Baseball/Softball Coach - Youth Sports - Summer Camp Job/Internship - (PAID) 2023

Job Summary

Spend your summer Coaching Baseball at Camp Towanda! Join our Towanda Team this summer!

Camp Towanda is the premier co-ed, 7 week sleep-away camp for children ages 7-17. We offer a well rounded program of activities from sports, to the waterfront, Outdoor Adventure and the Arts.

Camp Towanda is looking for experienced, enthusiastic and diligent Baseball Coaches to teach our campers, both boys and girls, ages 7-17. Our campers have a wide range of experience with Baseball, from competitive, college bound players, to those campers who are just being introduced to the sport. Additionally, coaches are responsible for coaching our  intracamp games and intercamp leagues, including county-wide tournaments with other camps. This is a great opportunity for experienced players and developing coaches to gain coaching and leadership experience with a wide variety of ages and abilities!

Responsibilities include coaching, umpire, executing lesson plans and coordinating with the Department Head, Program Director and Athletic Director. Specialists help teach groups of 20-40 campers at a time (boys and girls, ages 7-17). There are typically six, 50 minute long activity periods per day. Coaches will be directly involved with the curriculum planning, participant engagement and execution of a successful program related to your sport with various age groups (boys and girls). When you are not instructing in your area of expertise, you will work with the group that you live with, as a General Counselor.

Daily Responsibilities:

Baseball Coaches also work with the campers as a counselor, living in a cabin with campers and other co-counselors. Working at Camp Towanda as a counselor provides hands-on experience and leadership opportunities, while building skills that hiring managers are looking for, such as flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership and responsibility. When you are not at your specialty, you will be with your assigned group of campers as a counselor, ensuring safety, team-building, growth and development in all activities and in life at camp.

Job Requirements:

• Available mid-June thru mid-August.

• Candidates are required to complete at least one year of college

• High School or College-level baseball/softball play

• Youth coaching experience is a plus!

• Qualified references

• Great with children

• Strong work ethic

Benefits of Interning at Camp Towanda:

• Individually tailored experience to meet your goals, working with school advisors so that you get the most out of your internship.

• Hands on program, working directly in your discipline. 

• Real world work experience in an exciting, immersive, supportive environment

• Work with a diverse team from around the world, impacting and inspiring today’s youth.

• Join a vast network of Staff, Alumni and Parents that can connect you with future endeavors. 

• PAID INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE INCLUDING SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE.

APPLY NOW

The next step is to fill out our online application. We will then connect to set up a video interview over Zoom. Our internships are integrated with our hired camp counselor positions; there is one application. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. 570-253-3266 or [email protected]

Be sure to check out our website www.camptowanda.com and our staff website www.worksummercamp.com