Gain essential skills for leadership, management, coordinating, and directing outdoor programs!
- spring
- fall
The Outdoor School is just what the name implies - a school in and about the great outdoors. Our mission is simple. We strive to use the outdoors to awaken others to the potential within and around them.
The Outdoor School is situated in the stunning Texas Hill Country. Small shops, grocery stores, local restaurants and attractions are just 8 miles away in the city of Marble Falls. For unbeatable food, music, art, people, and events Austin is the place to go, about 60 miles away from camp. We are in a sweet spot with access to beautiful natural attractions, city life, and everything in between.
Gain essential skills for leadership, management, coordinating, and directing outdoor programs!
Use the natural environment to connect with and inspire youth - Now hiring FALL educators!
The Outdoor School is a place where kids can see, hear, touch, smell, even taste nature. Students can learn about themselves, their natural environment and their peers while participating in fun and educational outdoor activities. There’s something for every age that will help students grow by facing challenges, overcoming their fears and spark new ways to see the world. We are located on beautiful Lake LBJ, about 60 miles from Austin, Texas, offering an excellent setting for a range of educational adventures.
Our staff come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, but share a common mission to educate in the outdoors. Instructors work together and live together, fostering opportunities for rich social and professional relationships that are long lasting. Staff gain new skills, expand their comfort zones, and learn to thrive together throughout three weeks of paid training.
For our team of seasonal Outdoor Educators, no two days are exactly the same! We facilitate activities ranging from classic summer camp style offerings (like archery, kayaking, fishing, and outdoor skills) to adventure activities like (teambuilding, rock climbing, low ropes elements, and high challenge courses) to experiential learning classes that reinforce concepts kids are learning in school with hands on exploratory activities.
Instructors also get the opportunity to work with students and guests from all different backgrounds. Students come from public, charter, and private schools allowing instructors to work with students coming from a wide range of cultural, philosophical, and socio-economic backgrounds. This job is extremely rewarding when you help a student learn to kayak, catch a bug in a jar, or see what the night sky looks like outside of downtown Houston for the very first time. This job is fulfilling and magical in all aspects of the work you do!
There is no firm set of requirements to become an outdoor school instructor, folks who thrive here tend to be:
If some of these descriptors apply to you, get in touch with us!
The Outdoor School provides on-site housing for our team members 24/7 for the duration of the season. There are no overnight student supervision duties required for instructors, no in cabin nights
Our housing varies - all team members should expect to have at least one roommate. Each housing unit has a kitchen and living area associated with it. A few of the rooms we provide are set up in a dormitory style and those people need to walk about 100 yards to get to the team kitchen and lounge.
We provide MOST meals (board) to our team. The kitchen team will provide meals to everyone as long as there are guests on property (which is 85% of the time). Again, all housing units have a full kitchen to work with when there will not be meals provided by the kitchen team.
The Outdoor School definitely provides employee perks. We LOVE our team and want to show it!
Room and most board is provided at no additional cost. Staff live in on-site housing and are offered meals whenever there are guests on site (Generally Monday lunch through Sunday breakfast)
Exclusive industry pro-deals from various outfitters
When not in use by guests, our properties amenities and activities are available for staff use including climbing, kayaking, archery, hiking, and our outdoor pool and waterslide.
Staff are paid for 3 weeks of training where they learn to teach classes outdoors, facilitate archery, belay on our rock wall and ropes courses, instruct kayaking, build campfires, and more. We also offer American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED training and Lifeguard training (optional).
Throughout the season the Director team enjoys treating the outdoor ed team to small, yummy surprises, periodically. Every once in awhile you might hear a fun radio call asking to stop by the office during the next break for a treat!
It is possible to work at The Outdoor School without a vehicle handy. We will pick people up at the airport upon their arrival. More often than not there will always be people on the team going "here and there" who are more than willing to offer rides. It has never been a problem for people to work at The Outdoor School without a vehicle.
There is so much you can do while working at The Outdoor School. First off, we encourage our team members to enjoy the spoils that the property itself provides! If guests are not currently on property...that is your invite to enjoy the property and have some fun!
The Outdoor School is about 60 miles away from Austin, Texas. Austin is an extremely outdoorsy city with a lot of hiking trails, rock climbing, swimming, cycling and so much more! About 8 hours west of Austin is Big Bend National Park. We have had many groups of instructors use long weekends to explore this spectacular National Park in Texas!
To apply, you can click APPLY HERE or The Outdoor School Instructor Application
Or visit our website at www.outdoorschool.com
Feel free to connect with Personnel Director Amy Koch at amy@outdoorschool.com
Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for fun videos and photos too!