Cooking Summer Camp Director

Club SciKidz MDEllicott City, MD
Onsite

About The Position

Club SciKidz MD offers science, cooking and technology summer camps for children ages 4-15 years in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery counties. They are currently hiring a Program Director for their Cooking Camps held throughout Howard County. The cooking programs are half-day, but with both AM and PM sessions, it constitutes a full day of camp. The Program Director should be available to work 8am-4:30pm, though these may not be the scheduled hours every day. The weekly salary starts at $750 and is dependent on experience.

Requirements

  • Certified teacher with at least 2 years teaching experience; other comparable experience considered
  • Enjoy cooking and working with food; have a solid understanding of basic cooking, baking and kitchen skills
  • Experience building and maintaining relationships with parents, as well as with handling parent concerns
  • Have strong classroom management skills and experience working with children of varying behaviors, abilities and needs
  • Organized and detail oriented
  • Thrives in a fast paced environment with lots of moving pieces
  • Love working with kids
  • Work at least 4 weeks (between June 22nd-August 14th) at different locations throughout Howard County
  • Work Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
  • Attend Director Training Saturday, May 16th and Staff Training on Saturday, June 6th
  • CPR & First Aid certification (must have certification by first day of camp) & HoCo Crowd Manager Training
  • Passionate about working with children and teaching & providing a positive camp experience

Nice To Haves

  • Preference given for candidates who can work 6 or more weeks

Responsibilities

  • Overseeing the implementation of the cooking camps, either one or two sets (AM & PM) each week
  • Managing staff & ensuring lessons and activities are implemented appropriately; helping and assisting as needed
  • Ensure staff has needed materials and ingredients for each day and purchasing perishables throughout the week; keeping ingredients and materials organized and stocked from day to day; using provided lessons and packing lists to check materials and supplies
  • Ensuring camper supervision and safety and handling camper behaviors; overseeing any needed modifications due to food allergies
  • Handling camper sign-in and sign out, following all established procedures and guidelines
  • Parent communication and interaction
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