Summer Camp Counselor 2026
About The Position
Trinity Classical Academy seeks a temporary, Summer Camp Counselor. Candidate must be at least 18 years old (preferred) and/or high school graduate. Qualified candidate will lead activities with small groups, motivating campers in group names, attending and overseeing exciting field trips, building relationships with elementary-aged campers and most importantly, having fun this summer! Work schedule is flexible. The Mission of Trinity Classical Academy is to offer a challenging education grounded in the Christian faith and the Classical tradition to produce young men and women of virtue, wisdom, purpose, and courage. Trinity Classical Academy's cultural values include peacemaking, honest humility, constant zeal, habitual excellence, intentional relationships, and kingdom service. These values inform how the organization operates and should be reflected in all aspects of work at the school. The cultural values at Trinity Classical Academy encourage a commitment to learning, excellence, and the well-being of all members of the community. The school is dedicated to providing an elite Christian, classical education that serves all members of the body of Christ and works to grow the classical, Christian education movement. The candidate is a Christian with an authentic and a mature personal relationship with Jesus Christ in both their professional and personal life with a calling and commitment to Christian education. Qualified candidates will support our School’s Mission, while representing our Cultural Values.
Requirements
- Be punctual and present during scheduled hours
- Establish healthy rapport with campers, parents and staff
- Regular check-ins with camp director
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with camp directors and other leaders of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
- Demonstrate the ability to establish good and appropriate relationships with campers and parents
- Must be a flexible thinker
- Positive and energetic team player
- Positive support of the school's policies and practices
- Service oriented and able to interface with many people
- Truthful, positive, and purposeful when communicating with others
- Flexible and adaptable in dealing with new, different or changing requirements
- Multitasking in an environment with many distractions is a must
- Must successfully pass a background investigation
- Must successfully pass child abuse prevention training
- Typically requires standing and moving for long periods of time both indoors and outdoors
- Able to make visual and auditory evaluation of campers
- Requires standing for long periods of time; will include frequent walking and sitting
- Must be able to sit for extended period of time, repetitious hand and body movements, simple grasping, fine and gross motor skills
- Stand and walk when administering care
- Must be able to bend, squat, kneel, push, pull and lift up to 20 pounds
- Must be able to climb one flight of stairs
- Candidate must be at least 18 years old (preferred) and/or high school graduate
- The candidate is a Christian with an authentic and a mature personal relationship with Jesus Christ in both their professional and personal life with a calling and commitment to Christian education
Responsibilities
- Lead activities with small groups
- Motivating campers in group names
- Attending and overseeing exciting field trips
- Building relationships with elementary-aged campers
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
