Summer Camp Guide

Do you want to inspire curiosity and foster independence in children? Are you hard working and at least a little bit goofy?

Join the Neuron Garage team and earn summer income while developing your professional skills. This camp is a transformative experience for children, and as a camp guide, you get to be a part of the magic. We are currently hiring for our
North Central Neuron Garage location ncis School.

At Neuron Garage, our purpose is to help children unlock their full potential. Neuron Garage is a fun, transformational summer camp where children use recycled materials to build solutions to weekly challenges.

Through this process of hands‑on exploration, inspired collaboration, and meaningful discussions they develop a growth mindset.

A summer with Neuron Garage is a super‑charged experience working with children. The days are non‑stop and it is well worth all of the energy you will put in.
In the course of just one summer, your careful guidance can have an incredible impact on your campers' futures while leaving a lasting imprint on your own.It will change the way you interact not only with children, but with everyone – whether in a classroom, a boardroom or at home with the people you love most.

You will be responsible for creating a safe, nurturing, fun environment for elementary age children to experiment, struggle, play and learn by:

• Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of every camper.
• Creating and maintaining an environment that encourages creativity and collaboration.
• Inspiring and motivating campers through positive feedback and thoughtful questions.
• Encouraging campers to embrace hard work and setbacks by modeling curiosity, flexible thinking, perseverance, empathy, and a positive attitude.

With a different group of children each week, you get tons of practice encouraging classroom community, building trusting relationships, delivering curriculum, and helping children develop important social‑emotional skills. We truly believe building great things requires a community. You'll be a part of a highly collaborative team working together to share ideas, have fun, and make a real difference.

Employment and Training

Schedule:

• Live Zoom Training:
  Multiple Evenings in May, TBD
• Camp Set‑up & Orientation:
  May 30th and May 31st, times TBD
• Camp:
  June 1st - July 31st, Monday through Friday 8:15am – 5:45pm (schedules vary; part time and full time available).

Compensation:$20 – $25/hour; 8 weeks of camp (camp is closed the week of 4th of July) and approximately 20 hours of paid training and set‑up.

Requirements:

• 1+ years of college
• 1+ years working with children
• Pediatric First Aid/CPR Certification (to be completed before training)
• A passion for education/teaching, psychology, and/or child development