Lcs Summer Academy

LCS Summer Academy is currently recruiting for Overnight Camp Counsellors to join our team.
**Organizational Overview**:
Founded in 1879, Lakefield College School is a leader among Canada’s independent boarding and day schools and prides itself on its reputation for providing a strong, caring community, a well-rounded program, and a transformational student experience on one of the largest waterfront campuses in the country. Of our total student population of 425, we have 280+ students who live on campus, coming from over 45 countries. LCS is a coeducational high school committed to its mission of challenging and enabling students to reach their individual potential in mind, body, and spirit.
With 144 years of outdoor education experience, LCS Summer Academy provides fun and challenging programs for campers ages 6 to 18. Each program is full of opportunities to learn in and through the outdoors on our 315-acre waterfront campus. We believe strongly in nurturing the development of the whole person by focusing on community-minded leadership, character education, and environmental sustainability.

**Responsibilities**:
Working with the Director, LCS Summer Academy, Camp Coordinator(s), House Life Coordinator, Head of Waterfront, and the Coordinator of International Students and Travel, the Overnight Camp Counsellor(s) will be responsible for the following:

- Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of students and fellow staff
- Creating a comfortable, respectful, and fun residential community
- Assisting in the delivery of imaginative and age-appropriate activity programs for students enrolled in the LCS Summer Academy
- Supporting students in their studies
- Completing check-ins during evening Study Hall
- Providing Coordinators with daily updates on student well-being and behaviour
- Following and upholding all policies and procedures related to residential life at LCS
- Working with the fellow staff to ensure prompt attention to any medical/health concerns
- Supervision of activities, including evening study hall
- Daily attendance taking and meal checks
- Waterfront activities (SUP, sailing, swimming, canoeing, etc.)
- Outdoor campus activities (e.g., high & low ropes, climbing wall, tennis, beach volleyball)
- Northcote activities (e.g., wilderness skills, regenerative farming skills)

**Education and Experience**:

- Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent (completed 2023)
- Eligible to work in Canada
- Qualifications or experience in a residential camp or school setting
- Experience with teaching English Language Learners considered an asset
- Current certifications/qualifications (or received by the time they arrive at camp) in the following:

- First Aid and CPR C/AED (required)
- Bronze Cross Certification (required); NLS certification preferred
- Ontario Pleasure Craft Operator License an asset
- Mental Health First Aid or equivalent an asset
- Ropes course and climbing wall certifications an asset
- ORCKA Instructor certifications an asset

**Dates and schedule**:
**How to apply**:
Please complete your profile and submit your resume and cover letter through the Careers Section of our website on or before **February 15, 2023.**
- Lakefield College School is an inclusive, caring community. We believe in the dignity and worth of all individuals. We embrace diversity and practice equity. We lead with empathy to create a sense of belonging for all. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for persons of all cultures, colours, ancestries, religions, sexes, national origins, sexual orientations, ages, marital statuses, disabilities, gender identities and veteran statuses._
- We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations._
- Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come._