Julia E. Thompson
Professional Summary
Skills
- Education and Training
- Instructing
- Coordination
- Time Management
- Service Orientation
- Active Learning
- Administration and Management
- Troubleshooting
Experience
Yarmouth Community Services Camp Director
Town of Yarmouth, Jun 2018-Present
- Organize and facilitate Counselor in Training (CIT) program.
- Oversee camp Group Leaders, counselors, and campers.
- Assign camp counselors and campers to groups.
- Implement camp management strategies for counselors and campers.
- Communicate daily with parents of campers.
- Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
Yarmouth Community Services Summer Camp Group Leader
Town of Yarmouth, Jun 2016-Aug 2017
- Work with Camp Director to facilitate programs.
- Train new counselors and coordinate activities for 30-40 campers.
- Assign camp counselors activities to run.
- Supervise any field trips camp goes on.
- Communicate daily with parents of campers.
- Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
Director, Community Services After Care Program
Town of Yarmouth, Sept 2015-Jun 2016
- Organized program requirements.
- Communicate daily with parents of children.
- Work with teachers and staff as necessary.
Counselor, Community Services After Care Program
Town of Yarmouth, Jan 2014-Nov 2014
- Manage counselor staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties to each counselor.
- Implement After Care policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with supervisory personnel, teachers, and staff counsels as necessary.
- Train new counselors, and coordinate daily and weekly activities of 30-40 children.
- Communicate daily with parents of children.
- Served as Acting Director of Program in absence of Director.
Yarmouth Community Services Summer Camp Counselor
Town of Yarmouth, Jun 2012-Aug 14
- Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities such as arts, crafts, sports, games, and hobbies.
- Greet new campers, introducing them to other summer campers, explaining facility rules, and encouraging participation.
- Confer with Group Leader to discuss and resolve campers’ complaints.
- Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to campers and other junior counselors in recreational activities, and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.
- Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
Chemistry Lab Assistant
Wheaton College, Science Department, Sep 2013-Dec 2013
- Facilitated physically-challenged student in all Chemistry lab work, including conducting experiments, taking measurements, preparing written reports dictated by student. Specifically requested by name based on course of study in Psychology Department.
Summer Day Camp Counselor
New Heights Adventures for Teens Jun 2011-Aug 2011
- Counsel disadvantaged students attending nonprofit day camp on academic, athletic, and personal issues.
- Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities such as arts, crafts, sports, games, and hobbies.
- Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.
- Take students on community outings.
Education
University of New England, Biddeford Maine – Bachelor’s Degree: Elementary/Middle Education
August 2016 – December 2018
North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth Maine – High School, Class of 2012
September 2008 – June 2012
Conferences
- 2018 3D Printing Expo
- 2018 Southern Maine Autism Conference
- 2017 Southern Maine ELL Conference
- 2017 Pre-serivice Teacher Language Arts Conference
Systems Abilities
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Word Press
