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2022 Staff Applications are NOT open yet. In the meantime, you can:
1. Read our "2021 Camp Bethel Summer Camp Information" packet (2022 packet coming soon).
2. Read the information below.
1. Read our "2021 Camp Bethel Summer Camp Information" packet (2022 packet coming soon).
2. Read the information below.
We strongly recommend all summer staff take steps to get vaccinated as soon as possible. To find easy and FREE vaccination options near you, visit vaccinate.virginia.gov. Having a fully vaccinated staff will make programmatic things like staff housing and staff training significantly easier. All staff will agree to and adhere to a Healthy Behavior Agreement concerning weekends and time off (coming soon). Staff who are vaccinated will follow a separate, more flexible Healthy Behavior Agreement.
$320/week for 9 weeks; add'l $25/wk each returning year, plus $200(+) end-of-summer bonus, plus $300 for every adult counselor you recruit! Coordinator Training is May 23-27. Paid weeks include: Staff Training (May 30-June 10) and camper weeks (June 12-July 30). (Total commitment is 9 weeks.). Housing, meals, laundry house, and supplies provided May 23-July 23/30. Additional paid work available July 31- August 13. This is a resident position and Senior Counselors are on site and on duty each week 12:00pm Sunday through 8:30pm Friday and off duty 8:30pm Friday through 12:00pm Sunday. Off duty on-site housing is provided and encouraged, but it is not required while off duty.
Day Camp Coordinator (21+):
The Day Camp Coordinator is expected to work directly with the Assistant Program Coordinator(s) and Summer Program Coordinator to manage the day camp staff and carry out a smooth camp week. (S)he splits the week's day campers into units, assigns day camp counselors to the units, and creates a week sheet for the staff with a daily schedule. Throughout the summer, the Day Camp Coordinator will travel to off-site day camps, prepare and manage day camp activities, communicate with parents for campers to have the best week possible, address any issues with day campers and/or day camp staff, and hold pre-week day camp meetings with day camp staff. The Day Camp Coordinator is expected to support the day camp staff at all times and to address any needs or concerns that arise.
No matter how circumstances may change prior to our 2022 summer, we must continue to mitigate the risk of virus transmission from person to person. For this reason, we will continue to implement health-and-safety protocols in 2022. If you can not or will not take these protocols seriously, do not apply.
Staff Recommendation Form
View a position description and 2020 Summer Staff Policies.
The Day Camp Coordinator is expected to work directly with the Assistant Program Coordinator(s) and Summer Program Coordinator to manage the day camp staff and carry out a smooth camp week. (S)he splits the week's day campers into units, assigns day camp counselors to the units, and creates a week sheet for the staff with a daily schedule. Throughout the summer, the Day Camp Coordinator will travel to off-site day camps, prepare and manage day camp activities, communicate with parents for campers to have the best week possible, address any issues with day campers and/or day camp staff, and hold pre-week day camp meetings with day camp staff. The Day Camp Coordinator is expected to support the day camp staff at all times and to address any needs or concerns that arise.
No matter how circumstances may change prior to our 2022 summer, we must continue to mitigate the risk of virus transmission from person to person. For this reason, we will continue to implement health-and-safety protocols in 2022. If you can not or will not take these protocols seriously, do not apply.
Staff Recommendation Form
View a position description and 2020 Summer Staff Policies.
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