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Camp Baker Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist
Job Title: Camp Baker Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist
Location: On-site – Boston/Hale Reservation
Job Type: Full-Time - Seasonal
Summary of Job:
The Baker Center for Children and Families (also known as Judge Baker Children's Center), promotes the best possible mental health of children and families through the integration of research, intervention, training, and policy.
Camp Baker at The Baker Center for Children and Families (The Baker Center) is a program premised on the Summer Treatment Program (STP), a Model Program for Service Delivery for Child and Family Mental Health created by the Section on Clinical Child Psychology and Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services of the American Psychological Association. The Camp Baker Graduate Classroom Teacher summer job provides trainees with the opportunity to receive didactic learning in the STP model, implementation of the complex behavioral system with a group of children, experience taking behavioral data, using data to create individualized treatment plans, formal group supervision, and informal individual supervision.
The dates of employment for the Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist summer job is Tuesday, July 1, 2025, through Friday, August 15, 2025 (staff will have Friday, July 4th off). The Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist’s hours of employment will be from 7:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. In addition, the Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist will continue to work until 6:00pm one evening each week while caregivers participate in parent training sessions.
What’s in it for me?
- Receive extensive training and hands-on experience implementing an evidence-based intervention and behavioral principles in a classroom setting
- Gain experience creating curriculum and/or modifying existing curriculum covering topics including social-emotional content, bullying preventions, and academic content
- Gain supervisory experience by providing clinical support to undergraduate teaching assistants
- Gain over 200 hours of supervised direct clinical experience with neurodiverse children ages 6-12
- Practicum and academic credits can be arranged through a Graduate Classroom Teacher/School Psychologist’s own program
Responsibilities:
- Implement an extensive behavior modification treatment program during classroom activities. The program includes feedback and associated consequences for work productivity and classroom behavior, daily and weekly rewards for appropriate behavior, social praise and attention, appropriate commands, and age-appropriate removal from positive reinforcement.
- Deliver the treatment components during four daily academic periods Monday through Thursday. Classroom activities should focus on improving children’s on-task behavior, following teacher directives, increasing social-emotional skills, and exhibiting appropriate classroom behavior.
- Plan and conduct teaching topics (e.g., bullying preventions, academic content, social-emotional content) for 30 minutes of daily instruction and 10 minutes of daily seatwork. Assign 5-minute homework assignments individualized to each child’s abilities and learning needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Participate in week-long didactic training on behavior modification principles and orientation to treatment approach and intervention components.
- Supervise two Teaching Assistants who will assist with academic instruction, seatwork completion, classroom management, lesson planning, and record-keeping.
- Work under the supervision of the Director of Camp Baker and work closely with doctor-level clinicians and other experienced Camp Baker staff members while receiving regular feedback about performance to ensure high quality service delivery.
- Identify and implement individualized academic goals for children when needed.
Training:
- Must be able to use physical management procedures to help maintain the safety of children ages 6-12. Due to this aspect of the job, Undergraduate Counselors will come into close contact with campers and other staff and will be unable to socially distance.
- Abides by policies and procedures regarding the behavioral modification program, daily classroom activities, and the physical management of, and injuries to, campers.
Qualifications
Education:
- Master’s degree in Education/Special Education, licensed teacher, or working toward licensure.
- Enrolled in a graduate-level program in School Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Social Work, Education/Special Education, or a related field of study, or extensive experience in related programs.
Experience:
- Experience working in special education classrooms, with children with behavioral or emotional difficulties, or experience running social-emotional groups with children.
- Experience working with children or adolescents in settings such as summer camps, after-school programs, sports programs, daycare programs, and/or educational programs is preferred.
- Based on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, a fully effective vaccination with the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a pre-condition to employment.
(Cover letter, Updated Resume, Writing Sample, and three (3) letters of recommendation sent directly to campbaker@bakercenter.org are required for consideration.)
Logistics
Salary: $5,000 stipend
$5,500 stipend for returning staff
Open Date: December 1, 2024
Start Date: July 1, 2025
Diverse and multilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
