BEAM is seeking a Co- Site Director for our summer camps this summer, to be part of a leadership team with a Site Director, one guidance counselor, and a full complement of seasonal staff (8 counselors, 8 faculty, 2 nurses). Interested candidates should email a resume OR a short description of their experience outside of BEAM to...@beammath.orgDetails:
Program dates:
- BEAM Summer Away California, June 20-July 17, 2024
- BEAM Discovery Los Angeles, June 19-July 30, 2024
- BEAM Summer Away New York, July 4-July 31, 2024
- BEAM Discovery New York City, July 1-August 9, 2024
- See details about pre- and post-work below
Salary: $8000
ResponsibilitiesBefore summer staff arrive:
- Attend BEAM summer leadership training (unless you have done this at any point in the past); will be scheduled around your availability, but ideally during standard business hours
- Complete the American Camp Association s Camp Director Certificate Course
- Review BEAM DoSL manual
- Refresh on changes to BEAM policies and systems
- Prepare to implement training
- Coordinate with the other site leadership to prepare distribution of responsibilities in the summer. Any work you do beyond this, in particular reviewing to-do lists and ensuring tasks are happening, will be paid at an hourly rate on a separate contract
During the summer:
- Managing the counselor team:
- Using BEAM-provided scripts to train them in the days before the program.
- Supplementing provided materials with any systems and training you would like the counselor team to follow.
- Providing coaching and supervision in the first few days of camp, when counselors are still learning how to do their job.
- Coordinating any special counselor duties.
- Briefly checking in with each counselor daily, and being present to answer any questions or address concerns.
- Giving counselors mid-program feedback and sending emails to summarize any parts of these conversations that might adversely impact rehires.
Coordinating program activities:
- Using counselor preferences to decide what activities to run and assign counselors (and faculty) to run them.
- Training counselors on sorting students into activities and ensuring counselors are running this process.
- Tracking inventory of and purchasing all necessary supplies and snacks.
- Ensuring that all activities run smoothly and create an awesome experience for the students.
- Supervising planning of special events, like field day and talent show.
- Managing behavior management: reviewing student behavior reports through CARE system; handling routine follow up; escalating more serious infractions to the leadership team.
Managing evening free time:
- Coordinating staff.
- Preparing nightly announcements for hall meetings.
- Being present in a supervisory role every other evening (coordinating with the rest of the leadership staff).
- Communicating with parents about any issues at the program.
- Leading by example in setting the tone of the program (e.g., find balance of academic and social leadership; treat students with respect; center students as doers of mathematics in the classroom)
- Participating in the leadership decision making process, along with co-SDs, ASD, and the guidance counselor.
- Carrying out miscellaneous roles as needed for the program's functioning.
After summer staff leave:
- Providing feedback on summer staff to the person writing feedback letters
If you are interested in further prep OR wrap-up work, please talk to us about this as we may have additional prep or wrap-up work to send your way, with BEAM paying you an hourly rate for that work.#J-18808-Ljbffr