Summer Program Counselor

Do you enjoy working with youth and being part of a diverse, supportive, and talented community? If so, please consider joining our team at Tessellations. We are currently accepting applications for a Summer Program Counselor with a start date of June 17, 2024.

Tessellations is a progressive K-8 non-profit school for gifted learners based in Cupertino, CA. Our mission is to provide challenging experiential education that recognizes and nurtures the individual strengths of gifted learners, empowering them to confidently express who they are and pursue a meaningful life. At Tessellations, community is a core value, as it is the reason our small and mighty school was able to form and thrive despite the global pandemic. Our team consists of passionate, qualified, and dedicated staff from diverse backgrounds and includes nationally renowned gifted experts. Our first year was online only. In our second year, we moved onto our beautiful campus, quadrupled in size, and added our Nature Campus. Our third year had excellent staff and student retention and extremely high family satisfaction. At the start of the 2023 - 2024 school year, we moved to a larger campus to accommodate our growing population and in Fall 2024 we will launch our high school.

Open to rising Kindergarten to 10th-grade students from Tessellations and students across the SF Bay Area, our Summer Program is geared toward providing students an opportunity to explore many areas of interest, engage in hands-on experiential learning, build friendships, develop critical thinking skills, strengthen a love for learning, and most importantly to have fun. Summer camp offerings include day trips, summer camp workshops, day camp, a Counselor In Training Program, and extra care following normal camp hours. In keeping a 6-8 camper-to-1 teacher/counselor ratio, our program is designed with the needs of the camper in mind.

Employment Type: Seasonal, June 17, 2024 - August 3, 2024 (holidays observed: June 19, 2024 and July 4, 2024)

Training Week: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm June 17-18, 20-21, 2024

Summer Camp Work Schedule: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm June 24, 2024 - June 28, 2024 and July 15, 2024 - August 1, 2024. On call for July 1, 2024 - July 12, 2024.

Special Summer Camp Hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm June 29, 2024; July 13, 2024; July 20, 2024; and August 3, 2024

Compensation: Hourly pay range of $22 - $28 depending on experience

Job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Implement prepared Day Camp curriculum and participate in day camp activities in the areas of group games, crafts, nature, science, design thinking, and social studies
• Monitor and provide for the safety of youth, ensuring that participants are supervised at all times
• Assist in setting up and maintaining recreation facilities for camp events and scheduled programs
• Assist with routine camper attendance and participant records
• Enforce rules, regulations, and safety precautions on campus and during field trips
• Drive the school van during field trips
• Establish positive relationships with youth, parents/guardians, caregivers, and coworkers
• Provide First Aid services when needed
• Co-facilitate activities with incoming and current Tessie students during special camp hours that foster connection and a sense of belonging
• Attend scheduled staff meetings
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum age requirement of 25 years old
• Passing a criminal background check upon job offer
• At least 5 years of driving experience and clean driving records with the DMV
• Experience working with youth in a camp or educational setting (experience working with gifted youth is a plus)
• Ability to monitor operations and notify the Summer Camp Director of safety and behavior/discipline issues
• Comfortable working with small groups of up to 12 individuals
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to lead, mentor, and inspire youth participants ages 5 to 12
• CPR and First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain)

Please submit a cover letter and resume to careers@tessellations.school. For more information about our school, visit http://www.tessellations.school.

Tessellations is an Equal Opportunity Employer — we do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sex, or reproductive health decision making.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Seasonal

Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour

Grade school specialties:

• Elementary school
• Middle school

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Private school

Work Location: In person