Achievement Director

The Camp Phoenix Achievement Director is responsible for the academic growth of our 72 brilliant campers. This Director manages the strategy and implementation of our achievement program, which seeks to enable over 90% of campers to meet or exceed their individualized math and literacy goals during camp, eliminating summer learning loss and priming them to successfully access grade-level content when they return to school. The Achievement Director will lead and manage a team of six Instructors, or “Brain Feeders” and will work closely with them to ensure every camper is meeting his/her individual academic camp goals. This includes: 

Internalize Camp Phoenix’s vision, core values, and Achievement Program and Goals

• Facilitate part of Brain Feeder Training 
• Observe campers during Achievement time to provide real-time coaching support. 
• Lead Brain Feeder Team meetings to support constant reflection, increase camper growth and foster a collective team spirit
• Support Brain Feeders to ensure they are on track to meeting goals for their campers
• Drive the process for collecting data on camper achievement performance
• Coordinate schedule for Brain Feeders including time off and days off
• Substitute for Brain Feeders on their days off
• As a team lead, manage the overall performance review process for all Brain Feeders.

The Achievement Director will also sit on the leadership team and participate in regular meetings to discuss and troubleshoot any issues related to campers and camp operations.In addition to the qualifications we look for in all prospective Camp Phoenix team members, candidates must:

• Have teaching and coaching experience; experience in a low-income (Title 1 school preferred); experience with middle school students preferred.
• Have a knack for getting creative and bringing the classroom to the outdoors.
• Be excited about collaborating with Program and Counseling teams to make sure academic goals can live and breath in all activities at camp.
• Be a strong communicator with both campers and staff
• Be comfortable living in communal quarters.

Additionally, this role will require some hours prior to the beginning of camp (somewhat flexible, let us know what conflicts you have):

Employment dates

• Onboarding and Planning (flexible hours, about 40 hours total, beginning in June); Staff Training (June 15-16, 2022); Camp Dates (June 25-August 9, 2022); plus one Leadership Training weekend and one weekend of additional Instructor Training and Planning

Compensation

• The Achievement Director pay is a $4,800 stipend for the three-week camp. Each seven consecutive days of work, the Achievement Director will receive a day off. Benefits include a day off per week, room and board, and opportunity to spend three transformational weeks making significant impact on children growing up in low-income communities.