Staff Application

Click here for our 2024 Application

It is our expectation that the perspective staff person, not their parent, contact the camp team about employment. We still encourage parents to list their email on their parents email on the account but please work to empower your child to take on this important step in the employment office independently with your support.

Our team hires for all positions on a rolling basis beginning in late January. If we have a position available and your application is complete, we will be in touch with you by email to set up an interview time beginning in late February / early March.

If you have any questions pertaining to employment, please email camp@greenacres.org

General Information
Staff Positions

General Information

There are about 320 children enrolled in each camp session. Our camp serves children aged 4 to Grade 8. The staff is approximately 90 people. The Camp Director, Katelyn Lanciano is an employee of the school.

To ensure continuity for our campers and to foster connections among the staff, we ask that all staff meet our minimum week requirement required based on the position you are applying for.

2024 Summer Weeks:

ALL STAFF ORIENTATION: June 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th
Session 1 (2 Weeks): June 17th - June 28th (No Camp June 19th)
Session 2 (1 Week): July 1st - July 3rd (No Camp July 4th AND 5th)
Session 3 ( 2 Weeks): July 8th - July 19th
Session 4 (2 Weeks): July 22nd - August 2nd
Session 5 (1 Week): August 5th - August 9th

Staff Expectations:

All staff must be available to attend our 2024 All Staff Orientation on June 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th.
Staff must come to work prepared for the days activities, in comfortable clothing for a summer camp environment.
Although all of our building spaces are air conditioned, a lot of time is spent outside, so this can be a hot job!
Staff will enjoy lunches each day with the students in their units.
When camp units have an Extended Day or an overnight, the counselors for that unit must stay after 3:30 PM (see event calendar on the Staff Resources Page).

Staff Positions

When hiring new staff we look for people who:

Enjoy working with children and genuinely care about their well being
Appreciate the outdoors
Are honest, responsible, and conscientious, with a desire to carry out their work assignments to the best of their ability
Are team players
Are flexible and easygoing even when the unexpected occurs
Have a good sense of humor and the ability to have “fun” with campers on their level
Have the ability to instruct the activity they are assigned with patience and understanding
Are positive role models for children and take this responsibility seriously
Get along with, enjoy being with, and respect people of all ages and backgrounds
Have the ability to recall their own trials and triumphs as a youth to better understand their campers

Camp Staff Positions

Student Volunteers - Finishing 8th or 9th Grade

Student Volunteers must be entering ninth or tenth grade and be interested in working with children in a summer camp setting. They are supervised by a Community Service Coordinator and participate in various exercises and activities that foster professional growth. This is an unpaid position. At the end of the 2024 session, counselors receive community service hours based on their completed weeks.

4 Week Minimum

Junior Counselor - Finishing 10th or 11th Grade

Counselor - Finishing 12th Grade & Freshman/Sophomore in College

Lead Counselor (Junior Camp)

Lead Counselors must be majoring in education, or a college graduate, or have equivalent educational experience and training. They have responsibility for program planning, execution, and evaluation of their Unit’s program, plus homeroom responsibilities for children. They have responsibility for program planning, execution, and evaluation of their program, plus homeroom responsibilities for children.

7 Week Minimum

Unit Leader (Junior Camp)

Unit Leaders oversee junior camper units. Unit Leaders need to be experienced teachers or have equivalent experience and have a solid understanding of child development. Unit Leaders are responsible for overseeing a group of children as well as implementing a child-centered program. Under the guidance of the Camp Director, the Unit Leader develops the schedule and the structure of the program for the whole Unit. All Unit Leaders will be supervising Lead Counselors, Counselors, CITs and SSLs. Unit Leaders communicate with parents as needed.

FULL SUMMER REQUIREMENT (8 Weeks)

Specialist (Junior Camp)

Activity Lead (Senior Camp)

Activity Leads in senior camp will be responsible for overseeing larger groups of senior campers while also planning and executing a course in our senior camp program. These programs can include, but are not limited to: art, dance, film, sports, agriculture, cooking, photography, science, tech, and wilderness survival. These staff will also be responsible for running/supporting workshops, which are various afternoon activities.