This summer, join our team and experience the most transformative 6-8 weeks of your life. So much more than just a summer job, working at a Galileo camp means joining a vibrant educational movement.

You’ll be a crucial member of a thoughtfully-formed team and others will rely on you to bring your best self to camp every day. You’ll be tinkering and creating, all the while making an indelible mark on hundreds of campers. Camp days are long but so worth the rewards. In fact, it’s not unusual for Galileo staffers to realize their own dreams while helping a camper redesign the wheels of a go-kart or performing an end-of-camp skit.

As a Lead Instructor, you'll be responsible for creating an environment of openness, inclusion, learning and most importantly....fun!

A day in the of a Lead Instructor can vary but your most important job will be to work in the classroom by making sure materials are all set, your team leaders know how to best support you and your campers! Most importantly you'll always be there to bring the fun and excitement!

• A summer spent working at Galileo is so much more than just a summer job, working at a Galileo camp means joining a vibrant educational movement.

• In addition to benefiting from our unwavering commitment to individualized professional development, you’ll strengthen leadership skills, work hard, and laugh even harder.

• You’ll be a crucial member of a thoughtfully-formed team and others will rely on you to bring your best self to camp every day. You’ll be tinkering and creating, all the while making an indelible mark on hundreds of campers.

We hire on Lead Instructors in the following areas:

• Outdoor Play
• Technology
• Science
• Art

• College graduate
• Experience with the subject you will be teaching
• Experience with the age group you will be teaching (Kindergarten, 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th, or 5th-8th graders)
• Experience working with kids or in a camp setting a plus
• Spontaneous, excited and passionate personality is a must!

Founded in 2002, Galileo has grown to over 100 awe-inspiring summer camp programs throughout the Bay Area, SoCal, and Chicagoland, for which we hire close to 3,000 summer staff each year. Our summer staff teams are a diverse community of leaders—the best and brightest current and aspiring educators, college students, artists, engineers, and scientists who can't wait to dazzle and inspire thousands of Galileo campers for 2-8 weeks each summer.