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Last updated: May 9, 2013

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Science/Nature Director at Camp Altitude

Camp Altitude is a 2-week sleep-away summer camp experience, in New Jersey and California, for children and teenagers with social cognitive challenges (Asperger's, verbal and nonverbal learning disabilities, ADHD, PDD-NOS, High Functioning Autism) who are entering the 6th through 12th grades. Camp Altitude promotes social learning, executive functioning, and independent living skills and creates opportunities to increase self-confidence and to build friendships, all within the context of traditional camp activities.

Camp Altitude is looking to hire a Nature/ Science Director for Summer 2013. The Nature/ Science Director should have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree and experience teaching and writing curriculum for nature or science classes and activities. We are seeking someone with patience, science knowledge, and a good sense of humor who will be able to engage and work with campers through High School age by conducting fun science experiments, exploring the outdoors, and teaching about animals and nature through fun activities and projects. A Masters Degree and experience working with children and teenagers in a leadership role is preferred. We are seeking individuals who are available to participate in both of our camps this summer (NJ- 6/27-7/13, CA- 7/18-8/3), who would live in the college dorms, and be an integral part of the Altitude community. For more information on our program, please visit our website at:www.camp-altitude.com. If you are interested in applying for one of the available positions, please email your resume and a letter of interest to our Program Director, Kirsten at Kirsten@altitudefamilies.com or fax it to (914) 307-1674..

Apply now! We are currently interviewing! Application deadline is June 1, 2013.

Instructors 2013 Summer Academic Programs

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a non-profit organization that provides academic programs for gifted 2nd-12th grade students across the country and around the world. We are currently seeking instructors for our 2013 Summer Academic Programs in La Jolla, Pasadena, and Los Angeles. The 2013 programs consists of two three-week sessions from June 20th through July 12th , and July 13th through August 2nd. Students are in class 5 days per week, 4 hours per day, divided into morning and afternoon sessions with breaks in between. As a CTY instructor, you will gain experience teaching gifted students, work in small classes with approximately 12-14 students, have your own program assistant, competitive salary, and a healthy lab budget for applicable science courses.

CTY is currently seeking instructors for our Science and Engineering (5th/6th grade, La Jolla and Pasadena locations), Flight Science (5th/6th grade, Los Angeles location), Inventions (3rd/4th grade, all three locations), and Crystals and Polymers (5th/6th grade, La Jolla location) courses. Competitive instructor candidates for the Science and Engineering, Flight Science, and Inventions courses have undergraduate and/or graduate coursework in physics and experience teaching, and competitive candidates for the Crystals and Polymers course have had undergraduate/graduate coursework in Chemistry or Biochemistry and experience teaching.

Full course descriptions and our online application can be found at http://www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment. Interested candidates can send their resume or CV to Rosa Villastrigo at rosa.villastrigo@jhu.edu, or by applying online.

CTY summer programs have a rolling deadline, so the sooner you apply the better. Applications will be reviewed through June 14th.