Club SciKidz MD offers science, cooking and technology summer camps for children ages 4-15 years in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery counties. We are currently hiring a Program Director for our Cooking Camps that are held throughout Howard County. Our cooking programs are half-day, but there is always an AM and PM session, so it's a full day of camp. Program director should be available to work 8am-4:30pm, although those will not be the scheduled hours every day. Weekly salary starts at $750 and is dependent on experience.
Program Directors are responsible for...
- Overseeing the implementation of the cooking camps, either one or two sets (AM & PM) each week
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Managing staff & ensuring lessons and activities are implemented appropriately; helping and assisting as needed
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Ensure staff has needed materials and ingredients for each day and purchasing perishables throughout the week; keeping ingredients and materials organized and stocked from day to day; using provided lessons and packing lists to check materials and supplies
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Ensuring camper supervision and safety and handling camper behaviors; overseeing any needed modifications due to food allergies
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Handling camper sign-in and sign out, following all established procedures and guidelines
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Parent communication and interaction
Ideal candidates...
- Certified teacher with at least 2 years teaching experience; other comparable experience considered
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Enjoy cooking and working with food; have a solid understanding of basic cooking, baking and kitchen skills
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Experience building and maintaining relationships with parents, as well as with handling parent concerns
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Have strong classroom management skills and experience working with children of varying behaviors, abilities and needs
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Organized and detail oriented
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. Thrives in a fast paced environment with lots of moving pieces
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Love working with kids
Requirements...
- Work at least 4 weeks (between June 22nd-August 14th) at different locations throughout Howard County. Preference given for candidates who can work 6 or more weeks (No camp the week of June 29-July 3)
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Work Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
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Attend Director Training Saturday, May 16th and Staff Training on Saturday, June 6th
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CPR & First Aid certification (must have certification by first day of camp) & HoCo Crowd Manager Training
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Passionate about working with children and teaching & providing a positive camp experience
Learn more about Club SciKidz MD and our programs by checking out our Summer 2026 brochure:
https://www.clubscikidzmd.com/... (https://www.clubscikidzmd.com/summer-2023-brochure/)
