Team Leader - Summer 2024
Position: Team Leader (TL)
Salary, Post Training: $500 per week, room and board included
Salary, Training: $75 per day, room, continental breakfast and lunch
Major Responsibilities:
UW-Whitewater is looking for outstanding role models to work at camp with middle/high school students in an indoor/outdoor. Under the leadership of the Summer Manager, Team Leaders are responsible for the supervision and activities for camp participants. We are looking for leaders who are committed to making a positive impact in the lives of the students we serve. PreCollege Programs serves students ages 11-17 and strives to provide exceptional programming in its daily classroom instruction and enriching life experiences through its recreational and cultural activities. Team Leaders will provide guidance during the cultural/academic programming, as well as monitoring during recreational events, floor monitoring in the residence halls during the evening/night hours, and general problem solving throughout the summer camp/program.
PreCollege offers several camps varying in length from 1 week to 6 weeks.
Deliverables:
- Lead leadership building sessions during down times
- Lead Warhawk Experience class (for certain camps)
- Able to stay overnight over the duration of camp
- Establish a positive, high energy, optimistic tone throughout the day
- Ensure that students are physically and emotionally safe
- Develop solid mentorship relationships with students that are built on respect
- Observe and respond to any students that are not engaging
- Be active in identifying ways to ensure students are enjoying their time, engaging in classes, and feeling like they belong
- Modeling what appropriate engagement looks like during classes and activities
- Handle off-task, disruptive behavior in a respectful manner
- Write up behavior incidents and follow protocol
- Model the same behavior you expect to see from students
- Monitor students and work with TLs to ensure student expectations are met and students are talked to and supported when students exhibit unusual or disruptive behavior
- Observe groups throughout in-person camps
- Ensure all classrooms and spaces are wiped down properly at the end of classes and meals
- If a student is sick, carry out the safety plan to ensure all other staff and students are safe
- Spend time in virtual classes to see how classes are running and if technology is running properly
- Able to support in-person classes with technological needs
- Problem solve and communicate with students and teachers in a calm and proactive manner, even if demands are high
- Ensuring that all in-person classes have the technology needed to provide teachers what they need to teach their lessons
- Step in with on-sight duties, as needed
Potential Dates of Employment: Monday, June 3, 2024 – Friday, July 26, 2024. Minimum of two weeks to a maximum of ten weeks, dependent on position; employment dates subject to change. Required training scheduled in the week of Monday, June 3, 2024; meals provided during training dates are a continental breakfast and lunch for all employees.
Deadline: Sunday, February 25, 2024
Application Form: https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e4KllinxNy5auCq
If any questions on the position, please contact:
Miguel Aranda, Associate Director
Office: McCutchan 323
Phone: (262) 472-1677
Email: ArandaM18@uww.edu
To learn more about our summer camps please visit www.uww.edu/precollege