelming. Food is typical summer camp or middle school cafeteria food, quite unhealthy and mass produced. Unsanitary kitchen conditions, mice infestation. Living arrangements, while free, are rather cramped and minimal. Long hours are exhausting and leave little time for out of work development. Pay is extremely low (due to provided food and housing), less than $50 a day for often over 12 hours of work. Amount of custodial work required by staff was ridiculous. "Teachers" spent as much or more time cleaning the facilities (dining hall, dorms, bathrooms, etc.) each week than actually teaching. Expected to have a college degree, but required to be a dishwasher and a custodian for hours each day.

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5.0
2 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people here are really great and the work can be really fun. If you enjoy being in the outdoors and sparking a love of nature and science in middle schoolers, this is the place for you.

Cons

The days are long and tiring. You are living with your coworkers which always creates unique dynamics.

5.0
29 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Outdoors New skills Great coworkers 4 days of work

Cons

13 hour days Repeated food

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