Craft Habit Camp Instructors

Pay rate: $18/hour

Hours: vary month-to-month. Camp shifts are 9am - 1pm, 9am - 4pm, or 1pm - 4pm.

Over the past few years, Craft Habit has built a fun, creative, and thriving camp program. Our program has grown, so we are looking for additional Camp Instructors to come aboard and teach camp throughout the year! 
Our priority for hiring is to find instructors who are experienced and comfortable working with kids and families, with an aptitude for crafts. Experienced & familiarity with many crafts is desirable, but we are more concerned that you come to us with skills to foster an encouraging and welcoming environment for our campers. 

This position involves working directly with elementary and middle-school aged students, other camp instructors, and teenage Junior Counselors. We currently have a roster of sewing camps, art camps, and craft camps. Camp Instructors will have the opportunity to develop projects and curriculum as well.

 Requirements:

- Comfort and enthusiasm working with students ages 6 - 16. Experience teaching in camps, after-school programs, early education, or elementary education preferred.

- Aptitude for learning new crafts. Experience and comfort with sewing machines is recommended.

- Ability to direct Junior Counselors in their capacity as classroom helpers.

- Ability to commit to a schedule in advance. We open registration for our camps many months in advance, and will need to know your availability at least 6 months in advance of 
  camp dates.

- Criminal background check required upon hire

Program Information - Craft Habit Camp Details
We plan to hire multiple instructors, and may have multiple camps running on some days. You won't need to be available for every single camp date.

2024 Teacher Workdays/ New Hire Training Days: October 14th, November 1st, November 5th, November 11th

Week-long Camps 2025: January 6-10, January 13-17, January 20 - 24, March 10 - 14, April 1-4, April 7-11, April 14-18, June 2-6,  June 9 - 13, June 16-20, June 23 - 27, July 7-11, July 14-18, July 21-25, July 28 - August 1, August 4-8, August 11-15, August 18 - 22, October 6-10

Teacher Workday Camps 2025: January 2nd, January 3rd, January 6th, January 20th, January 21st, February 17th, March 14th, April 7th, April 18th, April 21st, May 2nd, September 1st, September 23rd, October 13th, October 20th, November 4th, November 11th.

Daily Camp Schedule

• 9am to 9:15am - Camper drop-off, get settled, discuss plans for the day

• 9:15am to 10:30am - First craft project of the day

• 10:30am to 11:00am - Snack and movement break. This is our only snack break during regular camp hours, so pack a big snack to make it through to 1pm! At snack break, we head outdoors, eat and chat, and take some time to run around, stretch, and/or play board games and card games depending on weather.

• 11:00am to 12:45pm - Second craft project of the day. During weeklong camps, we may have projects that take up a whole day, or will be started one day and finished on another day. 

• 12:45pm to 1:00pm - Clean up and pick-up time. Regular camp sessions end at 1pm. Campers being picked up at 1pm should arrange to eat lunch after leaving camp. Campers staying for aftercare will eat lunch onsite.

Optional Aftercare Schedule

Aftercare is available on all camp dates, as long as a minimum of 4 campers are registered to stay late. For weeklong camps, aftercare can be booked for the full week in advance, or on a daily basis during the week of camp. Exception: aftercare will be canceled if fewer than 4 campers have booked in advance. 

• 1:00pm to 2:00pm - Lunch and outdoor play. Aftercare campers should bring a packed lunch and extra snack, along with their water bottle and morning snack. After eating, campers have the choice to spend the remainder of the hour playing physical games, play board games or card games, or may read a book brought from home.

• 2:00pm to 3:30 - Choice of self directed crafts  (painting, drawing, beading, origami, yarn crafts, etc). 

• 3:30 to 4:00pm - Clean up, last snack & outdoor play, devices, books & board games optional. Aftercare ends at 4pm.