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The Camp's Role
Complete the Staff Requirements form, sign it, and return it to our Connecticut office. Starting in late November, we will begin sending you dossiers of applicants we feel would be a good match for your
camp. Please note that we are not able
to guarantee to find staff for every camp
that requests staff, but we will do our
best to help.
When you decide to accept an applicant,
simply notify our Connecticut office by
e-mail or fax. We do ask you to make a
quick decision please. You will be the
only director receiving the application.
A delay affects the applicant’s chances.
When you accept someone, you send
two copies of your standard counselor
contract and a copy of your camp
brochure and any other counselor
literature (including medical forms if
necessary) to the BUNAC London office,
or to IEP in Melbourne, Australia, or
Auckland, NZ (as applicable). BUNAC/
IEP sends all materials, plus visa, flight
and insurance information to the
applicant, who signs the contracts and
returns one copy to you.
As previously stated, Canadian camps
do have some extra form-filling. We will
give full guidance on the process to both
camp and counselor when applicants
are placed.
That’s all there is to it. You pay us for
the counselors in June and provide
assistance in obtaining Social Security
cards. You will also be asked to help us
in the SEVIS Validation process.
Don’t forget that our New York office is
there to help you, as well as the staff,
during the summer season.
For further information about hiring staff through Summer Camp USA and to request a brochure, please call 1-800-462-8622 or email: scusa@bunacusa.org or kamp@bunacusa.org.
Looking after your overseas staff
- Before they arrive, your international staff will be eager to hear from you about camp life, their role on camp, the children, the camp location, the activities, their daily routine and absolutely anything else you think would be useful information.
- The necessity of communicating with participants once you have contracted them cannot be overstated. They will have many questions for you and it is disheartening if such letters and emails go unanswered. Generally speaking it is not sufficient to send a copy of the standard camper brochure. This brochure can give a misleading impression to an overseas staff member who has never been to a US camp before.
- You may find that you need to supplement your pre-camp orientation with an extra session for overseas staff. Some camps have found it helpful to arrange for international staff to arrive a day or two before the American staff. This gives them a chance to recover from the long flight and find their way about before camp gets underway.
- We ask you to provide such things as sheets and blankets for overseas staff as they are not really able to bring such bulky items with them on the flight.
- Participants will also appreciate as much help from you as possible in arranging transportation out of camp on evenings and days off. Inability to get out of camp in time off is a major source of frustration for overseas staff.
- Your overseas staff will thank you for the provision of internet and email facilities for them. Email is especially important since it enables them to easily and instantly stay in touch with friends and family.
- Counselors expect to share something of their own culture with their campers and fellow counselors. British nights (or Irish, Scottish, Australian, etc.), staff soccer or cricket games and the like are all standard fare on camps with BUNAC counselors.
Fees and Salaries
For information on the 2009 Summer Camp USA and KAMP USA programs click here.