Lead Camp Counselor

Position Summary:

Hope House Colorado Early Learning Center (ELC) is excited for summer break! This is an opportunity to be part of our seasonal staff for the Summer Camp at the ELC which will be opening the months of June and July. The ELC provides yearround playbased education for infants through PreK children. The Summer Camp program will provide fun and engaging programing for schoolaged children (ages 512 of our Hope House teen moms and staff. As the lead camp counselor you will lead the daytoday programming of the summer camp by effectively and safely implementing prepared summer activities for full day programming. You will create and maintain relationships with children and families to foster trust and work with other amazing staff to make the ELC a great place to work have fun and make a positive impact.

The lead camp counselor is responsible for the supervision responsive care education and classroom management of a group of school age children enrolled in the ELC for summer camp. The lead camp counselor develops and maintains respectful and nurturing relationships and works collaboratively with parents and staff. The camp counselor will work within a team to support children from ages 5 to 12 in all developmental learning domains while providing fun educational learning experiences and social connections. This position will utilize classroom management strategies to meet each childs individual needs and ensure fun and engaging programming. The lead camp counselor is knowledgeable about Colorado Child Care Licensing and health and safety rules and regulations. This position is responsible for maintaining complete and timely records and for maintaining safety and best practices for the children in the ELC and when offsite for field trips. If you are as excited to invest in providing our schoolaged children with a fun educational and exciting summer we would love to hear from you!

What youll be doing:

• Build a positive trusting and working relationship with each child and family through daily communication in a warm approachable and supportive manner
• Model appropriate teacher/child interactions and demonstrate an understanding of child development
• Provide consistent nurturing and responsive interactions with each child using positive techniques
• Provide individualized care for children to ensure childrens health and safety
• Implement prepared daily activities based on a childs needs and interests that stimulate learning in all areas of child development to include physical social emotional and cognitive needs of children
• Maintain complete and accurate childrens records including daily attendance sheet and ROMS
• Attend team and organizational meetings activities and events as available
• Promoting Hope House Colorados Core Values throughout the organization and external relationships

We want to hear from you if

• Certified with Early Childhood Credential 2.03.0 Level 2 through PDIS. (Required)
• Have Training in Early Childhood Education or elementary Education (Required)
• Have excellent communication skills collaboration and teamwork skills and the ability to work well with others (Required)
• Have experience working with children and families in atrisk populations (Preferred)
• Are able to pass the state required background checks (Required).

Who we are:

Hope House Colorado is committed to empowering teen moms changing the future for two generations! We are a futurethinking organization striving to be experts in our field. We invest in each employee providing opportunities to pursue individual passions gifts and strengths. Our staff is a unified team pursuing excellence in all we do. We serve with integrity humility and respect for one another in an environment that combines professionalism with fun humor and even a little bit of silliness each day!

Salary Range

$20$25 per hour depending on education and experience.

Hours:

This role is expected to work 40 hours/week. The schedule will be eight hours per day between 7am and 6pm.

Job Application Deadline:

April 30th 2025