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Salary- $15.75 per hour
Assist in leading summer day camps:
- Work cooperatively with adult volunteer counselors and Education Director to ensure safety of all participants, including monitoring and enforcing COVID-19 protocols (masks, sanitizing, etc.) within the camp program
- Lead games, crafts, educational activities, and engaging lessons in biology, ecology, and marine biology for camp participants in 2nd-7th grade
- Assist Education Director in managing camper behavior with patience and kind firmness, in an indoor classroom setting and outdoors on Luhr Beach
- Participate in the camper check-in/out process
- Maintain and clean program equipment and ensure nature center is orderly
- Assist with the overall maintenance, cleaning, disinfection, and storage of program materials and equipment and indoor and outdoor learning spaces.
- Trade off lunch breaks with Education Director
- Exhibit consistent professional characteristics such as a positive attitude, timeliness, initiative, emotional maturity, and self-responsibility
Assist with preparing for summer camps and clean up:
- Assisting Education Director with planning curriculum/schedules for each camp session
- Creating and printing activity handouts for participants
- Organizing and cleaning up craft supplies
- Cleaning and maintaining science equipment
- Communicating with parents and guardians
- Shopping for summer camp materials as needed