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Job Posted
February 25, 2024
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Remote
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Website
Contact Name
Wendy Tonker
Contact Email
wendy@schoolhouseofwonder.org
Deadline to Apply
Location
United States
Summary
As a Lead Counselor, you’ll be spending your time:
- Leading a group of 2-3 staff members and a small group of children or teens in games, hikes, skill-based activities, river and creek explorations, storytelling, songs, building forts, whittling, and crafts;
- Mentoring and coaching Counselors and Junior Counselors;
- Communicating with Schoolhouse staff and camp families;
- Managing your group, your timing, and camper behavior;
- Modeling Schoolhouse values;
- Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of participants;
- Working with your supervisor to deliver camp activities and maintain and prepare supplies.
This position begins with staff training May 18th and runs through August 23rd, 2024. The wages for this position are $17.00 to $18.00 per hour.
Benefits include professional development opportunities, unlimited vitamin D, and a steady stream of (mostly funny) stories.
Please Apply If You…
- Are a high school graduate or equivalent, and are at least 18 years of age by your first day of work
- Are kind, curious, and confident with a “can-do” attitude
- Have exceptional mentoring skills, including effective communication, enthusiasm, resourcefulness, sense of humor, self-control, and patience
- Have experience working with children or teens and want to mentor them to find and be their best selves
- Have experience leading or managing a group of children, ideally in a nature-based setting
- Have great verbal, interpersonal, and listening communication skills
- Desire a cooperative, team-oriented work atmosphere
- Are able and willing to accept and effectively act on feedback and guidance
- Have a passion for the outdoors and are comfortable working in the outdoors in all kinds of weather
- Are committed to Schoolhouse’s mission and values
- Take your work seriously but yourself, not so much
APPLY HERE or visit the web site for more information
Compensation Information
The wages for this position are $17.00 to $18.00 per hour. Benefits include professional development opportunities, unlimited vitamin D, and a steady stream of (mostly funny) stories.