We are a children's summer day camp looking for physical education teachers, coaches and recent college graduates to help run our sports programs. You can read more about our sports programs below.
See Ramapo Country Day Camp in action and apply on our website: www.ramapocamp.com
Apply at: https://ramapocamp.com/staff-application/
All our activity areas are outdoors. Our staff and campers are inside enough in school. We get everyone outside.
We have full summer (8 weeks - 39 days) and partial summer positions (7,6,5, 4 weeks).
Ramapo Country Day Camp is a 35-acre site located on the Bergen/Rockland County border near the towns of Ridgewood, Woodcliff Lake, Upper Saddle River, Montvale, and Suffern. We are easily accessible by The Garden State Parkway (Exit 172), Rt. 17 (Saddle River/Woodcliff Lk Exit), I-287, The Palisades Pkwy, The NY State Thruway (exit 14B), and Rt. 59.
Our campers range in age from 3 to 12 (Nursery to Seventh Grade) and they participate in activities ranging from Art, swim, all sports, theater, rock climbing, zip lines, go carts, and archery to pioneering, nature, horseback riding, hands-on-science, and rocketry. Our campers come from all over Bergen County and Manhattan (NYC).
Our staff is made up of teachers (specialists) from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland County and New York City Schools who run our activity areas. College students work as counselors accompanying each group of campers and assisting our teachers.
Camp Dates: June 24th to August 16th (39 total days)
The camp program runs Monday to Friday 9:00am to 3:30pm
Camp will be closed Thursday, July 4th
Our Sports Programs:
Swim - 4 heated Pools
American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, CPR, First Aid certification course available to our staff. Course is held on grounds.
Softball / Baseball - 4 Fields - each designed to fit a certain age range, padded outfield walls, bleacher seats.
Basketball - 4 Courts -each designed to fit a certain age range, six adjustable, Goal-Setter baskets at each court.
Hockey - 4 Rinks - each designed to fit a certain age range.
Soccer - 4 Fields - each designed to fit a certain age range.
Football - 1 Field with professional field goals.
Lacrosse – Variety of Sized Turf and Natural Grass Fields - Fiddle Sticks and STX Sticks/gear.
Rocks Ropes outdoor adventure program 25ft, 6-sided rocks wall, bungee and trampoline, High & Low Ropes Elements, Zipline Trail, Lobster Claw Climbing Trail built into the trees - we offer a belay certification course on our ground, no cost to staff.
Golf - SNAG Golf Equipment, putting greens, new facility for hitting irons, driver, woods – golf cages and open space for teaching of the game.
Tennis - 3 Scaled-down Jr. Courts / 2 Full-size Courts
Archery - 6 Targets, 6 Shooting Zones
Gymnastics / Competitive Cheer - 2 programs (Nursery to 2nd/ 3rd and above) -covered, but open air facility with cheer floor, Tumble Trak, wide variety of tumbling and gymnastics mats, equipment, and bars/beams.
Gameologist Unique / Non-traditional sports related games used to teach the same movement, striking, catching, and team skills of used in mainstream sports. Physical Education games adapted some are games no one plays anymore others are games no one has ever heard of. The fields used for this program are: turf, courts, walled areas, etc.
Jr. Sports Jr. fields hockey, soccer, softball, basketball, tennis for nursery & kindergarten campers - elementary education physical education teachers
Each sports field, court, rink or facility is designed specifically for the age, size, and ability level of the campers who will be using that area. Younger campers play on fields that are smaller. The fields grow with them as they get older. All the basketball courts have 6 adjustable Goal-Setter baskets, the soccer fields are all sports-turf fields, the hockey rinks authentic rinks most with team bench areas, the gymnastics area features a state-of-the art 110 by 50 facility with a 42 by 42 cheer floor, 30ft Tumble Trak, vaults, beams, and a high, parallel, uneven bar & rings circuit.
We also have every teaching aid needed to supplement our instructors coaching portable pitching machine, pitch backs, dribbling goggles, inflatable life-size NBA/ NHL players to shoot over or score against, and much more.
We also have a sports coordinator who will make sure you have all the support you need to run the program you have envisioned.
About Our Facility:
The best way is to see it at: www.ramapocamp.com
Different than school where the field, court, or classroom is one size fits all; we can build our fields, courts, and "classroom" to fit the age, size, strength, and ability level of our campers. This way a field is never too big or too small for a camper. Right when they are ready to outgrow a field they move up to a new size. Our camp classrooms are designed with a specific use - they are not converted or adapted to be used for something different.
Our campers are too young to hate any activity. Who did that to them? So it is our job to re-present the activity in a way so they can experience some success and want to keep coming back. We want to create momentum with every visit. As momentum builds, so does confidence. When the confidence comes then break through moments occur.
About Our Staff:
As nice and well thought out as our facility is, it's all about the people. The staff are who our campers will be talking about at the dinner table each evening. Our staff are the momentum makers that will be impacting our campers everyday.
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. Many of our teachers return each year, but we are always welcome new energetic people. We are looking for people who would rather do more than less and who see working at camp as something they "get to do" not "have to do".
Teachers, we call specialists, run our activity areas. Each camper group comes with 2-4 college counselors who stay with the group and assist the specialists when they arrive at the area.
Many of our specialists, coaches and teachers work in Bergen, Passaic, and Rockland County Schools. Camp is also a great place to not only work with people who share your passion and commitment to teaching/coaching, but also to make connections with people in the area. You never know where a connection will take you.
We welcome any questions you may have please call or e-mail us with them.
Interviews are held via: Zoom, FaceTime, or in-person
Call or e-mail Brian or Marc for more information.
You can APPLY ONLINE, get a visual of Ramapo, and read more about Ramapo's philosophy and the employment opportunities we have at: www.ramapocamp.com or
Apply at: https://ramapocamp.com/staff-application/
