An interview will be required, which may be conducted at camp in North Carolina, or near your home or school. Expect a moderate salary, long hours, and little privacy. Most of your waking hours will be spent with children. It has been said that a real university is a log with a child on one end, and an adult on the other. Young people learn attitudes, balance, integrity, humor from people who have time for exchanges with them.
Children mature by learning independence, self-discipline and initiative, and that takes practice.
The non-competitive atmosphere also encourages breadth of interests rather than specialization. Our staff includes graduate students, teachers, retired people and others who enjoy working with young people and who have at least part of their summers free. We especially solicit people with a strong background in dealing with young people who may add to camp in many ways. Our average counselor's age is about 25. Occasionally, particularly qualified individuals with only a week or two free may join us briefly.