About The Farm Collaborative
Our mission is to grow a regenerative local food system where the health of people and planet comes first. We envision a resilient food system grounded in connection, access, and joy—where children learn from the land, farmers thrive, and communities gather around food.
To achieve this, our team relies on our core values:
Connection: We believe that connection to others and the natural world around us gives us a shared sense of meaning and purpose.Collaboration: We believe in the power of people working together.Stewardship: We care for people, land, and relationships as living systems to be nurtured, not extracted from, and aim to leave every place, person, and program stronger than we found it.Integrity: We act with transparency, follow through on commitments, and build trust through humility and accountability.Joy: We delight in nature’s abundance, celebrate everyday moments, and embrace the playful, nourishing spirit of working with land, food, and community.Optimism: We stay solution-focused and future-minded, drawing strength from nature’s resilience and the belief that regeneration is always possible.
Role Summary
The Director of Learning & Programs is the entrepreneurial architect and strategic driver of The Farm Collaborative’s educational and community learning enterprise. Tasked with activating the learning center and farm campus year-round, this role oversees a diverse portfolio of offerings including youth camps, after-school programs, parent-child classes, school partnerships, homeschool enrichment, food and cooking education, regenerative agriculture experiences, workshops, private events, facility-based community gatherings, and other mission-aligned learning opportunities.
As both a strategist and practitioner, the Director of Learning & Programs is responsible for designing, growing, and sustaining a vibrant year-round calendar of activities that fully utilizes The Farm Collaborative’s facilities, educational spaces, and farm assets. The Director focuses on program design, financial sustainability, earned-revenue growth, partnership development, operational systems, and participant experience while ensuring meaningful learning opportunities occur consistently throughout all seasons.
A central responsibility of this role is activating the campus as a thriving year-round community learning hub. Success is measured not only by enrollment and revenue growth, but by the consistent presence of educational, cultural, agricultural, recreational, and community experiences that invite people onto the farm throughout the year.
While the Director recruits and manages contract facilitators, guest instructors, and seasonal staff to scale delivery, they are also expected to serve as an educator, facilitator, host, and community ambassador when appropriate. During the off-season and shoulder seasons, the Director will regularly lead programs such as after-school offerings, parent-child classes, tours, workshops, school programs, and community events while continuing to build enrollment, partnerships, and earned revenue.
The Director of Learning & Programs is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising the seasonal Camp Manager and serves as the ultimate leader of the Earth Keepers Summer Camp Program. While the Camp Manager oversees day-to-day summer camp operations, the Director provides strategic leadership, curriculum oversight, enrollment management, parent communication, staff support, and operational accountability while serving as a substitute educator or operational support when necessary.
Key ResponsibilitiesVision, Strategy & Exponential Growth
- Design and execute a multi-year strategy to fully utilize the learning center and broader farm campus across all four seasons.
- Build a diversified portfolio of educational, cultural, agricultural, culinary, and community-based offerings that advance the mission while contributing to financial sustainability.
- Establish a year-round calendar of learning experiences, workshops, private events, and community programming occurring on a regular weekly basis.
- Ensure the learning center and educational spaces are consistently activated throughout the year.
- Drive departmental metrics to achieve:
- 3X student participation
- 3X revenue
- 3X program days delivered annually by 2028 compared to 2024 baselines
- Increase utilization of educational facilities, gathering spaces, and farm assets through creative, mission-aligned programming.
- Continually track and report participation metrics, enrollment trends, earned revenue, community impact, and cost-recovery margins to the leadership team.
Note: This is a growth-oriented position with opportunities for compensation increases tied to successfully achieving program growth, earned revenue, participation, and facility utilization objectives.
Year-Round Learning Experience Development & Delivery
- Develop and maintain a robust year-round calendar designed to activate the learning center and farm campus multiple times per week.
- Create, launch, and continually improve recurring offerings including:
- After-school programs
- Parent & Tot classes
- School partnerships and field trips
- Homeschool enrichment programs
- Adult education workshops
- Farm-to-table and culinary programs
- Regenerative land stewardship experiences
- Community learning events
- Seasonal celebrations and cultural gatherings
- Ensure educational spaces and learning facilities are actively utilized throughout all seasons.
- Serve as lead educator, facilitator, or host when appropriate, especially during off-season periods or when outside contractors would be inefficient.
- Facilitate workshops, tours, learning experiences, and community gatherings even when not acting as the primary instructor.
- Recruit, onboard, coordinate, and support guest instructors, community experts, artists, farmers, and facilitators.
- Oversee scheduling, coordination, and execution of mission-aligned private events, educational rentals, retreats, corporate team-building experiences, and community gatherings utilizing the learning center and campus facilities.
- Build systems that allow learning experiences to scale beyond the Director’s direct involvement while maintaining quality and consistency.
Curriculum Development & Farm Integration
- Build and maintain a Curriculum Library including lesson plans, learning objectives, facilitator guides, safety protocols, and training materials for in-house programs.
- Develop systems that ensure continuity and quality across all programs regardless of facilitator.
- Coordinate with the Regenerative Farm Manager to align crop rotations, harvest schedules, livestock cycles, and ecological restoration with educational opportunities.
- Maximize hands-on agricultural learning experiences throughout all programming.
- Integrate local artisans, regional educators, and subject matter experts into the learning ecosystem as appropriate.
- Ensure learning experiences reflect regenerative agriculture, ecological stewardship, local food systems, and community resilience.
Summer Camp Leadership & Youth Program Oversight
- Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate the seasonal Camp Manager.
- Lead annual planning, curriculum development, enrollment strategy, staffing plans, parent communications, and operational preparation for the Earth Keepers Summer Camp Program.
- Establish program goals, safety standards, staff expectations, and operational systems for summer camp delivery.
- Serve as the primary parent-relations lead during camp enrollment and pre-season communications.
- Provide strategic oversight and quality control throughout the camp season.
- This position will be both an educator and coordinator, expected to interact with program participants on a regular basis.
- Ensure rigorous adherence to safety, medical confidentiality, and risk-management standards.
- Evaluate camp outcomes and implement improvements for future seasons.
- Maintain ultimate accountability for the quality, safety, enrollment performance, and participant experience of all youth programs.
Budget Management & Administration
- Develop and manage the departmental budget.
- Optimize pricing structures and offerings to balance accessibility with strong financial sustainability.
- Identify opportunities to increase earned revenue through workshops, private events, educational programming, and campus utilization.
- Partner with the Finance & Admin Director to ensure compliance with grant reporting, financial tracking, and administrative requirements.
- Maintain registration systems, participant databases, scheduling tools, and program management software.
- Ensure accurate enrollment tracking, attendance records, and program outcome reporting.
Marketing, Enrollment & Partnership Development
- Partner closely with the Community Outreach Manager to support enrollment and community engagement.
- Serve as the primary internal source of program content including stories, photos, testimonials, and impact data.
- Cultivate partnerships with school districts, early childhood organizations, homeschool networks, universities, environmental organizations, community groups, and businesses.
- Develop strong enrollment pipelines that support long-term program growth.
- Represent The Farm Collaborative in community-facing educational and partnership contexts as needed.
Risk Management & Safety Compliance
- Develop, test, and enforce emergency response procedures and safety protocols.
- Ensure safe human-animal interaction, outdoor learning environments, equipment use, and participant experiences.
- Maintain liability waivers, medical records, incident reports, and safety documentation.
- Ensure staff, contractors, and facilitators are properly trained in safety protocols.
- Maintain audit-ready systems for compliance and risk management.
- Collaborate with the General Manager to ensure safe operation of all educational spaces and facilities.
Qualifications & Experience
- Early Childhood Director Qualifications (Preferred)
- School-Aged Program Director Qualified according to the State of CO requirements (Required)
- 5+ years of experience in environmental education, agricultural education, experiential learning, youth development, community programming, or program leadership.
- Proven track record of growing and managing successful educational or community-based programs.
- Experience managing budgets and meeting revenue, participation, or growth targets.
- Demonstrated experience teaching, facilitating, or hosting educational experiences for children, families, and adults.
- Strong background in curriculum development, program evaluation, and continuous improvement.
- Experience hiring, supervising, and evaluating seasonal staff, contractors, or facilitators.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to balance mission impact and earned revenue generation.
- Strong organizational and operational systems thinking.
- Deep alignment with regenerative agriculture, experiential learning, and community-based food systems.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
- Highly active hybrid role including office-based planning, community engagement, and on-farm program facilitation.
- Must be able to traverse uneven outdoor terrain in all weather conditions.
- Comfortable working with children, families, animals, and diverse community groups.
- Occasional lifting of program materials up to 30–40 pounds.
- Flexible schedule including evenings and weekends during programs, events, and seasonal peaks.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Farm Collaborative is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.
How to Apply
Please send your resume and a brief note explaining why you are excited about this position to [email protected] and [email protected].
Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
