Work at Camp

Each year, Beauvoir carefully selects Lead Counselors and Assistant Counselors from a pool of interested candidates. Individuals in each role have proven experience working with young children in either a camp or school setting and counselor placements are thoughtfully decided with the overall needs of the summer program in mind.

Each camp room has at least one lead counselor and an assistant counselor who work together to provide a safe and engaging experience for their campers. Activities and projects connect with our weekly themes and are designed collaboratively with the larger camp team. Also, each camp team will have a designated coordinator to oversee the program and guide the counselors.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience with and education in elementary-aged children
• Be punctual and reliable with attendance
• Be comfortable participating in lessons/activities
• Be patient, flexible, and able to work collaboratively with children and staff

Responsibilities:

• Meet with the camp leadership team and colleagues to plan and prepare daily activities and projects
• Serve and distribute snacks and lunch
• Supervise and engage the children during inside and outside play
• Encourage and guide children as they interact with other children
• Help maintain a neat, clean, and organized environment

Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check and an FBI fingerprinting and submit a completed health form by District of Columbia law.

Our Swim Staff provides campers with a safe, developmentally appropriate swim instruction environment. Swim staff must have experience on a swim team or teaching swim lessons to children.

Please note that we have certified lifeguards through our pool management company during camp hours, so swim staff do not need this certification to join our team. However, they must know Red Cross swim levels and water safety practices.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience as a swimmer
• Experience with elementary-aged children
• Be punctual, reliable, and responsible
• Attain CPR/AED and First Aid certification
• Be patient, flexible, and able to work collaboratively with children and staff

Duties:

• Meet with the swim staff team regularly to plan for instruction
• Differentiate swim instruction based on swim levels
• Supervise and engage the children during swim times
• Encourage and guide children to meet swim objectives
• Help maintain a neat, clean, and organized pool environment

Candidates must be, at minimum, a rising junior in high school.

Successful candidates must also pass a criminal background check and an FBI fingerprinting and submit a completed health form by District of Columbia law.

More details on our extended day Afternoon Beauvoir Connections (ABC) program can be found here on the Before and After Care page.

Our ABC staff offers extended-day services to all camp families from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. The principal goal of our ABC program is to provide a safe, stimulating, and relaxed environment for Beauvoir Summer camp children whose parents regularly require child-care services beyond the camp day. The work hours are 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience with and education in elementary-aged children
• Be punctual and reliable with attendance
• Be comfortable participating in lessons/activities
• Be patient, flexible, and able to work collaboratively with children and staff

Extended Care Duties:

• Meet with the camp leadership team and colleagues to plan and prepare lessons
• Plan and implement a weekly activity plan
• Prepare large group games and enrichment activities
• Serve and distribute snack
• Supervise and engage the children during inside and outside play
• Encourage and guide children as they interact in activities with other children
• Help maintain a neat, clean, and organized environment

Candidates should be, at minimum, a rising senior in high school. Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check and FBI fingerprinting and submit a completed health form by District of Columbia law.

Do you love social media? Are you looking for a summer opportunity for potential class credit? Beauvoir Summer is looking for a Social Media Intern to highlight the awesomeness of our camp to the community.

Responsibilities include:

• Capturing camp moments through photography and editing photos appropriately
• Running the Beauvoir Summer social accounts to highlight each day ( Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Supporting the CIT Coordinator with the Internal Camp Newsletter
• Other tasks as assigned

Requirements:

Must be available June 12-August 2, 2024, punctual and reliable, communicate professionally, and have excellent writing skills. Experience using digital SLR cameras is a plus. Hours are negotiable but must be available daily, Monday through Friday, during camp hours.

Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check and FBI fingerprinting and submit a completed health form by District of Columbia law.
Internships

Do you need to fulfill classroom hours for your college education program? Get it done over the summer with us. We welcome interns who will get experience in various grade-level classroom settings.

If you are interested in being an unpaid intern at Beauvoir during the summer of 2024, please email a cover letter with your school requirements to Camp Director Drew Mackay at drew.mackay@cathedral.org.

Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational, admissions, scholarship, or employment programs.