What does your job consist of at camp? Are you exclusively a general counselor, or are you instructing / assisting with an activity? Or do you have both counseling and instructional duties?

If you are teaching, how many activities do you teach? Do you teach more than one activity in a day? Do you teach different activities in different sessions?

I'm just a gc, basically....I'm a big kid. Get to go round all the activities and can take part in them - it's just more optional for me lol. Seriously, sometimes us counsellors get more excited than the kids!

Sounds like fun Laura!

at the mo im jus a general counsellor-going round with the kids in different activities! but yesterday i was helping by boating because im certified so im going to be doing more of that throughout the rest of my time here which isnt long!!!

heey, my job is to look after the kids. i work with a group of kids in a special needs camp which all have to be one on one, so i need to be with them at all tijes incase something happens. its quite cool. i sometimes have to clean up after them and help them shower etc but none fo that phases me! i work with a different group each day, so the kids i work with change everyday, keep sit fresh i suppose! lol

my job at camp involves teaching kids how to swim!!!! we r in the pool 3 times a day 2 of them being swimming lessons and the other a free swim for the kids to mess about in the pool. when we r not in the pool we do arts n crafts or rock climbing or just games!!!! its great fun and as im at a day camp i only work 9 till 5 so have loads of time off!!!!

Interesting to see all the different jobs you have at camp! I'll definitely be referring next year's applicants to this thread so they can see the diversity of camp life!....

I am a unit leader, an archery instructor and life guard so I am kept really busy while I am at camp!

You MUST be extremely busy, Anna! There has to be something keeping you away from these boards!!

Swim Teacher / Lifeguard / Run lake Adventures / General Councellor.


Pretty much everything but being a lifeguard takes up most my time along with swim teaching. 3 out of 5 peroids at least by the lake or pool.

I had to rotate from a camps day camp and res camp.

At the day camp I worked from 8-4/5 and spent all day teaching tennis lessons to kids as young as 4! that wasn't that fun as it was "hella" hot on the tennis court.

at res camp - i'd change every 2 weeks - well i was supposed to but 7 weeks day , 3 weeks res camp.

Res camp - I taught four periods tennis, one volleyball and one animal care, I'd have one free. I'd be a GC so I'd just help out with a cabin a few times a day and look after them all day and night when the cabin councellor had a day off.

This was my second year at an Adults Special Needs camp and had been given the job title of 'supervisor' but to be honest most people did everything! No-one at my camp is an activity specialist so we take it in turns to run activities, help with the kitchen staff etc! We literally are busy all day from 6am until our campers are in bed at 10pm!

Was a Tennis Coach, 5 periods a day of teaching, and the rest i was a GC.

well i was a unit leader again this summer which means that i get to write the weeks scedule for the girls and do all the lovely paper work, and i get to do that plus hang with the girls yay a l,ot of work but fun wouldn't trade it for the world

well i was a unit leader again this summer which means that i get to write the weeks scedule for the girls and do all the lovely paper work, and i get to do that plus hang with the girls yay a l,ot of work but fun wouldn't trade it for the world