Fairytale Town

Job Title: Summer Teaching Assistant 2016

Reports To: Education and Program Manager & Program Coordinator

Goal (Purpose) of position: provide children with opportunities to use imagination and creativity in a fun and casual learning environment.

Major Responsibilities: Facilitate fun hands-on activities for children ages 4 to 9 years old, assist camp staff with set up and clean up of activity materials, supervise and assist children during activities, and break times, prepare snacks.  

Qualifications: (required/desired) organized, team player, outgoing personality, interest in working with children. Minimum age is 13 years old. Must be at least 13 years old by June 13, 2016.

Time Commitment: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. daily (Monday-Friday) for at least 2 weeks between June 13 to August 12, 2016 plus a 1.5 hour Orientation and a 3 hour Volunteer Training. The weeks do not need to be consecutive.

Orientation/Training Provided: Must attend one Summer Camp Orientation meeting and one Volunteer Training session. Orientation is on either May 21 or May 26 from 5:00pm to 6:30p.m. Volunteer Training Session is on May 29 or June 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Orientation will include review of Volunteer Handbook, classroom management skills, and snack preparation. Training session will include activities illustrating Fairytale Town’s mission and customer service.

Benefits for Volunteer: Feel good knowing you’ve made a contribution in promoting the imagination, creativity, and education of children, learn new activities, develop marketable skills for future career opportunities, meet new people, receive documentation of training and hours of service completed.

End of the summer appreciation party: August 19^th 2016 5:30pm

To Apply: Create a volunteer profile on our website