Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC Hiring for Camp Director: Summer Nature Camps Job at Oakland, CA Full Time

APPLY: After you have read the ad, submit both a resume and cover letter specifying why you might be a great fit for the Camp Director at Inspire Behavioral Learning! Applications without cover letters will not be considered. We look forward to connecting with you!

Do you love working with children and camp counselors? Do you love the outdoors, nature, and hiking? Do you have a passion for children’s books, reading, and writing? Are you skilled at supervising and leading camp counselors or similar staff? Do you care about creating an inclusive and fun environment for children of all abilities? How about combining your passions into one fun summer job? We are looking for an on-site Camp Director to lead outdoor nature camps for summer 2022 in Oakland and Berkeley. Call of the Wild Camps are for kids in grades K-5 to hike, read, write, explore, learn, and play! We seek an enthusiastic, energetic, dynamic, creative, and experienced leader to join us in designing and implementing educational and recreational outdoor programs.

Our ideal camp director is a communicative and collaborative leader and team player bursting with creative ideas for staff to implement with children at camp. Our ideal candidate is adaptable, friendly, outgoing, energetic, and eager to inspire and engage both children and staff in learning by doing. Strong candidates have supervisory and management experience for outdoor camps, nature camps, STEM or STEAM camps, early childhood education, elementary school education, special education, outdoor education, literacy education, after school programs, recreation, or related fields.

COVID-19: mask wearing, physical distancing, sanitizing, and other health and safety requirements are in place for employees and students. We provide paid COVID-19 training for you. We are looking out for you and your health and safety!

WHO WE ARE: Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC provides outstanding educational and behavioral health services for children, teens, and adults throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. All employees advance Inspire’s mission to empower people to live happier, more independent and fulfilling lives by achieving their health and educational goals.

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE:

– We value diversity and include children with disabilities and typically developing children alike in our programs.

– We value the integrity of the whole person and are dedicated to a well-rounded blend of head, heart, and body — being constant learners, kind and caring, and focused on learning by doing.

– We incorporate a multisensory approach and principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), the science of learning that focuses on observable interaction between the learner and environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

– Reliably attend and actively participate in camp director and camp counselor training (training is the week of June 6 for summer camps)

– Reliably attend Call of the Wild outdoor nature camps June 13-Aug 12

– Supervise camp counselors on-site, providing modeling, prompt fading, positive feedback, and constructive feedback

– Greet parents at drop-off and pick-up times, checking children in and out

– Perform COVID-19 health and safety screenings for every child at drop-off time

– Communicate with parents in a friendly and professional manner

– Safely lead hikes in parks for K-5th graders in small groups of up to eight children and two staff

– Lead outdoor language arts activities for children with nature and wilderness themes, including but not limited to circle time with story time and singing, literary show-and-tell, skits, nature journaling, mapmaking, creative writing, personal journaling, and authoring and illustrating books

– Apply English Language Arts Common Core State Standards to science (such as topics in biology, ecology, zoology, life science, environmental science, outdoor education, environmental stewardship, preservation, conservation, etc.), integrating naturalistic observation, exploration, group discussion, games, and relevant children’s books and writing activities

– Engage children and staff with a fun teaching style and high energy, creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, dynamism, and positivity

– Supervise and facilitate children’s rest breaks, snack and lunch breaks, and physical play breaks

– Provide naturalistic executive function teaching across diverse activities, including planning, organization, and time management

– Implement teaching and behavior management based on principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), including prompting, positive reinforcement, and group contingencies of reinforcement based on student preferences and choices

– Facilitate emergent curriculum and child-centered, student-centered, naturalistic, incidental, and play-based teaching and learning opportunities

– Create both structured and naturalistic learning opportunities

– Communicate student progress and needs with children’s parents/guardians where applicable

– Record accurate, objective incident reports

– Follow all COVID-19 health and safety requirements

– Make sure campers and staff follow safety rules and leave no trace principles

– Perform other duties as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICIATIONS:

This job requires supervisory experience, supervising staff and children.

– Minimum of one year experience as a director, supervisor, or manager supervising staff and children for outdoor education camps, outdoor recreational camps, nature camps, science camps, STEM camps, STEAM camps, literacy camps, or equivalent experience

– Minimum of one year experience working with elementary school age K-5th graders

– Fun and engaging leadership style with high energy, creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, dynamism, and positivity

– Ability to hike trails of moderate difficulty on hilly and uneven terrain up to approximately 6 miles a day five days a week for multiple consecutive weeks

– Ability to carry a loaded hiking backpack weighing up to 20% of your body weight for the duration of each camp day

– Provide proof of your Bachelor’s degree

– Provide your academic transcripts (unofficial transcripts are permitted); must be in good standing

– Demonstrate command of American English phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics

– Experience working with students with widely diverse abilities, including disabilities (e.g., autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, speech and language delays)

– Experience working with culturally, linguistically, and developmentally diverse children

– Experience taking initiative leading staff and groups of children

– Experience leading extracurricular enrichment activities for children

– Experience with behavior management for children

– Experience with child development and age-appropriate, grade-appropriate, developmentally appropriate activities

– Must demonstrate care for children and a desire to help the whole child learn and grow in enjoyable ways, in addition to subject-matter competence in language arts and biology or environmental science

– Kind, caring, compassionate, and patient with learners of all skill levels

– Eagerness and openness to continually learn and develop your skillset

– Excellent ability to break concepts down into simple and easy steps

– Excellent time-management and organizational skills

– Outstanding oral and written communication skills

– Ability to work independently and as part of a team

– Pass a DOJ and FBI background check

– Provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination

– Provide proof of unexpired CPR and First Aid certification

– At the time of applying, submit a cover letter specific to the Camp Director for Call of the Wild Camps at Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

– Familiarity with Joaquin Miller Park, Redwood Regional Park, and Tilden Regional Park

– Demonstrable love of the outdoors, eco-conscious, and health-conscious

– Demonstrable love of language arts, linguistics, and literacy teaching

– Enthusiastic about making education relevant to children’s lives

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

– Have fun teaching kids in the outdoors!

– Paid training and paid sick leave

– Supportive and friendly environment with coaching and mentorship

– Become part of a company that truly cares about both the employee’s and student’s happiness and success!

LOCATION: East Bay parks

CLASSIFICATION: Non-exempt employee, full-time. This position is for temporary, seasonal work in summer break June 6, 2022-Aug 12, 2022.

APPLY: Submit both a resume and relevant cover letter specifying why you might be a great fit for the Camp Director position at Inspire Behavioral Learning! Applications without cover letters will not be considered. We look forward to connecting with you!

Keywords: Oakland Camp Director, Oakland Camp Supervisor, Berkeley Camp Director, Berkeley Camp Supervisor, Oakland Camp Manager, Berkeley Camp Manager, Oakland Camp Counselor, Berkeley Camp Counselor. This type of position may also be known as camp leader, camp teacher, camp instructor, outdoor educator, outdoor camp director, outdoor camp supervisor, naturalist, nature camp director, youth leader, youth group leader, program leader, lead counselor, lead camp counselor, elementary program leader, recreation leader, summer program director, and youth program director.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $22.00 – $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Health screenings for employees and children, mask wearing for employees and children, frequent sanitization.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oakland, CA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a cover letter? (Required for all applicants)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• work with K-5th graders: 1 year (Required)
• supervising staff for camp/outdoor education/recreation: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• unexpired CPR and First Aid Certification (Required)

Work Location: Multiple Locations