Camp Counselor/ra - New York, United States - Summer Culinary

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Resident Assistant - Camp Counselor
RAs are in charge of keeping the students safe, and planning great events to make camp fun. Talent Shows, 80's night, trivia, outdoor and indoor sports, swimming, shopping, tourist attractions, ect. and that is just to name a few ideas of evening events that you might hold for the campers. We have plenty of ideas and we are always open to fun new suggestions.

After the evening events, the students often wanna just chill out in the lounges and social areas of the dorm or go on rogue squad excursions around the city.

It's your job to see to it they are safe, inclusive, and everyone is having a great time. Every student and everything matters.

RAs are responsible for the students when they are not in class. Class is typically 10am - 6pm Monday - Friday.

The RA's accompany the students to class on the train each morning and then are there to eat the family dinner and take them back to the dorm or out on the town after class ends.

Our entire staff, directors, counselors and students live in the dorms, and have breakfast and dinner provided.


Camp website:
Please check out our website for more details on the program:


LOCATION:
New York, New York


HOURS:
Approximately 7am - 10am and then 5pm - 11pm (Monday - Thursday)

7am

• 10am and then 2pm
• 11:30pm and as needed on Friday.

8am-2pm on Saturday

9am-10pm Sunday


DATES:


Staff Training:
June 1- June 22

Camp dates:
June 23rd - August 3rd

Last Day of work:
August 3rd


What the job looks like:

• You're expected to operate with integrity at all times.
• You're part of a team.
• The team is ultimately responsible for the safety and wellbeing of every student.
• The team is accountable to having fun. When you are authentically having fun, the students are also having a blast.
• We are committed to the students achieving breakthrough results academically and personally.
• Sosafety firstthen funand we know that when camp is safe and fun, learning occurs in huge amounts

These programs are all about having fun.

We put students ages 12-17 on a college campus and we want them to have the best time possible We seek out and find whatever is cool and fun and campus and we go do that If there is something just off campus like an ice-cream shop or pizza place, you can accompany students there in the evenings It's about being part of a team, and having fun.

Teamwork:
You are part of a team. You can lean on each other, and even communicate with staff at other locations. What's working? What's not working? Tips and tricks from one classroom to the other can be invaluable Be in communicationThat's where the real work gets done


More about this position:
Residential Assistant (RA)

Focused hours for RAs:

• Supervise students and events for the hours mentioned above.
• Typical Schedule (M-F):
• 79am is breakfast, cleaning up, and preparing to leave for the kitchen.
• 910 am traveling to the kitchen with the students to drop off
• 10am5pm Students are in class
• 56pm is Dinner Service, prepared by the students
• 610pm curated evening events organized by RAs are something fun, like karaoke or trivia or anything that is fun and creates community. Local attractions.
• 1011pm chill out in the dorm
• 11pm kids in rooms
• Sunday is checkin day and it is an 'all hands on deck' day 9am until bedtime.
• Saturdays are the end of each session, from 9:30 am

- approx. 2pm. After all the students have left, then the team will 'flip the dorm'. Tidying up, hanging new name tags on doors, and getting everything ready for the next group of students to arrive.

• Note about Fridays: Fridays are the cooking competition days. These days the chefs will make lunch for the students while they are working within their groups on their menus. These foods will be judged by local judges in a fun and lighthearted competition. Then students will help clean up and leave. This is always the most fun day. Parents join to watch the competition and get to taste some of the creations On this day, the hours are a bit different and you may be called to do extra tasks during the day.
• In the evenings, you are leading activities with the students, enjoying campus, etc.
• Evening Activities: There are trips to fun places like Chelsea Market, Chinatown, Soho, etc.
• During the day you get some downtime to yourself to recharge.
• Airport runs: Some students arrive by plane and will need to be escorted to and from the airport. You may be tasked to do airport runs, and your director will go over this process in detail with you to make sure that you know exactly what to do and are comfortable.

Our Camps Are "Life Accelerated"

We are looking for someone who is naturally a fun, responsible, amazing person who gets the power of community and connection that the summer camp environment creates and empowers.

Someone who understands the possibility this program can create in the lives of the stud