Application period for summer teaching staff interns opens on November 1, 2024 for summer 2025 and is open to all college students (all majors welcome to apply, however this is an especially valuable experience for education majors). The program is located in Moneta, VA and the dates of the position are May 25, 2025 – July 25, 2025.
Responsibilities include:
- Complete a week of in-service training
- Lesson planning
- Facilitate the Good Neighbors Curriculum
- Work cooperatively with volunteers
- Classroom management
- Select, coordinate and lead music, dance, recreation, academic, arts and crafts activities (getting approval from site director for media to be shown/listened to)
- Keep necessary records for each child
- Work as a team in planning daily lessons and activities consistent with the Good Neighbors curriculum (lesson planning)
- Report on time daily (at camp and ready to work at 7:45 a.m.) and stay until the children have left the building, staff has debriefed and the classrooms are in order for the next day (typically by 4:00 p.m.).
- Conduct themselves in a responsible way at all times
- Be an enthusiastic and energetic example of Good Neighbors for our campers and community
- Responsible for their own transportation to the Smith Mountain Lake community (travel grants may be requested for students traveling more than 300 miles).
- Report all problems to the Program Coordinator, Lead Intern, School Administrator or the Executive Director.
- Share a home with the other interns and maintain a clean and organized environment and comply with all policies (this will include chore assignments such as cleaning, assisting with grocery shopping, cooking, carpooling and any activities necessary to promote a happy and healthy living space within the intern community).
- Work collaboratively with certified teachers and school staff when partnering with summer school programs.