Position Purpose

Spend your summer with us teaching camp programs to encourage wonder, curiosity, connection, and excitement for nature while ensuring the health and safety of each participant. Leading a camp classroom successfully requires the Summer Camp Instructor to teach curriculum, monitor a room of up to seventeen campers ages 7-11. This role requires adherence to State licensure standards. 

This is a non-benefitted position.

Work Schedule: 40 hours/week for 13 weeks (May 18-22, 26-29 mandatory training, June 1-August 7 for camp, August 10-14 camp breakdown and reset).

Essential Job Functions

• Follows curriculum to deliver creative and age-appropriate activities for new themes each week.
• Works with a team of educators, interns, and volunteers to implement a successful and flexible daily program.
• Works collaboratively to manage the classroom and lead a group of up to seventeen campers through program rotations, free-time activities, games, and daily outdoor nature hikes within Majestic View Park.
• Provides for the health and safety of campers at all times.
• Maintains a safe, clean, well-stocked, and organized program area, both inside the classrooms and outside areas.
• Attends and participates in all designated staff meetings and training sessions.
• Understands all emergency procedures associated with summer camp.
• Monitors camper behavior, enforces safety regulations, and follows camp protocol for intervention, reporting, and requesting support as per procedure.
• Serves as a positive role model for campers and volunteers.
• Prepares for daily activities by becoming familiar with curriculum, making sample crafts, and understanding activities before program rotations.
• Assists other educators in daily check-in and check-out, communicates with parents, coworkers, and campers.
• Interacts with live animals, outdoor spaces, and biofacts to demonstrate science-based concepts to camp participants.
• Implements all policies and procedures to meet the State license requirements.

Other Job Functions

• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage classrooms and ability to lead groups of children in outdoor settings.
• Ability to facilitate an appreciation for and connection to the natural world and working with children ages 7-11.
• Demonstrates excellent teamwork and cooperation skills.
• Possess a detail-oriented mindset with excellent time-management and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt in an ever-changing camp environment and ability to take initiative and make decisions.
• Ability to perform manual duties associated with the programs and facility: arranging tables, chairs and equipment, leading outdoor activities, cleaning classrooms.
• Basic knowledge and interest in the environment and wildlife.
• Ability to interact comfortably with school-aged children and parents.
• Demonstrates an enthusiastic, fun, and patient approach to supporting children’s learning and exploration.

License & Certification

• Within three (3) months of hire date, must complete state-required training through Colorado Shines.

Education Degree

• High School/GED

Work Experience Required

• Previous experience working with groups of school-aged children in a camp, school, or child care setting.

Work Experience Preferred

• Education in environmental fields or previous experience in a similar educational, instructional camp environment is a plus. 

Other Qualifications

• First Aid/CPR/AED Certification within 30 days of hire.
• Successfully pass all background checks upon employment.
• Must be at least 18 years of age

Physical Demands

• Moderate to considerable physical effort that includes working from ladders in awkward positions. Frequent use of light or medium weight objects (e.g., 25-50 lbs.) and use of medium weight tools.

Hazards

• Occasional hazards that are predictable or well protected against (Hazardous waste, ladders, cleaning supplies, trips and falls.

Work Environment

• Regular exposure to heat and noise along with working outside in the elements.