Counselor FAQs

Summer Program campers’ diagnosis often included language-based learning disabilities, dyslexia, auditory processing difficulties, and/or ADD/ADHD. Morning academics, as well as afternoon and evening social activities help them prepare for the school year ahead. The Gow School Summer Program does not serve students with primary oppositional, emotional, or behavioral disorders.

View the campers daily schedule here

From morning to evening, counselors are these children's parents, coaches and all-encompassing supervisors. They wake them up, help them to learn new activities during the day, and put them to bed in the evenings.

The students are on campus for five weeks. Counselors are required to take part in a one-week staff orientation session before the program begins. This training covers team building, daily expectations, and strategies to deal with students in difficult situations. Counselors may depart shortly after the conclusion of the program. Individual contracts outline exact dates of employment.

Counselors should be dressed for fun. They may wear athletic or khaki shorts on a daily basis. Temperatures are usually 80 degrees F during the summer with occasional rain

There are about twenty-five counselors, both male and female, working in the Program.

Counselors will have one evening off each week, Monday – Thursday. Group Leader's schedules will differ from one group to the next. On the weekends, counselors supervise off-campus trips.

Pay periods are once every two weeks.