URI's Environmental Education Center is seeking qualified leaders to carry out seven 6-day teen trips that include kayaking, canoeing, and rockclimbing/rappelling, surfing, rafting, and community service with teens, ages 12-17. All teen trips emphasize group-building, self-esteem, environmental stewardship, and conservation. Responsibilities are to supervise and teach teens in all aspects of the expeditions including safety, leave-no-trace camping techniques, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, and rappelling.  Many of the trips are driving intensive, and qualified leaders will drive 15 passenger vans or MFSAB mini-busses.  Other responsibilities include facilitating evening activities at camp or at the campsite, and leading new games and group building initiatives.  In cooperation with other staff, leaders provide 24-hour supervision to groups of 9-12 teens, participate in preparation and clean-up of equipment, and perform other duties as required to run the program. 

The URI Environmental Education Center is situated on 2,300 acres of forests, wetlands, and old farmland—the W. Alton Jones Campus. Dedicated to environmental education, the Center has been offering quality day and residential programs for over 30 years. In addition to the W. Alton Jones Campus, the Teen Expedition program utilizes the adjoining state parks and state forests of Connecticut and Rhode Island which encompass 40,000 acres, the Pawcatuck River of southern Rhode Island, Acadia National Park, the Adirondack Mountains of New York, rockclimbing sites in Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, New York, Maine and New Hampshire, mountain biking in Vermont, and white-water rafting sites in Connecticut, New York, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.