APPLY: After you have read the ad, submit both a resume and cover letter specifying why you might be a great fit for the Nature Camp Director at Inspire Behavioral Learning! Only applications with cover letters are considered. We look forward to connecting with you!

Do you love working with children? Do you love the outdoors, nature, and hiking? Do you have a passion for children's books, reading, and writing? Are you enthused about leading, inspiring, training, and supervising camp counselors to work with children? Do you care about creating an inclusive and fun environment for children of all abilities? How about combining your passions into one fun summer job? We are looking for an on-site Nature Camp Director to lead Call of the Wild Camps in Summer 2023 in Oakland and Berkeley. Open a door to the wonders of nature as a living classroom in outdoor nature camps, where kids in grades K-5 come to hike, read, write, explore, learn, and play!

Our ideal camp director is an enthusiastic, energetic, dynamic, creative, and experienced leader and team player who is communicative, collaborative, adaptable, friendly, outgoing, and eager to inspire and engage both children and camp counselors in learning by doing. Strong candidates have supervisory and management experience for outdoor camps, nature camps, STEM or STEAM camps, early childhood education, elementary school education, special education, outdoor education, environmental education, literacy education, after school programs, outdoor recreation, or related fields.

WHO WE ARE: Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC provides outstanding educational and behavioral health services for children, teens, and adults throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. All employees advance Inspire's mission to empower people to live happier, more independent and fulfilling lives by achieving their health and educational goals.

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE:

• We value diversity and include children with disabilities and typically developing children alike in our programs.
• We value the integrity of the whole person and are dedicated to a well-rounded blend of head, heart, and body -- being constant learners, kind and caring, and focused on learning by doing.
• Our approach includes multisensory experiential learning, emergent curriculum, child-centered play-based learning, and principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), the science of learning focused on observable interaction between the learner and environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Reliably attend and actively participate in camp director training (training is the week of June 5 for summer camps)
• Reliably attend Call of the Wild outdoor nature camps June 12-Aug 11, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM (5 days a week per session, except 4 days a week from Jul 5-Jul 8)
• Supervise and train camp counselors on-site, providing modeling, prompt fading, positive feedback, and constructive feedback
• Greet parents at drop-off and pick-up times, checking children in and out
• Communicate with parents/guardians in a friendly and professional manner
• Communicate with parents/guardians a brief summary of their child's day at pick-up time
• Maintain 4:1 or 5:1 student:staff ratios
• Safely lead hikes in parks for K-5th graders and staff in small groups
• Lead outdoor language arts activities for children with nature and wilderness themes, including but not limited to circle time with story time and singing, literary show-and-tell, skits, nature journaling, mapmaking, creative writing, personal journaling, and authoring and illustrating books
• Apply English Language Arts Common Core State Standards to science, such as topics in biology, ecology, zoology, life science, environmental science, outdoor education, environmental stewardship, preservation, conservation, etc., integrating naturalistic observation, exploration, group discussion, games, and relevant children's books and writing activities
• Engage children in outdoor activities that blend recreation and education, such as nature-themed hide and seek and chase games, crafting and playing forest "I Spy" games and scavenger hunts
• Facilitate nature-themed arts and crafts
• Engage children and staff with a fun teaching style and high energy, creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, dynamism, and positivity
• Supervise and facilitate children's rest breaks, snack and lunch breaks, and physical play breaks
• Delegate camp counselor duties
• Provide naturalistic executive function teaching across diverse activities, including planning, organization, and time management
• Implement teaching and behavior management based on principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), including prompting, positive reinforcement, and group contingencies of reinforcement based on student preferences and choices
• Facilitate emergent curriculum and child-centered, student-centered, naturalistic, incidental, and play-based teaching and learning opportunities
• Create both structured and naturalistic learning opportunities
• Keep work materials neat, organized, and in good working condition
• Record accurate, objective incident reports
• Follow all health and safety requirements
• Make sure campers and staff follow safety rules and leave no trace principles
• Follow directions and implement feedback from supervisor
• Proactively communicate camp updates, questions and concerns with the camp supervisor
• Represent Call of the Wild Camps in a positive and professional manner with campers, parents/guardians, staff, and community partners
• Perform other duties as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Education:

• Provide proof of a Bachelor's degree
• Provide your academic transcripts (unofficial transcripts are permitted) in good standing

​Certification and Safety Requirements:

• Provide proof of unexpired CPR and First Aid certification
• Provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination
• Pass a DOJ and FBI background check

Required Experience:

• Minimum of one year experience as a director, supervisor, or manager supervising staff and children for outdoor education camps, outdoor recreational camps, nature camps, science camps, literacy camps or equivalent experience
• Minimum of one year experience working with elementary school age children in K-5th grade
• Experience hiking trails of moderate difficulty on hilly and uneven terrain up to approximately 6 miles a day
• Experience working with culturally, linguistically, and developmentally diverse children
• Experience working with students with widely diverse abilities, including disabilities (e.g., autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, speech and language delays)
• Experience taking initiative leading staff and groups of children
• Experience leading extracurricular enrichment activities for children
• Experience implementing effective and appropriate behavior management for elementary school age children
• Experience with child development and age-appropriate, grade-appropriate, developmentally appropriate activities

​Required Skills:

• Ability to hike trails of moderate difficulty on hilly and uneven terrain up to approximately 6 miles a day five days a week for multiple consecutive weeks
• Ability to carry a loaded hiking backpack weighing up to 20% of your body weight for the duration of each camp day
• Ability to stand, bend, squat, stoop, sit, climb, and lift (up to 50 lbs)
• Demonstrate a fun and engaging leadership style with high energy, creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, dynamism, and positivity
• Kind, caring, compassionate, and patient teaching style for learners of all skill levels
• Eagerness and openness to continually learn and develop your skill set
• Command of American English phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
• Excellent ability to break concepts down into simple and easy steps
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Ability to confidently take initiative with minimal direction
• Eco-conscious skills with a demonstrable love of nature and the outdoors, life sciences, biology, environmental science, outdoor education, or environmental education
• Health-conscious skills with a demonstrable love of active and healthy living
• Enthusiasm for language arts and literacy teaching
• Enthusiasm for making education relevant to children's lives
• Must demonstrate care for children and a desire to help the whole child learn and grow in enjoyable ways, in addition to subject-matter competence in language arts and relevant life sciences

Other Requirements:​

• Provide proof of a valid California driver license
• Possess your own reliable transportation to regional and city parks in Oakland and Berkeley
• At the time of applying, submit a cover letter specifying why you might be a great fit for the Camp Director for Call of the Wild Camps at Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC

​PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience hiking in East Bay parks, such as Joaquin Miller Park, Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, and Tilden Regional Park

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

• Have fun teaching, leading, and inspiring kids and camp counselors in the outdoors!
• Paid training
• Paid rest breaks
• Off-duty lunch breaks
• Supportive and friendly environment with coaching and mentorship
• Successful hires may be invited to work in future seasonal camps
• Become part of a company that truly cares about both the employee’s and student’s happiness and success!

LOCATION: Parks in Oakland and Berkeley (Joaquin Miller Park, Redwood Regional Park, Tilden Regional Park). Only applicants residing in the East Bay are considered.

SCHEDULE: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM. We are looking for applicants available the full summer camp season for all sessions from June 12-Aug 11 and for training the week of June 5. All sessions are 5 days Mon-Fri, except the week of Independence Day is 4 days.

CLASSIFICATION: Non-exempt employee, full-time. This position is for temporary, seasonal work in summer break June 5, 2023-Aug 11, 2023.

APPLY: Submit both a resume and relevant cover letter specifying why you might be a great fit for the Camp Director for Call of the Wild Camps at Inspire Behavioral Learning! Applications without cover letters or with generic cover letters are not considered. You can also apply from our website www.inspirebehavior.com. We look forward to connecting with you!

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Keywords: Oakland Camp Director, Oakland Camp Supervisor, Berkeley Camp Director, Berkeley Camp Supervisor, Oakland Camp Manager, Berkeley Camp Manager, Oakland Camp Counselor, Berkeley Camp Counselor. This type of position may also be known as camp leader, camp teacher, camp instructor, outdoor educator, outdoor camp director, outdoor camp supervisor, naturalist, nature camp director, youth leader, youth group leader, program leader, lead camp counselor, elementary program leader, recreation leader, summer program director, and youth program director.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Referral program
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you available to work from 8:30 AM-4:30 PM? (Required)
• Are you available to work ALL camp dates: June 12-Aug 11 (except July 4 is a day off)? (Required)
• Can you meet the physical requirements to hike approx. 6 mi. per day M-F multiple consecutive weeks? (Required)
• Are you including a cover letter specific to the company and position? (Required)
• Do you have your own reliable transportation (not Uber/Lyft/public transportation) for commuting to and from work in Oakland, CA and Berkeley, CA? (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Work with K-5th graders: 1 year (Required)
• Supervising camp counselors/novice educators: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• UNEXPIRED First Aid Certification (Required)
• UNEXPIRED CPR Certification (Required)
• California driver's license (Required)

Work Location: In person

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