Summer Program 2025

PECF; Beauvoir; On-site; EUR 1,475,000 - 1,967,000; Full time

Job summary

Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School seeks energetic summer staff to plan and lead activities for elementary-aged children in a safe, structured environment. You will join a team to prepare lessons, supervise play, and help enforce camp rules under staff supervision.

Applicants should be able to attend staff meetings, maintain punctual attendance, and engage with children and parents professionally.

Qualifications

• Experience with elementary-aged children.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Mature judgment and discretion; ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Meet with colleagues to plan and prepare lessons/activities.
• Lead activities/lessons and supervise children.
• Enforce camp rules and ensure safety in recreational facilities.
• Provide appropriate programming for the assigned age group and follow schedules.

Job description

Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School
Washington, DC 20016, USA

Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Meet with colleagues to plan and prepare lessons/activities.
• Serve and distribute snacks and lunch.
• Enforces camp rules and regulations and ensures safety in the recreational facilities.
• Reports camper complaints to leadership and works to resolve issues.
• Lead activities/lessons.
• Supervise and engage the children during inside and outside recess and play.
• Encourage and guide children as they interact in activities and lessons with other children.
• Help maintain a neat, clean, and organized environment.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Other Responsibilities

• Enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Ability to learn and enforce the camps’ safety and operating rules.
• Must attend staff meetings and orientation during the summer season.
• Be punctual and reliable with attendance
• Provide appropriate programming for the assigned age group, and follow the schedules and themes provided.
• Be comfortable participating in and/or leading lessons/activities
• Be patient, flexible, and able to work collaboratively with children and adults
• Be able to handle challenging behaviors in a way that encourages children to learn from the situation
• Be able to communicate professionally with children, parents, and colleagues

Work Experience

• Experience with and/or education in elementary-aged children
• Willingness to develop professionally
• High dependability with a strong work ethic

General Requirements

• Passing periodic background checks, FBI background check and, at the discretion of the school, drug and alcohol screening
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Mature judgment and discretion; ability to maintain confidentiality and composure under pressure
• Consistent and prompt attendance
• Compliance with the provisions of the Beauvoir Faculty & Staff Handbook

Working Conditions (schedule, Physical Demands, And Work Environment):

• The position is a Summer Job, in-person position
• The position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, climbing stairs, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending and stooping in the performance of daily activities
• For swim instructors, the position requires demonstrating swim techniques, assisting swimmers in the water, and engaging in rescue situations.
• The position requires grasping, repetitive hand movement and fine coordination.
• The position requires near and far vision for reading and preparing written reports and other documents
• Acute hearing is also required when providing phone assistance
• The need to lift, drag, push and pull files, reports and other materials weighing up to 25 pounds is required

Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. School policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on age, color, creed, disability, gender, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race, religion, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

Nothing in this Job Description restricts the School’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. This position is at will, which means that either the employee or the School may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without notice and for any reason or no reason.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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