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Summer Assistant Instructor

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Galileo Camps

Summer Assistant Instructor

Fremont, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Ready to learn the skills of exceptional educators in an amazingly fun summer job? Excited to become a quasi-expert in specific subject matter? Love working with and having an impact on kids?

    Through their role in the classroom, Assistant Instructors ignite a spark of learning for individual campers and small groups, helping to bring the Galileo Innovation Approach to life. Assistant Instructors are also often responsible for culture-building in the camp schedule, and spend much of their “work” time having a great time.

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Become familiar with curriculum for majors/classes in which you will assist
    • Assist Lead Instructors in delivering curriculum, learning skills necessary to be an effective and successful educator
    • Provide leadership, energy and camp spirit, constantly assessing group dynamics and the needs of individual campers
    • Set, work toward, and achieve measurable professional development goals
    • Support camper check-in and check-out processes
    • Provide excellent customer service to parents by communicating with them on a daily basis about their camper’s experience
    • Set, work toward and achieve measurable professional development goals
    • Assist with daily set up and cleanup of camp and assist instructors with lesson preparation
    • Support morning and afternoon extended care program including check in, check out, and leading camper activities
    • Contribute to and participate in daily opening and closing ceremonies, all-camp activities, and snack & lunch supervision and programming
  • Qualifications

    EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION Some college, or equivalent experience Demonstrated leadership experience Experience working with kids or in a camp setting a plus

  • Compensation
    Assistant Instructors are compensated at a regular hourly rate of $11.00-15.10 per hour, dependent on work location and education level
  • Industry
    Education
  • About Us

    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.