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We are a children's summer day camp looking for horseback riding supervisor. Campers ages seven to thirteen (2nd to 8th grades) receive a 30-minute, English Style riding lessons once a week.
- Must have English style experience
- Have experience in caring for horses
- Have extensive riding and teaching experience.
- Must be available for the full camp season - June 29th to August 21st (Monday to Friday)
- Must live in the area. Housing is not available.
Our 35-acre facility has riding rings, new stables, and riding trails.
Job Description:
We are looking for a supervisor for our horseback riding program. The supervisor manages a staff of nine to ten instructors, oversees the English style lessons being taught to campers, helps to make the daily instructor schedule, coordinates make up rides, and oversees the care of the horses during the camp day Monday to Friday (8:30am to 4:00pm).
Ramapo's horseback riding program is the perfect blend of English Riding and camp fun. Campers will learn basic riding skills in a setting that allows for growth as a rider. Lessons also include time for games to reinforce skills and build a rapport between rider and horse. Instructors need to have comfort and confidence teaching students basic English riding skills .from mounting and dismounting, teaching full seat, half seat and posting at the walk, as well as teaching steering and some trotting. We also spend time outside of the corrals on the camp’s trails! Instructors will also teach basic horsemanship to campers as well. Instructors will be expected to work with the team to care for the horses for the duration of camp, as the horses live on the camp grounds. This includes feeding, grooming and care of the horses on a daily basis, as well as cleaning stalls. Instructors will also be working with the camp's horse care program, which teaches campers about horses, horsemanship, grooming, tacking, and care of horses etc. The team makes plans for horse care each week that do not include riding. We are looking for instructors who will bring positive energy to the team, is a team player, and is willing to invest themselves in our horses and our campers for the summer.
Campers ride once a week for 30 minutes working mostly with the same instructor . So our instructors really get to know their campers. The campers really get to know you and establish an equal connection with their horse. The program is basically a beginner to intermediate level. Most of the campers in the program had their first experience riding at Ramapo.
We also offer a horse care program. This is offered during the choice times in the camper's schedule (called electives) where the same campers would go to horse care for an hour, everyday, for five days. Since the campers have chosen to be there they are very interested in learning everything they can about the horses and the instructors have more time to go into more detail. Our instructors can share all their knowledge and love of horses with these campers. We have a written curriculum for the program so there is a plan to follow, but we are always looking for new ideas to further enhance the program.
Ramapo Country Day Camp is a private day camp nestled on over 35 acres of woodlands, rolling hills, streams, trails, and open space, Ramapo offers campers an unforgettable camp experience in a country setting.
We are approximately 25-30 minutes from the George Washington Bridge.
Ramapo is located on Saddle River rd. just over the Upper Saddle River border in Airmont, NY.
Our campers come from all over Manhattan and Bergen County, NJ. They are here for six, seven or eight weeks of fun in the sun. They participate in a wide variety of activities ranging from: all sports (sports leagues) , swim, arts crafts, hands-on-science, woodworking, and scouting to archery, zipline treetop trails, horseback riding, dirt track carts, robotics, and bungee and trampolines, and much more.
Our staff of specialists who run our activities are made up of teachers from northern NJ: Bergen, Passaic, as well as Rockland County (NY) and New York City. Our counselors are college students who accompany each group of campers and assist the specialists who run our activity areas.
Camp Dates: Monday, June 29th to Friday, August 21st - (Total of 39 days)
Monday to Friday: the camp days runs from 9:00am to 3:30pm
Camp will be closed on Friday, July 3rd
We have worked hard to create a facility and staff-working environment that is enjoyable, creative, positive, and perfect for the summer. You will enjoy coming to work each day. We are looking for people who see spending a summer at camp as something they "get to do", not "have to do".
We seem to attract the kind of staff that would rather do more than less.
We welcome any questions you may have please, call or e-mail us with them.
Interviews are being held via Zoom, FaceTime, and in-person at camp.
You can APPLY ONLINE, read more about our camp philosophy, and see a video of camp in action.
Visit us at: www.ramapocamp.com
Apply at: https://ramapocamp.com/staff-application/
