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Camp Catanese Staff members are creative, innovative, flexible, and bring exciting new ideas to camp!

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
  • Assist Camp Directors with day-to-day administrative functions
  • Liaison to Arizona State University
  • Help coordinate registration and departure of campers
  • Coordinates all staff arrival and departure
  • Creates an organized log of all staff arrival and departure information
  • Coordinates meals for staff during staff training
  • Oversees transportation for campers that must leave campus during camp
AFTERNOON PROGRAM COORDINATOR
  • Plans afternoon activities for campers involving sports, arts, dance, etc.
  • Brainstorms new and exciting activities to bring to camp
  • Trains and supervises counselors in the execution of all activities
  • Oversees camper sign-ups for activities
  • Sets up equipment for the activities each day
  • Maintains organized inventory of all equipment
ARTS & CRAFTS COORDINATOR
  • Develops and coordinates 6 new and innovative craft activities
  • Provides instruction to the counselors on how each craft is done
  • Supervises afternoon program counselors in execution of arts and crafts
CHALLENGE COURSE COORDINATOR
  • Must have certified experience/training in challenge course facilitation
  • Trains the facilitators on how to run team-building and challenge activities
  • Supervises a team of facilitators who lead the daily activities
  • Brainstorms new team-building and challenge activities to bring to camp
COLLEGE RESOURCE COORDINATOR
  • Creates and executes a college resource fair for campers
  • Finds scholarship opportunities and creates individualized plans for campers to follow through after camp
  • Works with morning program coordinator to create additional opportunities for juniors and seniors to access college application information
  • Creates digital diagram that breaks down all college majors within their categories
COUNSELOR
  • Lives with/cares for 6-10 campers (ages 13-18) to ensure well-being and safety
  • Embodies the roles of big brother/sister, teacher, coach, friend, and mentor
  • Encourages the personal and educational growth of the campers
  • Serves on either Morning, Afternoon, or Challenge Course program staff and works daily under the supervision of the respective program coordinator
EVENING PROGRAM COORDINATOR
  • Develops and organizes seven fun evening activities for each night of camp
  • Instructs counselors on how to implement the activities for each night
  • Places orders for equipment needed for each evening program before camp
  • Ensures evening programs are 100% inclusive of all campers
GIMME SHOP COORDINATOR
  • Oversees Gimme Shop and Camp Store daily
  • Orders and maintains inventory of snack items
  • Set up and clean up Gimme Shop on a daily basis
  • Helps organize and deliver Evening Program snacks
  • Helps with birthdays of campers and staff
  • Supervising campers during Gimme Shop
HEAD MALE/FEMALE COUNSELORS
  • Responsible for planning components of Staff Training Week and ongoing counselor education throughout the camping session
  • Handle camper issues brought by counselors and supervise counselors and campers throughout the day
  • Nightly check-ins with counselors and staff members
  • Help plan and organize staff debrief
  • Offer insightful feedback to counselors
MEDICAL TEAM*
  • Maintains and organizes operation of the Medical Center
  • Manages medication disbursement for campers
  • Cares for campers in the event of injury
  • Organizes inventory of medical supplies and camper medical documentation
  • Must be a registered medical professional to apply*
MORNING PROGRAM COORDINATOR
  • Works with morning program counselors to plan and execute the STEAM, career, and college preparatory lessons each morning
  • Collects printed materials ahead of camp - ie lesson plans, handouts, etc.
  • Trains counselors on effective teaching techniques
  • Helps organize a rotation schedule for campers to switch from activity to activity
  • Maintains and orders inventory of supplies needed for each activity
  • Supervises counselors in the execution of the morning program
PHOTOGRAPHER (2)
  • Captures, edits, and posts pictures on the camp website each day
  • Orders and distributes cabin photos
  • Coordinates with media team to ensure maximum coverage
  • Photographs senior campers’ headshots
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
  • Oversees all programs
  • Orders and maintains inventory of all program supplies
  • Helps schedule and plan training opportunities for program coordinators during staff training for counselors
  • Leads regular program coordinator meetings
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
  • Posts content on the Camp Catanese Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
  • Writes staff bios to be posted on social media to create hype for camp
  • Updates and improves all camp social media platforms throughout the year
  • Must be willing to stay up to date with the camp social media platforms year round
  • Build the following of the Camp Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
  • Helps with the graduation program
  • Maintains the website
VIDEOGRAPHER
  • Films and edits highlights of the camp experience
  • Creates nostalgic camp video to be viewed on the final night of camp
  • Edits and creates promotional videos for the Camp Catanese Foundation to be used for year round purposes
VIDEOGRAPHER ASSISTANT
  • Works with the camp videographer to film and edit the camp video
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
  • Helps create a volunteer schedule where volunteers help run Gimme Shop, Camp Store, and set up and clean up of programs daily
  • Helps organize volunteer drivers for miscellaneous errands
  • Supervises volunteer staff throughout the week
  • Helps with delegation of supervision of campers throughout Morning Program
VOLUNTEER
  • Helps run the daily Gimme Shop during Staff Meeting
  • Helps with the transportation of campers to summer school or mandatory programs
  • Assists program coordinators with set up or break down of daily activities
  • Does whatever is necessary to ensure camp runs smoothly
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