Job Summaries for Available Positions:
Camp Director (CD): The Camp Director works in partnership with Program Directors to design, deliver, and evaluate our Discovery Camp program and ensure that our staff team is working collaboratively towards our mission. The CD leads with hiring and refining staff training in the preseason as well as developing systems of communication and community building between The Discovery Center and school teachers/administrators to facilitate our pre-camp workshops during the fall season designed to deepen the camp experience for students and teachers. During the fall and spring seasons, the CD takes on a variety of tasks and supervisory duties including leading large group activities, managing scheduling and program flow, lesson and activity preparation, student and staff supervision, food service supervision, site maintenance, business operations, health and safety assurance, etc.
Residential Diversity Counselor (RDCs): Residential Diversity Counselors serve as team leaders for groups of 10-15 5th or 6th grade students participating in our 3-5 day diversity education program. RDCs are responsible for making sure that each student’s needs are met while creating a fun, safe, self-empowering, and team-centered learning and growing environment where everyone can be themselves and do their best. RDCs facilitate teambuilding activities and teach academic and diversity lessons under the supervision of a certified teacher. As a group leader, RDC’s also sit with and monitor a group at meals, facilitate dialogue, help foster new friendships, discourage cliques, belay team members on the climbing wall, lead singing and dancing activities, serve as role models, manage wake up and bedtimes, and build strong relationships with students.
Residential Teacher (RTs): Residential Teachers perform all of the same duties as a Residential Diversity Counselor, but often focus on the delivery of our science, social studies, and math curriculum. Depending on the number of campers at camp, RTs might not have their own group of campers, but may float between groups delivering curriculum.
Non-Residential Teacher: Non-Residential Teachers are staff members who live within driving distance from camp, and still want to be a key part of our camp community by delivering crucial lessons during daytime hours.
Camp Rock Star/Media Specialist: Our Camp Rockstar, who also doubles for our Media Specialist, is responsible for delivering the music component of our curriculum. This vital role reinforces the life-long learning we hope to facilitate for our students, by giving them a memorable musical connection to the content of our lessons. The Camp Rockstar/Media Specialist will also be responsible for photographing and videotaping activities at camp, creating a brief slideshow for each group of campers, and updating our blog that helps parents stay connected while their children are at camp.