Summer Camp - Overnight General

Overview

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Overnight Summer Camp
Agnes Arnold:
Conroe, TX
Misty Meadows:
Conroe, TX
Casa Mare:
Seabrook, TX

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Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council runs three yearly summer overnight camps:
Misty Meadows Ranch, Camp Agnes Arnold, and Casa Mare. GSSJC camp staff will be trained to work at all three camps, but primarily work at Misty Meadows and Agnes Arnold in Conroe, TX.

Staff will live and work onsite Sunday noon through Friday 6:30pm and one weekend Friday 6:30pm through Saturday 5:30pm. Room and board is provided for all staff. Living accommodations are primarily climate controlled, but staff must be willing to live, sleep, and work in non-air conditioned spaces.

Counselor

Counselors are assigned to a group of campers and a living unit with a co-counselor each week. Counselors are responsible for managing their assigned campers, their campers’ weekly schedule of activities, and facilitation of their campers’ activities. Counselors spend all daily programming time with their assigned group of campers facilitating camp activities. Counselors report to the Assistant Camp Directors. Due to the nature of overnight camp arrangements, the requirement is this role is filled by a female staff who also identifies as female.

Assistant Counselor

Assistant Counselors are applicants who have graduated the GSSJC CIT/WIT program but are under the age of 18. Assistant Counselors are responsible for assisting in the managing of their assigned campers, their campers’ weekly schedule of activities, and facilitation of their campers’ activities. Assistant Counselors spend all daily programming time with their assigned group of campers facilitating camp activities. Counselors report to the Assistant Camp Directors.

Due to the nature of overnight camp arrangements, the requirement is this role is filled by a female staff who also identifies as female. (Can be 16 years of age or older.)

Lifeguard

Lifeguards facilitate day-to-day pool operations and/or waterfront operations and spend all daily programming time lifeguarding at their assigned pool or the waterfront. Lifeguards report to the Aquatics Director. (Can be 16 years of age or older.)

Sailing Counselor

Sailing Counselors facilitate sailing activities at Casa Mare. During weeks sailing is not happening at Casa Mare, Sailing Counselors will act as Counselors at Misty Meadows Ranch and Camp Agnes Arnold, managing their assigned campers, their campers’ weekly schedule of activities, and facilitation of their campers’ activities. Sailing Counselors spend all daily programming time with their assigned group of campers facilitating camp activities.

Sailing Counselors report to the Assistant Camp Directors. Due to the nature of overnight camp arrangements, the requirement is this role is filled by a female staff who also identifies as female.

Sailing Staff

Sailing Staff facilitate sailing activities at Casa Mare. During weeks sailing is not happening at Casa Mare, Sailing Staff will act as Program Specialists or Counselors at Misty Meadows Ranch and Camp Agnes Arnold. Sailing Staff report to the Program Directors.

Equestrian Counselor

Equestrian Counselors are counselors for our horseback riding sessions and lead equestrian programs at the barn and general camp activities for their campers with their co-counselor. Equestrian Counselors spend half of the daily programming time in the barn facilitating equestrian programs for campers and the other half of the programming time facilitating general camp…