2025 Summer Extended Care Counselor (June 9, 2025 - August 15, 2025)

This position is non-residential. Applicants must be able to commute daily. The position begins June 9 and continues through August 15, 2025. There is no extended camp the week of July 4.

Interested in helping children connect with nature?

Slide Ranch is a non-profit farm-based environmental education organization located within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, on coastal wildlands just 25 minutes north of San Francisco. The mission of Slide Ranch is to connect children and people of all ages to the outdoors and partner with community groups, families and educators to provide transformative learning experiences on our organic farm and national park land along the California coast. By farming, cooking, caring for animals and exploring wilderness and the coast, we teach people of all ages to see the connection between their own health, a healthy food system and a healthy environment.

Summer Extended Care Counselor Position Summary

As a Slide Ranch Summer Extended Care Counselor you will work alongside a co-counselor on a rural, coastal farm within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. From June-August, Slide Ranch hosts 10 weeks of day camp. The week of July 4th is special programming and will not include extended care. To accommodate working parents, Slide Ranch is providing early and after hours options for campers during the remaining 9 weeks. Summer Extended Care Counselors will provide a safe and unstructured free-play style aftercare environment where campers can extend their favorite parts of Slide Ranch through more exploration, creativity, or time with our farm animals.

The work week is Monday-Friday from 2-5:30 which includes an hour for prep before camp ends and 30 minutes to clean-up once the last participant has been picked up. June 9th will be a full 8 hour day that includes training on safety and group management.

Summer camp programs serve 5-11 (some 12) year old campers so extended camp participants can be expected to include a range of ages. You are strongly encouraged to visit our website to better understand our camp program.

A typical work day is 3.5 hours and includes preparation and clean-up.

Requirements

Desired Qualifications

Position requires a collaborative and positive spirit to work with our program team. The successful candidate will possess a great attitude and strong motivation to provide a safe and exceptional extended care experience. A successful candidate will be a self starter, ability to shift plans as needed depending on group energy levels, weather, or other outside influences. Prior experience working for camps or working with children.

• Flexibility, enthusiasm, creativity, curiosity, and positive attitude.
• Eagerness to engage campers of various ages with an interactive, student-centered teaching approach.
• Desire to learn about the local environments and teaching spaces here at Slide Ranch.
• Dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching and learning.
• High level of personal responsibility in work and professionalism when dealing with the public and colleagues, including plants and animals.
• Ability to take initiative and adopt a solution-oriented approach, while understanding the value of teamwork.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to accept supervision and guidance.

Physical Requirements

Duties are performed in a hilly and rural outdoor setting and can be physically demanding, including outdoor teaching in all weather.

All incoming instructors are expected to have current CPR/1st Aid certification by June 9, 2025.

Benefits

Compensation

An hourly wage of $16.

To Apply

Applicants must be at least 17 years old to apply.

Include a cover letter that indicates your interest in this position. We encourage you to describe any experience you think may be relevant, including working with youth, being a CIT, additional languages besides English, and any unique skills or diversity you would bring to this team. We are also interested in any farm, garden or other outdoor experience you may have. Please indicate in your application where you saw this job posting.

We will begin interviewing applicants in early- mid February. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Applicants must be available for the entire duration of the session, June 9-August 15, 2025.

Please note that Slide Ranch aims to increase diversity in our staff and support an instructor team cohort that reflects the demographics of our San Francisco Bay Area community. People of all colors, cultures, class, age, genders, and sexual orientations are encouraged to apply.

Dates of Session: June 9-August 15, 2025