Overnight Camp- Head Counselor At North Woods Camp for Boys

Position Title: Head Counselor
Responsible To: Village Leader/Section Head

Minimum Qualifications:

● High School graduate or equivalent, or at least eighteen years of age

● Desire and ability to work with children outdoors

● Ability to relate to one’s peer group

● Ability to accept supervision and guidance

● Teaching proficiency in one or more camp skill areas: tennis, archery, swim instruction,

waterskiing, sailing athletics, photography, rifle, canoeing, hiking, windsurfing, horseback,

etc.

● Good moral character, integrity, emotional maturity, and adaptability

● Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience, and self-control

Camp Goals: It is the counselor-to-camper relationship, the example set, the interest shown, the

constant concern for the campers’ welfare and happiness both spiritually, physically, morally, and

mentally that make a camp what it should be for our campers. Responsibilities include supervision,

leadership, and guidance to a group of 8-10 children of similar age within a cabin. Lives with campers.

Instructs in one or more activity areas daily.

Positions Available: 28 plus per camp

General Responsibility: Identify and meet camper needs and carry out camp programs

Specific Responsibilities:

● Prepare for and actively participate in staff training, meetings, and supervisory conferences

● Carry out established roles for supervising camper health and enforcing camp safety

regulations

● Follow camp rules and regulations pertaining to smoking, use of alcoholic beverages, and/or

drugs

● Manage personal time off in accordance with camp policy

● Maintain good public relations with campers’ parents

● Supervise all assigned aspects of the campers’ day including line-up, cabin clean-up,

mealtimes, rest hour, evening activities, getting ready for bed, and after-hours duty assigned

● Set a good example for campers and others including cleanliness, punctuality, sharing cleanup

and capers, sportsmanship, and table manners

● Develop cabin/village/activity lesson plans with participants as appropriate

● Assist in teaching or leading an activity, as assigned

● Recognize and respond to opportunities for problem solving in the group

● Develop opportunities for interaction between campers and staff

● Provide opportunities for the group so that each individual experiences success during camp

● Provide opportunities for discussion of individual or group problems or concerns

● Help each participant meet the goals established by the camp for camper development

● These are not the only duties to be performed. Some duties may be reassigned, and other

duties may be assigned as required

Essential Functions:

● Ability to communicate and work with groups participation (age and skill levels), and provide

necessary instruction to campers

● Abilities to observe camper behavior, assess its appropriateness, enforce appropriate safety

regulations and emergency procedures, and apply appropriate behavior-management

techniques

● Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to environmental and other hazards

related to the activity

● Cognitive and communication abilities to plan and conduct the activity to achieve camper

development objectives