Preschool Summer Camp Counselor (Part-time)

Posted: Mar. 7, 2025
Pay: $16 / hour

Our summer camp counselors bring warmth, patience, and creativity to their classroom everyday. Summer camp counselors are responsible for encouraging children to learn and grow. They are committed to build meaningful relationships with children, families, and summer camp personnel. This is an ideal opportunity for college students pursuing a career in early childhood education (ECE).

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Cooperate with the Preschool Director and Summer Camp Coordinator to implement all
  policies and procedures governing the operation of summer camp.
• Establish and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment that supports the
  growth and development of summer camp participants.
• Create and turn in written lessons plans according to the schedule established.
• Observe, record, and report significant individual and group behavior.
• Communicate with parents; notes, emails, in person.
• Integrate biblical principles in childcare and activities.
• Establish safe and healthy nurturing environments for children.
• Supervise children at all times.
• Follow a daily schedule.
• Maintain a clean, presentable, well-ordered classroom.
• Maintain regular and accurate attendance records.
• Maintain parents and administration adequately informed of progress or deficiencies.
• Follow the Matthew 18 principle in dealing with students, parents, and administration.
• Implement safety procedures established by Calvary when dealing with an emergency.

Key Competencies

• Be in whole-hearted agreement with the school’s statement of faith.
• Follow Chirstian faith (John 3;3, 1 Peter 1:23)
• Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and action.
• Have the spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to “train up a child in the way he should go”.
• Self-motivated
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Decision making skills
• Stress tolerance

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• Early Childhood Education knowledge is preferred
• Experience working with children is preferred
• Must be 18 years or older
• First Aid training preferred

Relationships
The number of people supervised: Camp students

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear and have sufficient vision to allow for active supervision and interaction with students. The employee is occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 45 pounds