Common Ground High School, Urban Farm, and Environmental Education Center is seeking nominations for our 4th Annual Environmental Leader in Residence. The residency takes place during the week of May 8 or 15, 2017.

Nominations are due by February 24, 2017. Self-nominations are welcomed.

We invite nominations of powerful environmental leaders, who have:

- Strong facilitative leadership skills with young people, teachers, and environmental education professionals.
- Youth leadership & youth development background, expertise, and commitment.
- Strong commitment to and background in racial and economic justice, and in inclusiveness work.
- Experience in environmental justice, environmental education, outdoor education, or related fields, with a particular focus on work in multi-racial and urban settings.
- Charismatic, positive, warm presence -- able to make connections and build community with young people and adults.
- We are explicitly committed to building a new, more racially and economically diverse generation of environmental leaders -- and seek nominees that reflect this commitment.

The Leader in Residence's Role

During the week of May 8 or 15 (based on the leader's availability), the Environmental Leader in Residence would:

- Sit in on classes, enjoy school lunch, and participate in life at Common Ground.
- Help to lead a workshop or professional development opportunity for Common Ground staff.
- Consult on key Common Ground initiatives -- including the re-development of our 9th grade curriculum, and in our work to build a more inclusive and equitable organization.
- Be the featured speaker at a school-wide POWER assembly at Common Ground.
- Engage with members from the broader New Haven community through a gathering that the environmental leader in residence helps to define.
- Meet with small groups of students, board members, staff, community partners informally to share experiences and offer advice -- including over meals.
- Meet informally with Common Ground’s environmental education staff, who run our children’s and community programs.
Write a reflection -- blog post, letter to Common Ground -- providing feedback and observations on the experience of being an environmental leader in residence.

To support the residency, Common Ground can offer a $2500 honorarium, as well as travel, hotel accommodations, and meals while in New Haven.