Kabeyun enjoys an excellent return rate for staff – 80% or better in any given summer. We think that this means it’s a good place to work. Many of our counselors have grown up with us as campers, and participated in our counseling intern program for 16-year-olds; others spend a few summers with us, go off to gain experience elsewhere and return later. This steady presence of folks who know Kabeyun well assures a strong sense of continuity and stability for our community, an imperative ingredient for all we strive to accomplish with kids.

Each summer we also welcome a number of new people – also a necessary ingredient for successful summers. A place like Kabeyun, with a long history and a strong culture, needs and appreciates new perspectives, new ideas and fresh energy. If you love working with kids, love to teach and want to be a part of a community with a solid sense of mission and purpose aimed at enriching the lives of young people, we encourage you to contact the director to explore the possibility of joining our staff.

Counselors at Kabeyun live in cabins with the boys, grouped by age with seven to ten boys in a cabin. Cabin responsibilities are shared with two other staff members. Counselors are also instructors, with experience and abilities in a particular activity area, teaching four periods a day, five days a week. Finally, every counselor is an active member of the community in many other ways – supervising a table at meals; present and supportive in community-wide events; sharing of him or herself in countless ways aimed at providing kids with a great summer experience.

How to Proceed if You Are Interested

• Peruse the website to get a sense of who we are and what we do; see if Kabeyun seems like a good match for you.
• Complete and submit the Online Application For Employment form.
• After you look through the website, please call the director first to introduce yourself and explore possibilities in conversation – a good way to get your questions answered.

For more information, please contact

Chuck Mills, Director