Passionate about working with and having an impact on kids? Do you thrive in new environments and love supporting the needs of a team? Have a love for art, science, technology, team-building or education that you can’t wait to share? Believe the world needs innovators? Ready to have a career-defining summer?

Substitutes fill in for absences lasting a day, a week, and sometimes longer, and are scheduled to work only when regular staff members are absent. The Substitute Instructor role is the perfect opportunity for those inspired by the idea of a Galileo summer, and who are open to or require a shorter summer commitment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Travel to multiple sites within a geographic region, providing support in whatever way most benefits the specific camp team with whom you work on any assigned day
• Prepare for and deliver three rotations of Galileo curriculum per day in either art, science, outdoors or other Major(s) to groups of up to 24 campers
• Implement the curriculum as written, adapting it as needed to improve the camper experience or accommodate individual campers, and capturing feedback to share with curriculum developers
• Substitute Lead Instructors may be asked to jump into a variety of other roles at camp, including acting as a Summer Camp Counselor, Assistant Instructor, Summer Intern, or general support
• Provide leadership, energy and camp spirit for campers, constantly assessing group dynamics and the needs of individual campers
• Supervise Summer Camp Counselors and Assistant Instructors working in your program area and inspire them to become excellent instructors
• Set, work toward, and achieve measurable professional development goals
• Support camper check-in and check-out processes
• Provide excellent customer service to families by communicating with them about their camper’s experience
• Assist with daily set up and clean-up of camp
• Contribute to and participate in daily opening and closing ceremonies, all-camp activities, and snack & lunch supervision and programming

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION College graduate or equivalent experience Experience working with kids or in a camp setting a plus

Founded in 2002, Galileo has grown to over 100 awe-inspiring summer camp programs throughout the Bay Area, SoCal, and Chicagoland, for which we hire close to 3,000 summer staff each year. Our summer staff teams are a diverse community of leaders—the best and brightest current and aspiring educators, college students, artists, engineers, and scientists who can't wait to dazzle and inspire thousands of Galileo campers for 2-8 weeks each summer.