Meadowbrook Day Camp

JOIN OUR STAFF! Counselor Application Form

Thank you for your interest in applying for a counselor position at the Meadowbrook Day Camp. We would like to give you a brief overview of our staffing requirements and process.

Your application will be reviewed upon receipt, and if your qualifications appear to meet our needs, we will contact you about setting up an interview. Remember to include phone numbers for all your references. Our Operations Director will be conducting the interviews.

Meadowbrook has three levels of counselors that may be assigned to a camper group:

	Senior Group Counselors are all 21 years or older with some teaching, parenting, or related experience.
	Group Counselors are college age students with a variety of majors and outside interests.
	Junior Group Counselors are high school juniors and seniors. We have a limited number of openings for Junior Counselors, so if you are not contacted about an interview this year, you may wish to reapply as a college student.
	Our Specialty Counselors are college students or older who have a definite skill in or knowledge about a particular activity: art, archery, boating, ceramics, drama, leathercraft, low ropes, music, newsletter, nature/campcraft, team sports, or water rocketry, for example. Occasionally we hire a high school or college age counselor to assist a Specialty Counselor. We like all our swim instructors to be WSI certified as well as LGT certified. For the past couple of years, we have hosted Red Cross classes (LGT Recert and occasionally a WSI) in June prior to the start of camp.

We offer a CIT program for a limited number of 14 and 15 year olds. Please call for an application. Preference is given to former Meadowbrook campers.

We are looking for counselors who like children and who are able to provide a cheerful, nurturing environment for them. Leadership qualities, dependability, cooperativeness, a sense of humor, sports ability, and enthusiasm are all traits that we value.

Please check below for important camp dates.

Sincerely,
Dan Hanlon, Director
Sue Wright, Operations Director

Notes about our 2007 camp season:

Dates: June 25 - August 17, 2007. Two, four week sessions.

Counselor hours: 8:20 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Counselors assigned to a group may have overday (till 7:15pm) or overnight (may be on or off camp grounds) responsibilities.

Attendance is required at orientation sessions tentatively scheduled for:

	Sunday, June 17, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
	Saturday, June 23, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Attendance is also required at our camper Open House on Sunday, June 24, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.

All Junior and Group counselors assigned to a group or an activity will be required to carpool or take a camp bus to Meadowbrook.

Camper ages: 4 years 6 months to 12 yrs 6 months

Co-ed camp. Single gender groups except for oldest campers.

Activities include swimming, boating, archery, organized sports and games, tennis, ceramics, leathercraft, woodcraft/woodworking, arts and crafts, music, drama, dance, low ropes, high ropes, nature/campcraft.

Background Checks: Meadowbrook Day Camp conducts a CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and a SORI (Sex Offender Record Information) check on all summer camp counselors, volunteers, and staff members per Massachusetts Department of Health Regulations.

Application Process:

Download the posted PDF counselor application form and the PDF counselor reference form. Meadowbrook requires three written references from all applicants. If you have a current (within the past year), appropriate reference, you may substitute it for the camp's form. You may either mail in the written references with your application or bring them with you if you are called in for an interview. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file: Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For additional employment information, write to:

The Meadowbrook Day Camp
10 Farm Road, Weston, MA 02493

Or send e-mail to meadowbrookdaycamp@yahoo.com

Or phone the Camp office at: 781-647-0546

Daniel E. Hanlon, IV, Director

The Meadowbrook Day Camp
10 Farm Road
Weston, MA 02493
Phone 781-647-0546 Fax 781-894-0557

The Meadowbrook day Camp is an integral part of the Meadowbrook School of Weston and shares a similar philosophy on the nurturing and development of children.

The Meadowbrook Day Camp does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical attributes, gender, or family structure in administration of its policies, admissions, scholarship programs, or other camp-administered programs. The camp strives to include campers and staff from a variety of backgrounds and to create an inclusive community in which each member is treated with dignity and respect.

Meadowbrook Day Camp complies with the regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (105 CMR 430) and is licensed yearly by the Weston Board of Health.