Crafts
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in creative arts
- Ability to teach
- Ability to set up demonstration area and program, and to teach skills to staff and campers of all ages
- Desire and ability to work with children
- Ability to relate to one's peer group
- Ability to accept guidance and supervision
- Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience and self-control
- College student or at least 19 years of age
Responsible To
Program Coordinator / Program Director / Executive Directors
Camp Goals
Our goal is to provide youth with a summer camp experience that: promotes the discovery of one's own dignity and worth; develops empathetic, culturally competent campers who welcome and respect all individuals, regardless of what they look like, how they identify, where they come from, their socioeconomic status, their faith and who they love; stimulate a love for and care of the natural world; develop commitments to enduring values and respect and inspire service and responsibility to foster exemplary school and community leaders.
General Responsibility
To plan, direct, and supervise camp's arts and crafts program.
Specific Responsibilities
- Set up crafts room before and during staff orientation
- Teach staff their responsibilities and activities during staff training
- Teach and monitor proper use of equipment
- Conduct inventory, store equipment for safety
- Create check-out and return system for craft supplies
- Create daily activities for campers
- Submit orders for supplies when needed, ensuring timely arrival of materials
- Assist in packing all materials at end of season
- Fulfill required duties as cabin counselor
- Evaluate current season and make recommendations for following season
- These are not the only duties to be performed. Some duties may be reassigned and others may be assigned as required
Essential Functions
- Ability to communicate with staff and campers
- Ability to teach, supervise and moderate all craft activities
- Ability to operate equipment
- Ability to organize