Camp Staff Life

Your most important role at Watia is leading your cabin. You’ll live in a cabin with a co-counselor and 10-12 campers. Your job is to keep campers safe and healthy, serving as a positive role model, helping campers learn and grow, and providing opportunities for them to Dream, Dare, and Discover.
Our cabins are grouped into “villages.” Each village is led by an experienced village director who supports cabin counselors and plans special village programs. Along with your village director, you’ll be surrounded by veteran cabin counselors and a leadership team (known around these parts as the "Goonies") to help with anything you need.
In addition to leading a cabin, you’ll also be a program instructor. As an instructor, you’ll work with other leaders who share your activity specialty. Leadership staff will help you draw on your own experiences, as well as teach you new skills, that will enable you to facilitate classes successfully.
Time
Activity
Your Role
7:00AM
Wake Up/Morning Mayhem
Wake Up Campers
8:00AM
Flag Raising
Attend Flag Raising
8:15AM
Breakfast
Eat with your cabin
9:15AM
Discovery Trek 1
Teach a Class
11:00AM
Discovery Trek 2
Teach a Class
12:45PM
Lunch
Eat with your cabin
1:45PM
FOB/Cabin Clean Up
Rest with your campers
3:00PM
Choice/Cabin Activity 1
Teach a Class
4:15PM
Choice/Cabin Activity 2
Lead a special activity for your cabin
5:15PM
Cabin Time
Help your cabin get ready for the evening
5:35PM
Flag Lowering
Attend Flag Lowering
5:45PM
Dinner
Eat with your cabin
6:45-7:15PM
Free Time
Hang out and play with campers and staff
7:30-8:30PM
Evening Activity
Participate in a camp-wide special event
8:40PM
Snack/Vespers
Eat with your cabin/ Lead campers in talking about their day
9:15PM
Showers & Bedtime
Help campers get ready for bed
10:00PM
Cabin Duty/ Staff Retreat
Perform cabin duties or enjoy free time
12:00AM
Staff Curfew
Go to bed