Job description
Cal Performances is seeking a Camp Guidance Counselor to work for AileyCamp from June 5, 2023, to August 4, 2023.
Cal Performances presents and produces outstanding artists from the Bay Area, the United States, and around the world in performances and community programs which promote excellence, innovation, diversity, education, and community involvement, with the fundamental belief that the arts are vital to our society locally, nationally, and internationally. Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances is a program of the Education Department. Cal Performances supports AileyCamp with an array of professional performing arts services, including but not limited to marketing, public relations, facilities including Zellerbach Auditorium, and a full professional technical staff.
AileyCamp is a nationally proven arts education program that uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, creative expression, and critical thinking skills among 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students (aged 11-14) from underserved communities. AileyCamp also provides exceptional dance training to middle school students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The project was inspired by the work of the late Alvin Ailey, an internationally renowned dance artist, choreographer, and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Please visit http://calperformances.org/community/aileycamp/ to learn more about AileyCamp and Cal Performances.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the AileyCamp Director and Associate Director, the Camp Guidance Counselor is responsible for the educational aspects of the program as related to personal growth and development, as well as ensuring that class content and the camp environment is consistent with the goals of AileyCamp. Additionally, the Camp Guidance Counselor is responsible for:
Provide counseling:
- Five-day work week – Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (and until 9:30 pm on 7/27 performance night) for all weeks employed.
- Provide counseling and follow-up guidance for individual students, their family members, and staff as needed.
Provide resolution and serve as a camp liaison:
- Facilitate resolution of student behavior and discipline issues.
- Serve as camp liaison for parents.
- Participate in the design of the staff orientation, and lead training for staff and campers on topics such as youth development/empowerment, trauma-informed teaching and learning, cross-culturally responsive instruction, team building, etc.
- Contribute to the development of Personal Development seminars in the areas of drug education, nutrition, health, human sexuality, careers, conflict resolution, decision-making, positive self-image and self-esteem, including the teaching of some segments.
Provide evaluation of workshops and campers’ progress:
- With the AileyCamp directors, observe and evaluate Personal Development and Creative Communications workshops.
- Maintain individual personal files of AileyCampers.
- Provide AileyCamp directors with written evaluations of campers’ progress, and supervise the completion of evaluations by staff and students.
Provide general oversights to campers and other duties as needed:
- Participate in the general oversight of the campers, for example, at assigned meal times and camper-free periods, including but not limited to assisting with other class engagement, support Group Leaders in their oversight of individual groups of campers, providing supervision during lunch and breaks as assigned on a rotating basis, and take on projects in support of camp, production preparation, and audience engagement.
- Participate in individual and AileyCamp staff meetings, including scheduled meetings during working meals, and after-camp meetings a week.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be a trained MSW, MFT or equivalent.
- Two years of counseling and teaching urban youth.
- Must have a Master’s degree or higher in Psychology, Social Work or a related field.
- Significant experience working with urban children and families representing the diversity of Bay Area life, including children identified as having one or more of the following at-risk factors: living with a single parent or no parent; having a sibling who dropped out of school or became a school-age parent; having difficulty with the traditional school structure as determined by teacher observation; or having low self-esteem.
- Familiarity with and/or ability to be trained in and implement youth-centered learning frameworks.
- Excellent leadership skills including an ability to command respect and motivate achievement while working effectively with young people, serving as a positive influence and model for disciplined practice, healthy personal habits, and respectful communication with campers and colleagues.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well to diverse persons, and actively work as part of an ensemble with a shared mission to support campers and camp activities in whatever manner is needed.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to handle problems calmly, graciously, and constructively.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, cheerful collaborator, able and willing to take initiative to accomplish or support others in accomplishing tasks related to the successful and smooth operation of the camp.
- Working knowledge of computer systems and software including word processing, spreadsheet, and data management software.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines in a self-directed, prioritized and calm manner.
- Flexibility to meet changing needs and priorities as they occur.
- Initiative to work independently, with direction, and as part of a team.
- Ability to establish goals and workload priorities, and to see tasks in the context of a bigger whole.
- Must be able to successfully pass a background check.
- Must complete all UC Berkeley-mandated training for employees by the deadlines given.
- Must comply with UC Berkeley’s Covid-19 policies for employees.
Preferred Qualifications:
Fluency in speaking Spanish and English
Other Information:
This is a temporary position with a start date of June 5, 2023 and an end date of August 4, 2023. Pay is $7,920 total for the period of June 5, 2023, to August 4, 2023.
The individual will be performing the required duties in person on campus. Completion of campus-required COVID-19 training and testing (as applicable) for individuals working on campus is required.
To Apply:
For a complete job description and to apply, please visit http://jobs.berkeley.edu/ (search by the Job ID #51305)or go to https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=21&JobOpeningId=51305&PostingSeq=1 for more information.
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