Come join our amazing team of passionate educational outdoor leaders!
About Us:
Summer Field Studies for Children is a curricular-based day camp designed to offer young people entering first through sixth grade the opportunity to explore, play, and learn about the ecology of Mount Desert Island. Through an interdisciplinary, explorational, and hands-on approach to learning our goal is to raise campers’ awareness and knowledge of the natural world. With program co-leaders working with groups of 10 - 12 campers, every session is designed to foster a fun and safe educational environment. Our 5:1 and 6:1 ratios let us cultivate a cooperative community based atmosphere that creates a rich space for learning. Our before and after care program allows campers to get an early start or extend their day of learning.
Summer Field Studies Program Leader
(Positions has been filled for the 2024 summer season)
[ If you are still interested in being involved we are currently accepting applications for our Substitute Program Lead Positions as well as our Before & After Care Positions. Please email Rick Dube at: rdube@coa.edu for more information. ]
Summer Field Studies is seeking knowledgeable, fun, outgoing student mentors to lead and facilitate our curricular-based day program for students in the first - sixth grades. Program leads will be expected to provide a safe and cooperative community-based atmosphere while leading campers on excursions, planning and facilitating learning experiences and cooperative games. Program leads will also have to promote safety and use best practices in relation to caring and understanding the natural environment.
Commitment: Applicants must be able to commit to the entire 2024 season, June 10th - August, 19th.
Employment Type:Full Time / 40 hrs per week
Use pre-planned curriculum to prepare and facilitate experiential and place-based education activities in collaboration with co-leaders
Create a safe environment for all student activities.
Uphold SFS program standards and values.
Contribute to the program by assisting with equipment inventory and maintenance, developing curriculum materials, evaluating the success of programs, and performing other duties at the discretion of the director.
Candidates must:
Be at least 18 years of age.
Have current first aid, CPR, and water safety certificationsor willingness to acquire prior to start of program.
Ideal candidates will:
Possess or be in pursuit of a B.A./B.S. or equivalent experience, preferably with an emphasis in place-based education, early childhood education, life sciences, or a related field.
Have experience working with children.
Possess knowledge of ecology and natural history, preferably of coastal Maine.
Demonstrate enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility, and leadership.
Some excursions will require children to be transported by vehicle. Only licensed drivers, 21 years or older, who have a satisfactory driving record are eligible to drive our twelve passenger vans and/or fifteen passenger buses required for these outings.
Program Schedule:
In person paid staff training will occur June 10 - 14.
Programming will occur Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, June 17 - August 19, with the exception of July 4.
Program leads are required to work from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm or until all your responsibilities for the day have been fulfilled.
Program leads are expected to take part in weekly staff meetings at the end of the camper day. These meetings run on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday afternoons. Additional meetings may be scheduled as required.
Program leads can also assist with before - and after - care, as long as they do not exceed 40 hours per week.
Compensation:
$15.45/hour
Housing:
Subsidized, dormitory-style housing may be available for ideal candidates on the COA campus.
Before & After Care
Summer Field Studies is seeking knowledgeable, fun, outgoing student mentors to lead and facilitate our curricular-based before and/or after care program for students in the first - sixth grades. Counselors will be expected to provide a safe and cooperative community-based atmosphere while planning and facilitating activities, learning experiences and cooperative games for campers. Counselors will also have to promote safety and use best practices in relation to caring and understanding the natural environment.
Commitment:Applicants must be able to commit to the entire 2024 season, June 10th - August, 19th.
Employment Type: Part Time / 5 - 12.5 hrs per week
Working with 1 to 10 children, before & after care providers supervise and facilitate care and activities for children at the beginning and end of each day.
Effectively communicate with parents, children, and SFS program leaders, particularly during arrival and departure times.
Tidy and organize before- and after-care space and materials.
Uphold SFS program standards and create the safest possible environment for all student activities.
Effectively communicate with parents, children, and SFS program leaders.
Candidates must:
Be at least 18 years of age.
Have current first aid, CPR, and water safety certificationsor willingness to acquire prior to start of program.
Ideal candidates will:
Possess or be in pursuit of a B.A./B.S. or equivalent experience, preferably with an emphasis in place-based education, early childhood education, life sciences, or a related field.
Have experience working with children.
Possess knowledge of ecology and natural history, preferably of coastal Maine.
Demonstrate enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility, and leadership.
Program Schedule:
Before-care will occur from 8 a.m - 9 a.m, Monday-Friday.
After-care will occur from 3 p.m - 5 p.m, Monday - Friday.
Before and After care staff are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of each program.
Candidates may consider running only before or only after-care.
Priority will be given to those who can commit to the entire summer, June 17 - August 16.
Some paid staff training will occur during the week of June 10 - 14.
Compensation:
$15.45/hour
Substitute Program Leader
Summer Field Studies is seeking knowledgeable, fun, and outgoing mentors to support program leads in facilitating our curricular-based day program for students in the first - sixth grades. Substitute program leads will be expected to help provide a safe and cooperative community-based atmosphere while supporting program leaders in bringing campers out on excursions, planning and facilitating learning experiences and cooperative games. Substitute leads will also have to promote safety and use best practices in relation to caring and understanding the natural environment.
Commitment:Applicants must be able to commit to the entire 2024 season, June 17th - August, 16th.
Employment Type:Part Time / (On Call Basis)
Use pre-planned curriculum to prepare and facilitate experiential and place-based education activities in collaboration with co-leaders
Create a safe environment for all student activities.
Uphold SFS program standards and values.
Contribute to the program by assisting with equipment inventory and maintenance, developing curriculum materials, evaluating the success of programs, and performing other duties at the discretion of the director.
Candidates must:
Be at least 18 years of age.
Ideal candidates will:
Possess or be in pursuit of a B.A./B.S. or equivalent experience, preferably with an emphasis in place-based education, early childhood education, life sciences, or a related field.
Have experience working with children.
Possess knowledge of ecology and natural history, preferably of coastal Maine.
Demonstrate enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility, and leadership.
Some excursions will require children to be transported by vehicle. Only licensed drivers, 21 years or older, who have a satisfactory driving record are eligible to drive our twelve passenger vans and/or fifteen passenger buses required for these outings.
Program Schedule:
Programming will occur Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, June 17 - August 19, with the exception of July 4.
Substitute program leads are required to work from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm or until all your responsibilities for the day have been fulfilled.
Substitute program leads can also assist with before - and after - care, as long as they do not exceed 40 hours per week.
College of the Atlantic is committed to academic excellence, cultural diversity, and multicultural education. COA is an AA/EEO employer. Applications are especially encouraged from persons who could enhance the ethnic, gender, and cultural diversity of the College.
