Program Description: Coastal Mountain Youth Academy (CMYA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an educational and therapeutic program for adolescents that have struggled in the traditional high school setting. CMYA strives to make a difference in the lives of “at-promise” youth by addressing and supporting their needs and promoting a healthy, drug-free, learning environment. “At-promise” youth are those who struggle with alcohol and drug use, defiance, truancy, poor academics, abuse, juvenile detention and probation. To achieve its objectives, CMYA offers: academic curriculum, therapeutic counseling, experiential education via a 21 day outdoor adventure component, career and technical education, community service and transitional practices.
Students will participate in a 22- day adventure program to gain hard and soft skills that help them function effectively in their daily lives. The adventure program provides teaching ground for hard skills of backpacking, camping, rock climbing, and expeditionary canoeing, and soft skills of conflict resolution, communication, and teambuilding. Students learn about the natural environment and develop habits of environmental stewardship. Through solo time, journaling and reflection, students apply the challenges and accomplishments of wilderness travel to their daily lives.
Program Type: Non-Residential
Job Description: Instructor teams consist of one course director, one lead instructor, one intern, and one Coastal Mountain teacher. This instructor team will lead a group of up to ten teenagers on the 21-day wilderness course with support from program supervisors and guides. We will backpack in Joshua Tree, Expeditionary canoe down the Colorado River, and end with a backpack peaking San Jacinto Mountain. Instructors attend to the physical and emotional well being of participants, teaching outdoor living skills, backpacking, self-care, teamwork and community living skills. Instructors provide a course structure that builds cooperation, communication, conflict resolution, and addresses personal empowerment and responsibility issues for each youth.
Job Duration: Seasonal, Spring
Job Status: Temporary
Qualifications:
Salary: 60 - 160 / day
Benefits: Training
Housing & Meals: Provided During Program only
Deadline for Application: April 10, 2008
Start Date / Job Period: April 17 - May 11, 2008
Application Procedure: E-mail cover letter and resume to Stephanie Donlon
Contact: Stephanie Donlon, Quest Adventure Program Director
Address: 31882 Camino Capistrano, Suite 102 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Phone: 724-787-7962
e-mail: stephanie.donlon@gmail.com
Website: www.cmya.org