Our program has a variety of positions for youth ages 10-17. We’re looking for youth, from diverse backgrounds, who want to be a part of making camp an amazing place for the kids. That basically means helping kids have a fun, safe time. We’ve found that youth leaders play a very central, positive role in a camper’s experience.
CIT stands for Counselor in Training and JC for Junior Counselor. To participate, families pay a discounted fee compared to campers, with JCs getting larger discounts. Some youth leaders go on to hired positions at our camp, starting at age 16 years, and we highly recommend the program as a step toward that possibility. Youth Leaders who have served the community, who know and love the routines and program, are much more likely to be hired at camp than someone who is new to our camp. Shifts vary, but run for 7 or 7.5 hours, with half hour rest or break mid-day.
Our Tilden Park Outdoor Summer Camp, for ages 4.75-10 year olds, runs from June to August each summer and most youth leaders sign up for 1-2 of our two-week sessions. If you love being outdoors, want to help campers get comfortable at camp and help staff with field games, songs, arts and crafts, cooking, walks, reading books, playing board games & with sand and water play at our almost weekly swim day at Lake Anza, Tilden Park is for you. Youth leader teams gather weekly to talk about how it’s going, learn some skills for working with campers, and have some fun together. CITs are 11-15 years old and can be new to camp; JCs are 14-17 years old, have been CIT in the past and received positive feedback from the staff.
Shifts are CITs:
8:30-3:30 or 10:00-5:00;
JCs:
8:00-3:30 or 10:00-5:30.
Each youth leader gets a half hour rest or break mid-day.
Positions and Ages
CITs (Counselors in Training):
- 11-15 years old
- can be new or a former camper
JCs (Junior Counselors):
- 14-17 years old
- have previously been CIT at our camps and received positive feedback from staff. Please note: If you are 14-17 and new, be a CIT for this camp, then you can be JC next camp. Pre-K program JCs can be new, so check there if you are older and want to try that.
Counselor in Training
AM and PM ext. care fun rates listed in chart above are advance sign up rates, and depending on the date you sign up vary from $2-$6/hour.
Junior Counselor
AM and PM ext. care fun rates listed in chart above are advance sign up rates, and depending on sign up date, vary from $0-$3.20/hour.
A couple sessions have progressed to second or final tiers
- CITs: June 8-12 early shift at second tier; Aug 3-14 at second tier; June 15-26 and July 20-31 at final tier
- JCs: June 15-26, July 6-17 and July 20-31 at final tier for JCs
Mga Espesyal na Pangangailangan
1 staff to 9 campers, if they need an aid at school they should provide an aid at camp