Paid Sports Management Summer Internship
Do you want to spend your summer job working outdoors? Is making a difference in the lives of children important to you? Do you want to meet people from all over the world? What about building your resume while having an amazing time?
Join our camp family this summer for a challenging and rewarding job experience that will give you the skills you need for your future. Make a difference in the lives of our campers, while enjoying our beautiful outdoor facilities and working with people from around the world.
When you work at Camp Towanda, you get hands-on experience and leadership opportunities, while building skills that any future employer is looking for, such as flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership and responsibility.
Your main role and duties will be working with the campers as a counselor. Working at camp simply as a counselor, in-and-of-itself, gives you hands-on experience and leadership opportunities, while building skills that hiring managers are looking for, such as flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership and responsibility. With an internship, we are able to tailor it to your exact goals so you get the most out of camp with a specialized experience. We work directly with school advisors and can tailor the internship to meet school criteria for credit if that is what you are looking for. You will have to connect with your school advisor to see what you exactly need to accomplish. Be aware that your school might charge your upwards of $300-400 for the credits. And good news, this would be a paid internship! If you aren't looking for credit, then this can be the perfect experience for you too!
We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic and diligent instructors for many of our activity areas. If you play the sport in school, this is a great way to stay engaged and share your passion with youth. Great for those looking to be teachers or coaches in the future. We are looking for instructors for Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Softball, Volleyball, Soccer, Hockey, Swimming, Archery, Mountain Biking, Quidditch, Lego, Farming, Lacrosse, Martial Arts, Theatre, Culinary, Art, Flag Football, Gymnastics, Waterski...for a full list of activities...check out our website.
Athletic Specialists help teach groups of 20-40 campers at a time (boys and girls, ages 7-17) in their area of expertise. They are responsible for instructing different levels and abilities, from beginners to master classes with our more skilled campers. Working with Department Heads and Program directors to execute lesson plans. Our athletic specialists are responsible for coaching intra camp games and intercamp leagues, including county-wide tournaments with other camps. This is a great opportunity for developing professionals to get hands on coaching and teaching experience with a wide variety of ages and abilities.
You must be experienced in the specific activity, as you will be teaching most often on your own. Also, when you are not instructing in your area of expertise, you work with the group with whom you are living. You will be instructing children ages 7-16.
As a part of our internship program, we will assign you a Summer Mentor. We have an amazing Senior Staff with incredible talent and 'real-world' experience to share. At the beginning of the summer, you and your mentor will create a program that meets your school's requirements and Camp Towanda's expectations. Together, you will create a list of responsibilities, projects and milestones that will help you achieve your Internship goals.
As for the Sports Management Internship, well you are in luck! This is one of our specialties! Camp is all about managing many different sports programs all at once. As an Activity Specialist in and of itself is you are experiencing hands on the different responsibilities that will help you in a sports management career. We are constantly hosting tournaments or sending teams out to play, as well as managing our daily program, evening activities and special events. Our sports program is a well oiled machine and a great opportunity for you to take advantage of. As an intern, we will dial in our focus a little more on your education. You will be assigned a mentor, working closely with our athletic, program and tournament directors. You will meet and experience how they manage all the different program areas we have, tournament scheduling and coaching strategies, managing equipment inventory, etc. You will also coach teams of your own and work directly with many department heads. Interns in the past have kept journals, written essays or made a video documentary. We also have connections through our network of alumni and parents that work in many different areas in the sports professional field. These connections are something you can take advantage of after your time at camp to help propel your career.
Additionally, we will also help you craft your resume so that you can adequately depict your experience. The key is also being able to articulate your resume in an interview. Showing your confidence, spirit, loyalty and genuine character while sharing what you experienced at camp will separate you from the crowd and any employer would be crazy not to hire you.