Schedule: | Your hours of employment will generally be 9:00A.M. to 4:00PM. each day, with one extended day a week for a staff meeting (Tuesday, 6:00PM-8:00PM). Depending on your assignment, you may be asked to stay overnight once during Session One and Session Two, which will count in your weekly total. If you work extended care or provide staffing on a bus, or provide other services for camp, these hours will be counted in your weekly total.
Staff Week: June 16 - June 20, 2025
Session 1: June 23 - July 11, 2025
Session 2: July 15 - August 1, 2025
Session 3: August 5 - August 15, 2025.
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Position Summary/Job Duties: | The basics: Camp Shalom counselors typically work in groups with 12-16 campers and 3-4 counselors. They plan and lead a variety of engaging activities, work to build a strong sense of community among campers, and maintain a physically, emotionally, and socially safe camp environment for all. The ideal candidate has or wants to have childcare, team leadership, and teaching experience; is building strong people skills, including communication, good judgment, and humor; enjoys an energetic team environment; and wants to make meaningful connections with peers and kids. Additionally there are buses that go all across the Madison area to local elementary schools that pick up campers and staff.
What is Camp Shalom? Camp Shalom, a program of the Jewish Federation of Madison, is an inclusive summer day camp for children and teens, guided by Jewish values, that fosters personal development, friendship, and community. Led by experienced and nurturing staff on over 154 picturesque acres in Verona, campers and staff of all faiths, ethnicities, identities, and abilities play and learn through engaging and innovative activities, including aquatics, sports, arts and crafts, nature, Jewish enrichment, and team building. Camp Shalom was established in 1954 and is the oldest and largest day camp in Dane County, serving over 1000 children over the summer.
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