School Gardenening Program Internship- Loop It Up Savannah

Spring 2025 Loop It Up Garden Internship

Overview: 

Loop It Up Savannah is a youth arts and educational enrichment organization that brings arts-integrated learning to more than 10,000 young people across the Savannah area each year. Loop It Up believes in an empowered Savannah through creativity, kindness, and love

• Mission Statement: Loop It Up Savannah collaborates with schools and community partners to offer original arts-integrated programming designed to foster personal well-being, creative problem solving, and academic success among the young people of Savannah.

Internship Description: 

1. Savannah’s Gardening Program: 

Loop It Up Savannah has an extensive gardening program that supports gardens in 30 public schools through hands-on learning, curriculum development, and on the ground support. 

• Key Responsibilities: 
  •  Garden Maintenance: Support the planning, planting, and maintenance of school gardens to create a healthy and productive growing environment. Responsibilities include soil preparation, planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting.
  •  Educational Support: Collaborate with Loop It Up garden educators to develop and implement engaging curriculum-based gardening activities for students. Facilitate hands-on learning experiences that align with educational standards and promote environmental stewardship.
  • Research and Development: Research and develop materials on special topics such as native trees, culturally significant crops, various growing methods.. Etc.
  • Documentation and Reporting: Assist in the preparation of reports and presentations to showcase program successes and impact.
• Qualifications: 
  • Strong interest in gardening, sustainability, and education.
  • Experience with gardening, farming, or related hands-on activities is preferred.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with students, educators, and community members.
  • Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and lift moderately heavy materials as needed.

Employee Expectations

We expect all employees to demonstrate our strong commitment to Savannah’s youth in all they do, meeting them where they are and supporting them to be all they can be. We expect all employees to create and maintain safe and supportive environments within which children can experiment with new ideas, new materials, and new challenges to their imaginations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly works with arts and crafts materials, books, physical play equipment and other materials and supplies related to programs.
• Requires talking, hearing and visual acuity sufficient to perform these major functions.
• Requires ability to navigate in various physical environments including offices, classrooms, and outdoor environments.
• Occasionally includes reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist and bending / lifting up to 25 pounds for office equipment, supplies and materials