Skylemar is well known for a superior counseling staff. We believe that our intense off-season search for the finest compilation of people to lead and direct an exciting program, is what makes us shine in the camping industry.
Parents frequently ask where we find such a collection of enthusiastic, moral, friendly, talented and fun counselors. Director’s Arleen and Shep attribute Skylemar’s success in imprinting itself in the lives of so many, to the high quality of staff members.
A Skylemar counselor lives with a group of 8 or 9 boys and another counselor. In addition to providing instructional leadership in one or more activities throughout the day, a counselor serves as “big brother”, friend, role-model, advisor and “hero”.
A carefully planned pre-camp orientation is followed by a summer-long in-service training program. Regularly scheduled staff meetings are conducted weekly.
While most staff members are specialists in one or more activities, all staff members are chosen on the basis of our learning that they enjoy a wholesome, sincere interest in working with young people. Applicants must have completed at least one year of college.
We are obviously very cautious about the kind of person to whom we entrust the campers. Counselor applicants must provide five objective references for us to contact, such as teachers, coaches, professors, counselors and those who have observed the applicant working with children.
If kids are fun to you, you will find that being a counselor at Skylemar is not only a great way to spend the summer, but perhaps the best job you’ll ever have. Long after their counseling days have surrendered to a variety of careers, former counselors, as well as former campers, often revisit Skylemar to recapture and indulge in happy memories of days that remain an important part of their lives.