Nature Camp Teacher

Description

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

GCV&M is seeking applicants to join our summer camp staff for the 2025 season. This position provides mentorship and supervision of all campers in their care. Camp teachers lead safe, engaging activities that support the camp curriculum and culture. Camp teachers leading our Nature Camps will have a passion for the outdoors. 

Requirements

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Supervise, teach, and direct the activities and behavior of campers. Support the class theme, program design, objectives, and camp culture / behavior expectations. (75%)

• Assure campers are properly supervised at all times.
• Teach camp curriculum and guide campers in activities. (Allow for flexibility and adjustments according to individual and group interests and abilities.)
• Provide for campers’ wellbeing including:
•      - Monitor daily conditions for physical hazards and social-emotional threats, and intervening immediately as needed.
•      - Follow processes for notifying camp supervisors and documenting incidents.
• Mentor campers and serve as a role model in effective interpersonal communications. Help build peer-to-peer relationships. Show respect for diversity. Encourage group participation.
• Support Camp staff with positive, effective communication with parents/ guardians.

Support the implementation and continued development of GCV&M Camp class curriculum. (15%)

• Take part in Camp Teacher orientation and training.
• Review all provided Camp class curriculum materials and meet with Camp program leadership as needed to learn about teaching expectations.
• Create lesson plans and activities that support the delivery of the Camp class. Review with Camp leadership all significant additions or changes. 
• Ensure all locations, equipment, and supplies are restored to a clean and maintained condition at the end of each day.

Support the effective operation of GCV&M Camp. (10%)

• Supervise and guide Camp youth volunteers
• Properly use, care for, and help maintain GCV&M facilities and equipment including prompt reporting of needed repairs to Camp leadership.
• Supervise camper check-in/ check-out duties and before/ after care 
• Substitute for other class teachers as needed and directed, and provide bus monitor coverage if needed
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse public in an enthusiastic, friendly, and open manner. 
• Demonstrated ability to provide consistent, quality customer service. 
• Ability to develop a working knowledge of site programs and educational content. 
• Professional or personal experience in activities like hiking, fishing, fire building, gardening, science education, herbalism, or foraging.

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

Salary: The hourly rate for a candidate selected for this position is $16.33 per hour.

Benefits: We are proud to support the health and wellbeing of the people we employ. We offer a competitive package that includes accrued sick leave, NYS statutory disability, an employee assistance program and a family membership to the Genesee Country Village & Museum.

WHO WE ARE:

Genesee Country Village & Museum, located in Mumford, NY 25 miles outside of Rochester, is the largest living history museum in New York State. Our 68-building Historic Village, John L. Wehle Gallery, and Genesee Country Nature Center host nearly 100,000 guests each year on site, off site around the community, and online across the world. Learn more on our website www.gcv.org.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Genesee Country Village & Museum is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity with respect to all employees, applicants, and interns for employment. We recruit, hire, train, and promote without discrimination due to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, citizenship, national origin, military or veteran status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Diversity Statement: Genesee Country Village & Museum is actively committed to broadening our understanding of DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion), and making it part of everything that we do.  Guided by our mission, values, and inclusive culture of curiosity, we celebrate the stories of our shared past; connect the rich diversity of the 19th century to the present; and collaborate with the communities we serve to create welcoming spaces for learning, work, exploration, and play.