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Counselors
Time Frame
May 30-August 9
Compensation: $150/week, plus room and board, workmen's compensation and laundry. Returning staff $170/week.
Responsible To: Program Director and Camp Director
Minimum Qualifications
* Ability to relate to one's peer group
* Ability to accept supervision and guidance
* Good character, integrity, and adaptability
* Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience and self-control
* Must be 18 years of age
General Responsibility:
To identify and meet campers needs
Specific Responsibilities:
- Live with kids, be with kids.
- Guide cabin and/or discovery groups and individual campers in participating successfully in all aspects of camp activities.
- Identify needs of specific campers, and facilitate problem solving.
- Set a good example for campers and others, including cleanliness, punctuality, sharing clean-up chores, sportsmanship and table manners.
- Recognize and respond to opportunities for problem solving in the group.
- Develop opportunities for interaction between campers and staff.
- Provide opportunities for the group so that each individual experiences success during camp.
- Help each participant meet the goals established by the camp for camper development.
- Supervise all assigned aspects of the campers day, including morning wake-up, cabin clean up, meal times, daily and evening activities, getting ready for bed and after hours duty as assigned.
- Carry out established roles in enforcing camp safety regulations.
- Monitor the whereabouts of assigned campers at all times.
- Help campers plan their participation in unit-wide or camp-wide programs, special events and activities.
- Respect each camper for their uniqueness; within each group help create a community of people: understanding and appreciating diversity, emphasizing communication and teamwork.
- Within the camp setting use opportunities provided to set an example to campers for conservation (of water, supplies and other resources), recycling, and respect for our natural surroundings.
Essential Functions
- Ability to communicate with campers and other staff.
Physical and mental ability to be with campers 24 hours a day.
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Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to environmental and other hazards related to each activity of the campers and staff.
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Cognitive and communication skills to plan and conduct activities to achieve campers goals.
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Desire and ability to help campers plan and conduct activities.
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Physical and mental ability and strength to participate in all activities with campers, such as sports, teams course, river rafting, archery and hiking.
Step #1: Contact us if you're interested in a summer positon
Step #2: Submit a 2008 staff application. You may fill out a form online and submit to us, or download a pdf document and return via snail mail.
Step #3: Reference forms to be returned with staff application (pdf form)
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