Company description
The Farm School connects people to the land by serving as a family farm for the coming generations. We are an organization of three interweaving programs spread out over the land of four old family farms in rural Mass, now linked together under our common stewardship. Careful mentoring, meaningful work, humor and kindness are at the center of all we do.
Our Program for Visiting Schools provides multi-day, residential, school-year and summer farm programs for over 2,000 young people and their teachers each year. Our typical program is a two and a half day field trip for middle schoolers, in which we task the students with running all the aspects of the farm: cooking the meals, and working in the garden, forest and barn with the animals. Children are given the opportunity to experience their own capacity to contribute to the farm.
Job description
2017 Summer Staff:
Dates are June 17 – Aug 4.
As summer staff, you have a big role to play. You are the closest people to the campers, and your enthusiasm and excitement is the life blood of the camp. You will get campers to bed and wake them up. You are their comfort and support through night and day. When things are hard or challenging, they will turn to you. You will be assigned to a Work Area (barn, garden, forest) to help lead the campers in farm work throughout the summer. Essential qualities we look for in our summer staff are humor, initiative, kindness, vibrancy and a love of hard work, also best if you are 18 or older by the start of camp.
Staff positions fill quickly so we encourage you to apply soon.
Apply here.
Compensation
this position is: salaried, less than $50,000
Application instructions
This job expired on January 21, 2017
Deadline
no deadline