EMPLOYMENT & AMERICORPS
Summer Camp Staff
The Summer Camp Assistant works with the Education staff on planning, teaching, coordinating, and carrying out activities and guiding campers in daily activities and explorations for day camp. You are the spirit of the summer camp experience! Your fellow Summer Camp staff will rely on you, children will look up to you and parents will trust you. Your fresh energy, ideas, consistent supervision, patience and commitment to the camp community will make this summer one of our best.
AmeriCorps Opportunities
Americorps Opportunities
Severson Dells is excited to partner with the Boone County Conservation District, Dekalb County Forest Preserves and the Natural Land Institute to offer opportunities for AmeriCorps volunteers to engage in environmental education, habitat restoration and community science.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Ann Wasser at 815-335-2915 or ann@seversondells.org.
Land Stewardship and Public Engagement
Members support programs like community science, volunteer habitat restoration workdays, community hikes, and summer camps. During the term of service, Members will receive training in all of the above topics, best practices in participatory science, volunteer management, and have the opportunity to implement some environmental monitoring projects of their own. We love to support members that want to try new and creative ways to connect people with nature. Severson Dells encourages people of all backgrounds and social identities to apply.
Environmental Education
Members support school field trip programs, after school programs, and public programs to help students and adults learn about local habitats, predator and prey interactions, food webs, animal and plant adaptations and basic ecology of the area. During the term of service, Members will receive training in all of the above topics, best practices in environmental education, group management, and have the opportunity to develop and try nature-based lessons and community programs of their own. We love to support members that want to try new and creative ways to connect people with nature.
Check back later this summer for position openings!
Community Science
Members support Community Science volunteer monitoring projects. During the term, Members will receive training on all monitoring programs, best practices in community science, volunteer management, and have the opportunity to implement new environmental monitoring projects. We love to support members that want to try new and creative ways to connect people with nature.
Check back later this summer for position openings!
Benefits of Being an AmeriCorps Member
Serving as an AmeriCorps member has so many benefits including serving the community, gaining training and experience, a living allowance and federal education award(both vary based on hours served), and eligibility for Schools of National Service and Employers of National Service.
