Summer Position

Environmental Education Fellow

Environmental Educator Fellows work with Catamount Institute’s year-round Education Department staff to form the core teaching, leadership, and safety supervision team for all of our camps.

Summer of Adventure

Environmental Educator Fellows work with Catamount Institute’s year-round Education Department staff to form the core teaching, leadership, and safety supervision team for all of our camps. This position demands a high level of experience as Fellows teach from existing lesson plans, write some lesson plans of their own, and are at times the lead educator in charge of camp planning, programming, or campers.

Responsibilities

Co-lead a comprehensive, age appropriate camp experience for children between the ages of 6 -15 at camps ranging from half-day to week long residential experiences
Prepare for and teach activities and lessons as assigned, including lesson review, learning background information, and supply acquisition
Generate original lesson plans to teach several times over the summer
Know, follow, and enforce all safety guidelines associated with camp and all program areas. This includes but is not limited to being responsible for campers safety and knowing their whereabouts at all times
Identify and respond to campers behavioral issues or emotional needs. Notify camp director of concerns
Planning and attending staff meetings, planning sessions, and trainings

Have flexibility in response to current and emergency situations and to shifts in camp responsibilities
Mentor Summer Guide Interns and Volunteers
Transport students as needed in CI supplied vehicles (15 passenger vans), must be eligible to be covered by CI driving insurance, clean driving record required.
Responsibility for occasional shared cooking and cleaning duties for some camp overnights and student supervision at meals (on a rotating basis)
Write a portion of Catamount Institute’s end of summer wrap-up report
Support staff and organization activities as needed

Qualifications

College junior, senior, or bachelor’s degree preferred
Experience working with youth in the outdoors in a volunteer, staff, or professional capacity
Must be comfortable living and working in the outdoors including tent camping and hiking over rugged terrain
Preference given to applicants with advanced outdoor skills like backpacking, rock-climbing, map and compass navigation or similar abilities
Special skills (music, singing, storytelling, group dynamics, and games) helpful
Willing to ask questions and learn new things

Energetic, dedicated, & able to become involved in all aspects of the program
Science, History, or Recreation background helpful but NOT required
Current first aid and CPR certifications are required, preference given to candidates with higher certifications: WFA, WFR, Wilderness EMT, etc…
Insurable to drive our 15 passenger van, clean driving record required
Self-starter, ability to take initiative and without direct supervision, sometimes during stressful situations

Please note:

You must have housing in the Colorado Springs area. We only provide overnight accommodations during our overnight camp’s (8 nights total).

You must be available to work Tuesday, June 1st – Wednesday, August 11th with weekends and a half-week (July 5th-7th) off.

What you should expect

Settings ranging from urban park to deep wilderness
Work, play, and sometimes live with students ages 6-15
Work-weeks at camp run Monday-Friday
Camps range from half-day programs in town to residential, overnight camps in wilderness cabins, backpacking, and tent camp outs
Mandatory staff training begins after Memorial Day and runs Tuesday-Friday.
Camps typically end by the second week of August each summer as schools start up again

Benefits

Apply today

Click the button below to apply online. If you are a Colorado College Student please click here to apply through the Public Interest Fellowship program. All other applicants click below to apply online.

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