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Spring Education Intern

National Park Service
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Applications are due by end of day on Saturday, March 21.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is seeking current college students and recent graduates to fill up to two (2) positions as spring Education Interns. After two weeks of training, selected candidates will assist rangers with the busy spring field trip season. The interns will then pivot to primarily assisting the Interpretation Team with summer operations after the end of the school year in mid-June, although there will still be some youth field trips in the summer.

These internships will be at least ten (10) weeks long, with start dates in early May. Interns will typically work Monday-Friday or Tuesday-Saturday, from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. There is the potential to extend these internships further into the summer, depending on candidate availability.

Duties include:

  • Leading field trips with students ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade
  • Presenting virtual and in-person curriculum-based lessons and activities on topics like ecology, ecosystem health, the National Park Service mission, and local history
  • Operating a state-of-the-art mobile planetarium dome during visits to local schools
  • Creating original content for the park’s social media platforms
  • Facilitating interpretive pop-ups and activity stations at events during the summer

In your application email/package, you must include:

  • A current resume
  • A cover letter explaining what makes you a good candidate
  • Contact information for at least two references
  • At least one letter of recommendation

Email your application to slbe_education@nps.gov, or mail them to:
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
ATTN: Education Team
9922 Front Street
Empire, MI 49630

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Free government housing
  • $42 per day meal reimbursement
  • Hands-on field and office experience at a National Park Service site
  • Professional development opportunities toward a career in the National Park Service