Remember: Tick borne illnesses are a concern in this area. We are not allowed to apply bug spray, so please do this before dropping your child off at camp. It’s important to check skin and clothing for deer ticks. They are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Remember to drive slowly and carefully down our gravel driveway.

You’ll be happy to know that we have opened additional sessions for our second and third graders.

See Summer Camp pages for more information.

Here is a link to all of our forms: Summer Camp Forms

Please note: We can not accept registration over the phone, nor can we accept your credit card.

In addition, the gutters frequently become blocked by leaves; in addition to cleaning them out, we need a helpful handyperson to fix/finish/re-route them to help prevent future build-up. The blockage has resulted in water going where it shouldn’t and making a trench  / huge puddle right where we need to walk.

Our Junior Naturalist Day Camp is a more traditional camp, with counselor-led activities, hikes, stories and crafts.

Adventure camp is intended to have the children work with the counselor to plan the day’s activities. Activities may include: canoeing, bouldering, shelter building, animal care, GPS study, geo-caching, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- A sincere desire to teach young students about nature and the environment.

- Minimum of first year study preferably in Environmental Science, Biology, Elementary Education or related fields.

- Experience leading and working with kids.

- Self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision.

- CPR, Standard First Aid, and Lifesaving (desired, but not required).

- Music, game, art, craft, and theatre skills a plus.

- Must be available 6/2/08— 8/17/08. WNC is closed the week of July 4 but we need counselors to be available the rest of the summer (please, no other commitments or travel plans!).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Implement existing summer nature and environmental education curriculums by teaching groups of up to 18 children (preK-6th grade). Two counselors work together with each group of children.

- Design and teach original programs by working closely with camp director.

- Work as a part of a small team of counselors.

- Give the children in your care an educational and fun summer experience.

- Participate in the daily operation and maintenance of WNC and the preserve.

- Help supervise at least three scheduled overnight Friday camp-outs (extra compensation given for camp-outs).

COMPENSATION: PAID, amount dependant on experience. Hours vary by week. College credit is often available if agreed upon by your school.

TO APPLY: Send cover letter, resume and three references to:

WoodcockNatureCenter@yahoo.com

For questions or more information please call us directly at 203-762-7280.