Earn College Credit at Camp
Make a Difference and Earn College Credit at the Same Time!
If you are passionate about building your career in Education (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, etc.), Sports Management, or Outdoor Recreation, we want to get to know you!
We provide our staff with two different ways to earn college credit while working at Hampton Country Day Camp.
1. Earn Three College Credits While Working at Camp
Earn three transferable college credits, while making a difference as a mentor, coach, friend, teacher, leader, and hero through Gratz College (Americans only). This course is geared for rising High School Juniors and Seniors and Freshmen and Sophomores in College. For High School Students it acts as a college application builder, highlighting success with college courses. While for College Students it can tick off general elective requirements, off Campus or is a good way to bank credits for Students planning on studying abroad. What better way to earn credits than doing it while working at Camp!?
Through this course staff will:
- have a better understanding of Informal Education.
- have a better understanding their own role as Informal Educators.
- learn how Informal Education in a Camp Setting has the potential to mitigate perceived education gaps.
- develop their own view of Informal Education and how to incorporate that in their roles at camp.
- reflect on their own learning and growth as part of the camp experience
The cost is $750 for 3 transferable credits. Please check with your school prior to enrolling
For our Staff who successfully complete and earn an ‘A’ in this course, Camp will reimburse staff half of the tuition ($375). And for staff who return the following summer and complete their summer employment, camp will reimburse and additional $375.
2. Or alternatively, Create an Internship For College Credit
To do this, you must:
- be currently enrolled in a University, College, or Technical School.
- contact your college advisor in advance and ask them if you can use your summer camp experience as a practicum, internship, or other course credit.
- complete the course, practicum or internship per your college’s parameters and complete your summer employment.
Our Program Director will be your field supervisor and oversee your on-site course work.
Camp is a chance to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in others by being a mentor, coach, friend, teacher, leader and hero!
