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Summer Camp Counselor (Paid+Travel+Meals+Lodging) @ Premier Summer Camp

Camp Pontiac

Camp Pontiac

Summer Camp Counselor (Paid+Travel+Meals+Lodging) @ Premier Summer Camp

Copake, NY
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Seeking Camp Counselors and Activity Specialists to work at Camp Pontiac, a premier co-ed overnight sleepaway camp in the NY Berkshires. This is an excellent position for a college student looking for a fun way to spend the summer! We offer:

    • Awesome social experience
    • Flexibility & freedom
    • Down-time for relaxation and day trips
    • Great coverage redundancy, collaboration and salary

    Approximately two hours from both NYC and Boston; approximately 500 boys and girls ranging in age from 7 to 16 from mid-June through mid-August. Responsibilities and requirements include:

    • Supervise campers and ensure their safety and general well-being
    • Participate with campers at their activities
    • Live & work at camp with other counselors from all over the world
  • Qualifications

    Child care experience and/or college majors including elementary ed, secondary ed, special ed or physical ed is a plus. Experience playing a high school varsity sport or on a college club, JV, or varsity team is also welcome.

  • Desired skills

    Camp Pontiac offers a wide variety of activities including: fine arts, cooking, wall-climbing & ziplining, land sports and waterfront fun! Seeking college students interested to lead in any of these areas or as a general counselor.

  • Compensation
    $2300 - $3000 plus travel, meals, & lodging included.
  • Benefits

    $300 travel + bonus. Daily meals, snacks, and overnight lodging included as are transportation for day trips on your days off and nights out.

  • Industry
    Primary/Secondary Education
  • Fun Fact
    Ricky & Kenny Etra are identical twins who, aside from owning Camp Pontiac, share a medical practice specializing in ear, nose and throat.
  • About Us

    Welcome to Camp Pontiac! Prospective parents often ask us what makes our camp unique. Since we have the privilege of caring for the thing that’s most important in a parent’s world, we make it our mission to deliver unparalleled health, safety and emotional care. Walk around Camp Pontiac and you’ll quickly notice a mature and sensitive staff who love children, an excellent facility that we will always work to improve upon and diverse programming that affords our campers the opportunity to participate in what they love while taking on new experiences and challenges that they never even knew existed.