Camp Academic Coodinator

The Home for Little Wanderers; Windsor (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home for Little Wanderers is seeking a Temporary Academic Coordinator to lead and implement a school-wide Think City curriculum at Camp Wediko in Hillsborough, NH. This role requires coordinating with teachers, clinical staff, and outside providers to ensure academic success for youth facing social and behavioral challenges.

The coordinator will supervise Think City staff, develop lesson plans, and monitor classroom fidelity while ensuring safety and orderly administration of the program

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in Education or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement a program-wide curriculum for Think City.
• Structure and manage classrooms conducive to learning.
• Understand and address the clinical, academic, and learning needs of each student.
• Set achievable learning objectives for each classroom.
• Collaborate with program leadership and outside providers as needed.
• Assign students to classrooms based on needs.
• Oversee development of lesson plans by Teachers and Assistants.
• Provide ongoing professional development and supervision for Think City team.
• Observe classrooms to ensure fidelity of curriculums and plans.
• Order and manage necessary materials for curriculum.
• Teach and model behavioral management and de-escalation strategies.
• Respond to emergencies per agency policies and report safety concerns.
• Communicate with guardians and schools about student success.

Skills

Staff management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Creative problem solving

Education

Advanced Degree in Education or related experience

Job description

Camp Wediko is a residential summer camp located in Hillsborough, New Hampshire serving youth struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Camp Wediko values a strengths-based approach and provides multiple opportunities for youth to practice new and emerging skills in all life domains, including in the classroom. The academic component of Camp Wediko is called Think City. The manager of Think City is responsible for providing direct leadership, management, and supervision of all academic components related to Think City.
The Temporary Academic Coordinator is responsible for creating and implementing a program-wide curriculum that will allow students to practice skills in a classroom setting. The Coordinator collaborates with other program leadership team members and outside providers as needed to ensure that our students are able to experience academic success in the classroom.

How You'll Be Making a Difference

• Create and implement a program-wide curriculum that will allow students to practice skills in a classroom setting.
• Structure and manage classrooms that are conducive to learning.
• Have an understanding and working knowledge of the clinical, academic, and learning needs of each student.
• Set achievable learning objectives for each classroom.
• Collaborate with other program leadership team members and outside providers as needed to ensure that our students can experience academic success in the classroom.
• Assign students to classrooms based on academic, learning, and clinical needs.
• Oversee the development of lesson plans created by Teachers and Teaching Assistants.
• Facilitate ongoing professional development and provide direct supervision for Think City team.
• Observe classrooms to ensure curriculums and lesson plans are being carried out with fidelity.
• Ensure necessary materials are ordered and on hand to support curriculum.
• Teach, model, and utilize behavioral management and de-escalation strategies, including restraints, as taught, and outlined in the training model.
• Utilize agency policies when responding to emergencies including reporting safety concerns to Program Management and/or Program Directors.
• Communicate and problem solve with guardians, teachers from sending school districts, and other outside providers about the academic success of students as needed.
• Collaborate with team members, Clinical Supervisors, Nurses, Family Therapists, Program Coordinators, Program Managers, and Program Directors to ensure students are receiving the best treatment and care possible.
• Successfully complete First Aid, CPR, and Medication Distribution Training.
• Provide ongoing administrative functions, including client documentation, and end of summer discharge paperwork.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in Education or a combination of education and relevant experience
• Experience managing a staff team in an academic setting
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to approach personnel challenges in a supportive and creative manner.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Abilities Required

This position requires the ability to walk the rugged terrain of our outdoor campus, an active wooded setting. Supervisors will often be outdoors engaging in active recreational activities in the unpredictable summer seasonal elements of New Hampshire. This includes working in hot and humid temperatures and rain. The ability to bend, hold and lift is also required as indicated by behavioral management techniques. Employees are responsible for transportation to one of the pick-up and drop-off locations at the beginning and end of summer (Manchester airport, Boston Logan airport, or direct transport to and from campus). They are expected to participate in two weeks of training prior to attendees arrival day and a week following their departure day to allow time for documentation, debrief, and clean up of the physical campus.

Valuing Diversity

We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.