Career Center

Lead Instructor (PreK - 6th Grade)

• Responsibilities:
  • Develop and facilitate daily group activities based on campers’ interests
  • Establish and uphold group norms that encourage camper engagement and collaboration
  • Supervise campers in all aspects of camp, including off-site activities
  • Collaborate with counselors to prepare for activities
  • Actively participate in camp activities with campers
  • Attend daily staff meetings prior to the start of camp each morning
  • Communicate regularly with camp administrators
  • Provide weekly reports to camp directors including weekly summaries and photos

 Qualifications:

• • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
  • At least 2 years’ experience working with children in a camp or school setting
  • Desire to work with children in a hands-on environment
  • Desire to integrate each child’s interests and needs to create a valuable cap experience
  • Availability from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

Counselor (PreK - 6th Grade)

• Responsibilities:
  • Support Lead Instructor with daily group activities based on campers’ interests
  • Supervise campers in all aspects of camp, including off-site activities
  • Collaborate with Lead Instructors to prepare for activities
  • Actively participate in camp activities with campers
  • Attend daily staff meetings prior to the start of camp each morning
  • Communicate regularly with camp administrators

 Qualifications:

• • High School Diploma preferred
  • At least 1 year experience working with children in a camp or school setting preferred
  • Desire to work with children in a hands-on environment
  • Desire to integrate each child’s interests and needs to create a valuable cap experience
  • Availability from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

Lifeguard (PreK - 6th Grades)

• Responsibilities:
  • Ensure safe and appropriate behavior on the pool deck, in the water, and in locker rooms
  • Support skill development and age-appropriate water-based activities with campers
  • Supervise weekly beach trips, ensuring safety of all campers in and around the water
  • Assist with drop-off and pick-up, supervision, and other supervisory duties as needed

 Qualifications:

• • Current lifeguard certification required
  • At least 1 year experience working with children in a camp or school setting preferred

 Art Director (PreK - 6th Grade)

• Responsibilities
  • Develop and facilitate daily art activities for students in rising PreK - 6th grade
  • Work with the group lead instructor to develop themed activities
  • Actively participate in camp activities with campers
  • Attend daily staff meetings prior to the start of camp each morning
  • Communicate regularly with camp administrators
• Qualifications
  • At least 2 years of experience working with children in a camp or school setting preferred
  • Desire to work with children in a hands-on environment
  • Desire to integrate each child’s interests and needs to create a valuable cap experience
  • Availability from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

 Sports & Movement Director (PreK-6th Grade)

• Responsibilities
  • Develop and facilitate indoor and outdoor daily movement activities for students in rising PreK - 6th grade
  • Work with the group lead instructor to develop themed activities
  • Actively participate in camp activities with campers
  • Attend daily staff meetings prior to the start of camp each morning
  • Communicate regularly with camp administrators
• Qualifications
  • At least 2 years of experience working with children in a camp or school setting preferred
  • Desire to work with children in a hands-on environment
  • Desire to integrate each child’s interests and needs to create a valuable cap experience
  • Availability from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

School/Camp Information

Founded in 1918, Baker Demonstration School is an independent day school committed to providing an exemplary Preschool, Elementary and Middle School progressive education to our 200 students. Our students come from Chicago, Evanston, Wilmette and other North Shore communities. We believe that children learn best in an inclusive, creative community that encourages individual risk-taking and values learning by doing. Baker’s experiential approach nurtures the development of the whole child enabling each student to be fully prepared for intellectual, artistic, physical and social/emotional challenges well beyond Baker.

At Baker:

• We cultivate our students’ intrinsic motivation to learn and their active participation in the learning process.
• We foster excellence through critical thinking and integrated connections across academic and artistic endeavors.
• We promote collaboration while developing leadership capacity.
• We foster citizenship by encouraging students to develop self-awareness and compassion for others.
• We celebrate individual, familial and cultural identities and graduate students with an understanding and respect for diversity, equity and inclusivity.

 Application Materials

Candidates should submit a resume and letter of interest to summer@bakerdemschool.org.

Non-Discrimination and Disability Policy

Baker Demonstration School is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions, including those related to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and recognition of individuals on the basis of their ability and job related qualifications and without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other classification prescribed under applicable federal, state, or local law.  We actively seek diversity among faculty and administration as well as among students.  The school complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.  Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application/interview process are requested to contact the School in order to arrange such accommodation

About Baker Demonstration School

Baker Demonstration School is an independent day school, committed to providing an exemplary Preschool, Elementary and Middle School education to our 200 students. We believe that children learn best in an inclusive, creative community that encourages individual risk-taking and values different ways of learning. Baker’s experiential approach nurtures the development of the whole child enabling each student to be fully prepared for intellectual, artistic, physical and social/emotional challenges well beyond Baker. We cultivate our students’ intrinsic motivation to learn and their active participation in the learning process. We foster excellence through critical thinking and integrated connections across academic and artistic endeavors. We promote collaboration while developing personal leadership. We foster citizenship by encouraging students to develop self-awareness and compassion for others. Baker celebrates individual, family and cultural differences and graduates students who appreciate diversity in all its forms. Baker Demonstration School does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or sexual identity in its hiring ...processes and actively promotes the principles and practices of diversity throughout the school community. We offer competitive compensation and a progressive community dedicated to learning and engaged citizenship.

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