/ The Wayfinder Experience
61 O’Neil Street, Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 481-0776
Tax ID Number: 90-0072153
Returning Staff Application Summer 2018
Please feel free to attach a résumé and/or letters of recommendation. Email this application and any additional documents by March 15th 2018 to: .
Personal Information
Name: / Social Security Number:Age on July 1, 2018: / DOB:
Mailing Address (for correspondence): / Permanent Address (for tax purposes):
Email (please check weekly): / Best Phone Number:
Certifications
Please indicate any certifications which you hold, their dates of validity and what states they are issued by. If possible, please scan and attach your certifications.
Driver’s License: / EMT:CPR: / Lifeguard:
First Aid: / Water Safety Instructor:
RTE: / Other:
Position Desired
Please indicate the areas in which you are interested. For more information on positions, contact the Wayfinder Experience or check out our website.
Director: / Kitchen (only for staff week):Play Teacher: / Game System:
Theater Teacher: / Wardrobe:
Wellness: / Sets & Props:
Counselor: / Story(Did you submit a game to be run, or are you willing to oversee someone else’s game?):
Availability
Please explain your availability and any specific placement requests for the following dates. Note that all weekend, overnight and day camps have different schedules. For a layout of our entire summer schedule, please check the Wayfinder website:
June 28th-July 2d (staff week): / July 30th-August 3d:July 9th-13th: / August 6th-10th:
July 16th-20th: / August 12th-19th:
July 23d-27th: / August 20th-26th:
*Please note – In addition to the weeks listed above and the programs you might expect, we are in negotiations for new and additional programming throughout the summer. Please bear with us as we nail these programs into place, and we will contact you as we are able for positions at these other offerings.
Questions
Please answer the following as honestly and thoroughly as possible.
1.Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor? If so, please explain.2.Do you have any dietary needs or allergies? If so, please explain.
3.Please note that Wayfinder will try to ensure that all staff members hired for day camps have appropriate housing. That being said, do you have a place where you [or others] can stay? Please explain.
4.Do you have a car that you will be bringing to summer events? If not, how will you get to events?
5.Why do you want to return to work for the Wayfinder Experience?
6.What do you feel you can bring to the Wayfinder staff group?
7.Please explain any new skills you have developed or learned since last working for Wayfinder.
8.From time to time, Wayfinder may request its senior staff members to come and teach guest workshops. Would you be willing to do this, and under what circumstances? What kind of workshops would you be interested in teaching?
9.Do you feel adequately qualified to train SITs in the departments you applied for? Briefly describe how you would go about the training process.
10.As a returning staff member, you may have noticed that we occasionally place people into positions or weeks that were not specifically applied for. Are there any positions that you are unwilling/unable to accept?
11.Is there a limit to how many weeks you are able to work this summer?
12.Staff members are asked to attend Staff Week July 3d-7th, 2018. Are you able to attend this week?
13.Are there specific trainings and/or workshops you feel you can bring to Staff Week?
13a. Do you have interest in working or have you ever worked a Young Adventurers event or any other kind of camp/event involving children between the ages of 6 and 8? If yes, please provide details.
14.Are there any other staff members that you feel you work particularly well with? Anyone whom you have difficulty working with? Feel free to elaborate, these answers are confidential. (We will do our best to accommodate these concerns/desires, but our only promise is to make the best choices for Wayfinder.)
15.Is there anything else you’d like to tell us?
Signature
I, the applicant undersigned, hereby verify that all statements in this application are true. I agree to contact the Wayfinder Experience if any of the information in this application changes. I understand that this application will be taken seriously, and I understand that an application does not guarantee employment.
Name: ______Date: _____
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