Description:

About Living Classrooms:
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region (LC-NCR) is an affiliate non-profit of the Living Classrooms Foundation located in Baltimore, Maryland. LC-NCR is responsible for the operation of educational and workforce development programs in the D.C. Metropolitan area.

LC-NCR is operated for the benefit of the community at-large, providing hands-on education and job training programs for students from diverse backgrounds, with a special emphasis on at-risk youth.

Utilizing challenging settings, community revitalization and a small staff to student ratio, LC-NCR provides experience-based educational programs emphasizing the applied learning of math, science, language arts, history, economics and ecology. Key objectives of all Living Classrooms programs are career development, cooperative learning, elevating self-esteem and fostering multicultural exchange.

Our history and future focus on hands-on experiential education programs that motivate student learning by doing. LC-NCR has the goal of offering hands-on experience based education programs that are of the highest quality and excellence.
Position Overview:
Living Classrooms is currently seeking applicants to become summer camp counselors for children ranging from ages 4-12 years old. This position is ideal for candidates who wish to gain more experience in the outdoor or environmental education field. The four camp sites available to work from are the Children�s Museum in Glen Echo, MD; the Historic School House in Washington, DC; Greenbelt Park in Greenbelt, MD; and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC. Counselors will deliver excellent interpretation and presentation for these nature camps by providing the highest quality immersive and interactive experiences for the campers.
Job Responsibilities:

� Provide excellent customer service. Know and adhere to camp policies and procedures. Interact positively with campers. Remain visible and approachable at all times.
� Greet campers and parents every morning during check-in. Maintain daily camper attendance records. ? Maintain all camper health, contact and other relevant forms.
� Work in all areas of the camp site (includes inside and outside areas). Must have general knowledge of all camp spaces and in-depth knowledge of interpretation programs for camp programming. ?
� Present programs and interact directly with campers at least 8 hours per day, including set up and take down of hands on activities, leading interpretive hikes in the woods, conducting informative meet and greet sessions with live animals, reading at story time, monitoring free time and leading other scheduled activities.
� Prepare for the presentation of specifically designated camp programs by researching subject matter, learning speeches and honing presentation techniques.
� Interact with campers to help them understand nature concepts. Implement educational interpretive experiences in all assigned spaces to achieve the goals and objectives of the camp, and to help explain the main messages and concepts to campers.
� Maintain cleanliness of camp space and grounds, and notify Camp Site Director of larger needs.?Prepare camp spaces daily for campers. Maintain a safe and inviting atmosphere. Provide daily care and cleaning of exhibit (including animal enclosures) and activities. Complete checklists and reports all maintenance and safety concerns.?
� Attends all trainings and staff meetings that are assigned.
� Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Primary Qualifications/Skills:

� Excellent communication and public speaking skills
� A passion for nature and working with children
� A friendly and engaging personality
� Ability to work with large groups that may consist of a variety of age ranges
� Good time management skills
� Basic knowledge of science and natural history
� Comfortable handling a variety of educational animals (including but not limited to snakes, tarantulas and insects)

Other:

� Seasonal position (June-August)
� Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm
� Will be expected to lift moderately heavy objects and participate in low-impact outdoor exercise (such as hiking, biking, climbing, etc.)
� Must be prepared to work outside in a variety of weather conditions

Paid Internship Info:

Paid

Hours:

Varies depending on the camp, but mostly 8 to 4.

Length/Availability:

Seasonal

Start Date:

TBD (beginning of summer)

End Date:

03/25/12, TBD (end of summer)

Deadline:

03/25/12

Tags:

summer  camp    environment    youth    education    nature    outdoor  education    children    youth  program    day  camp    recreation    adventure 

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