Camp Southwoods Program Director

Our Purpose: Camp Southwoods mission is to create an environment where youth from ages 7-15 can grow to be the best version of themselves through our three core values (our Three C's); Courage, Community, and Curiosity. As a traditional sleepaway camp in Paradox, NY (roughly 4 hours North of NYC), our camp exists to help co-ed groups of children try new activities, meet new people, be in nature, and push them out of their comfort zone to see who they can become. 

Role of the Program Director: The Program Director is the central nervous system and air traffic controller of the entire camp. The Program Director is in complete control of the entire camp's daily schedule, and with the help of the assistant program director, releases daily activity sheets consisting of 6 different activity periods that the campers take part is selecting the day prior. Daily, the Program Director will create an activity schedule for all 260 campers for six, one-hour periods and a staff schedule which mirrors the staffing needs set by the camper schedule. During the day, the Program Director will ensure that everyone knows where to go, what they're doing, and calls attendance to all active activity periods to ensure every camper is accounted for at all times. 

Program Team: Along with the regular daily activities, the Program Director will also be a direct report from the Special Activities team, the Athletics Department, and the Trek Department. This will ensure that intercamps, hikes, special weekend programming, and other nonconventional activities are accounted for. As the direct reoprt from these teams, the Program Director will also help lead the organization of special activities and assist the Athletic Director in organizing intercamps.