IDEA Public Schools Careers

Role Mission: The Camp RIO Summer Program Assistant Manager is a highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic leader that is responsible for assisting in the design of summer programs and helping to select and train personnel to deliver high-energy, kid-centered activities during Summer on the Historic Lula Sams property. The Assistant Summer Program Manager must support the efforts of the Summer Program Manager to ensure that Camp RIO staff effectively deliver programming that advances the core values of IDEA Public Schools along with an adventure-based curriculum that achieves awareness of land stewardship, instills a stewardship ethic and inspires action. This role will focus on the recruitment of staff and campers as well as supporting the role of the Summer Program Manager.

What We Offer 

Compensation: 

• Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $42,519 and $49,322, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on organizational performance and goal attainment. 

Other Benefits: 

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include: 

• Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation. 
• Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to​ 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability. 
• Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.  

Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable. 

Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Engage over 1000 1st-8th grade students over the Summer of 2024 in fun, adventure-based programming.

• Help design and develop high quality summer programming for students.
• Enable children to develop skills in problem-solving and self-mastery.
• Organize and maintain an environment conducive to experiential learning outdoors.
• Assist in record keeping, and the general operation and maintenance of the camp during the summer camp operation.
• Takes the lead on maintaining communication with new camp families.
• 80% (360/450) total Summer Overnight Camp Registrations are filled by the first day of the final Summer Camp Session.
• 73% (510/600) Total Summer Day Camp Registrations are filled by the first day of the final summer camp session.

Build a community-based environment that empowers children and attracts high-quality staff.

• Assist in the recruitment, training and coaching of instructional and support staff in delivery of superior natural resources, adventure-based programming.
• Assist in the design and development of summer camp programming to ensure the return of campers through all their years of eligible attendance.
• Assist in the construction of and finalize daily agendas for every day of Summer Camp Training by March 13, 2023.
• Serve as Summer Camp Registrar during the high-volume seasons.
• Assist in planning and managing all Day Camp Programs.
• 80% of Summer Camp Counselors will be committed by April 1st, 2024.
• 100% of Summer Camp Counselors will be committed by May 6, 2024.

Live values of IDEA

•              Believes and is committed to our mission: that all students are capable of getting to and through college.

•              Is driven by outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them

•              Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.

•              Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.

•              Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.

•              Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.

•              Embodies IDEA’s core values. 

Supervisory Responsibilities :

• This position will help to manage up to 50 seasonal Summer Counselors.
• 85% of Camp Rio full-time team members will return to IDEA Public Schools for the 21-22 school year.
• Help coordinate Volunteer staff during special projects and summer camp

Competencies:

• Assist the Summer Camp Manager to develop, lead and oversee the day-to-day operation of the summer program, including coordination of schedules, trips, staff issues, and participant issues.
• Instill respect for the environment, self, and others.
• Reinforce IDEA’s mission of College for All Students.
• Maintain high levels of health and safety in organizing all activities for campers and staff.
• Participate in development and implementation of program activities within the mission and outcomes.
• Assist the ODED team by providing support with our reptile program when needed.
• Act as a substitute Instructional Guide as needed.
• Assist the Summer Camp Manager to recruit, hire, and evaluate seasonal Summer Counseling Staff.
• Recruit campers to register for available openings during the current year, and for the following Summer.
• Be a role model to campers and staff in both attitude and behavior.
• Openness to observation and critical feedback.
• Work duties on camp include maintenance and cleaning duties as assigned.
• Be on time to all scheduled trainings and workdays.
• Excitement about working for a school system that is changing the status quo of education in Texas.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Education: College Degree Required (preferably in Education, Recreation, or Science field)
  • Applicable experience will be considered in lieu of education.
• Experience:
  • Preferred experience working in a Summer Camp environment (leadership positions highly valued).
  • Ability to interact with all age levels. (Camper ages will range between 1st grade through high school, and ability to work with adult groups is also required.)
  • Preferred experience working with school-age students.
  • Preferred experience in outdoor working environment and studies in Education, Science, Outdoor Education or Physical Education.
  • Ability to work well with a team, as well as be counted on to complete individual tasks as necessary.
  • Supervisory or management experience preferred.
  • Great attitude and ability to work with children in building self-esteem and self-confidence.
  • Ingenuity and Inventiveness, capable of thinking on one’s feet and adapting to changes in scheduling.
  • Maturity of judgment and character
  • Capability of handling multiple responsibilities
• Licenses or Certifications: Able to obtain or become certified in First Aid/CPR and possibly Life Guarding.

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:   

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college   
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly  
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes  
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students  

About IDEA Public Schools   

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools.     

IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists. IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.      

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members.  Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values  

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