Camp Counselors are the backbone of a summer at SpringHill. Counselors care for and pour into campers weekly by share the Gospel and building relationships. Counselors work with campers who have completed grades 1st through 3rd, 4th through 6th, 6th through 9th, or 9th through 12th. Some responsibilities include…
You'll grow in your own faith, leadership skills, and have a ton of fun along the way.
The Inclusion Counselor is a co-counselor in an assigned cabin group. The Inclusion Counselor is knowledgeable on appropriate care for campers with special needs in the assigned cabin. The Inclusion Counselor assumes all Counselor responsibilities and ensures that the camper with special needs has needs met adequately. The Inclusion Counselor looks for creative ways to adapt lessons to the camper's level and ensures that inclusion is taking place. The Inclusion Counselor must have a heart to serve children with special needs and familiarity with working with people with special needs. Inclusion Counselors should expect to be involved with changing, toileting, lifting and transferring, and showering campers. Inclusion Counselors are trained in de-escalation techniques to handle adverse situations.
Activity Specialists are the backbone of the activity team. The primary role of the Activity Specialist is to assist in the set up and tear down of all activities as well as aiding counselors who will help facilitate the activities. Activity Specialist will lead in a specific camp area such as High Adventure, Aquatics, Target Sports, Wrangler, or Crafts.
The Media Specialist serves by capturing memories through photos for campers and parents. The Media Specialist photographs each cabin, event and activity and uploads photographs two times per day for parents to view while their campers are attending SpringHill. Some responsibilities include…
Lead Counselor
The Lead Counselor implements all programs (evening events, campfires, and skits) from start to finish each day for the campers in the assigned area. The Lead Counselor provides leadership to the Counselors by running morning meetings, spending 1:1 time with staff, and observing interactions with assigned campers weekly. The Lead Counselor is responsible to minister to assigned campers through quality time with them and dealing with behavior issues that arise. Lead Counselors will oversee a specific area of camp. Specific areas include completed 1st through 3rd, 4th through 6th, 6th through 9th, or 9th through 12th.
Activity Lead
An Activity Lead provides direct leadership to the Activity Specialists. The Activity Lead conducts weekly meetings, Bible studies, audits, leads and facilitates activities during the week and/or weekend. An Activity Lead will oversee a specific area of camp such as High Adventure, Aquatics, Target Sports, Wrangler, or Crafts.
Assistant Site Leader
An Assistant Site Leader trains, encourages, and mentors staff and leadership in a specific area of camp. The Assistant Site Leader helps leads a team through Gospel centered care and specific, appropriate programming for the area of camp. Specific areas include completed 1st through 3rd, 4th through 6th, 6th through 9th, or 9th through 12th as well as health, administration, guest services, productions, and inclusion.
Site Leader
The Site Leader provides overall leadership to a specific area of camp under the guidance of an Experience Director and in alignment with SpringHill’s Mission Statement.
She/he is responsible for all aspects of the camp experience, including: staff development, recruiting and/or retention; camper experience; parent interactions; understanding and maintaining an assigned budget. The ideal candidate for a Site Leader holds (or is nearing completion of) a bachelor’s degree, has prior ministry and/or related experience, has a proven ability to lead others, has excellent interpersonal skills and is a motivated self-starter able to work unsupervised.
If you are interested in a Site Leader position, please contact Jon Ackley-Jelinek jackleyjelinek@springhillexperiences.com directly to schedule a call.
A day in the life of a SpringHill overnight summer leader usually looks a little something like this
At SpringHill overnight, we serve kids in grades 1-12. For every program we offer, we try to create experiences that meet kids where they are developmentally. That means that activities will be smaller for first graders and larger for ninth graders, and that curriculum will contain more pictures for younger kids and more time for reflection and discussion for older kids.
In Michigan, our age groups and programs are:
In Indiana, our age groups and programs are:
*In our high school program, campers spend half their time serving and the other half participating in activities.