Camp Staff Life

CAMP STAFF LIFE

Cabin Counselor

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.

Staff Daily Schedule

 

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