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  • Tribal Wisdom Academy, LLC
    www.tribalwisdomacademy.com

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  • 2025 Job Application

    Tribal Wisdom Academy LLC is designed, operated, and locally owned by Ben and Claire Walker. We look forward to hearing from you today.  

    • Apply to work approximately from June 9th to August 8, (or August 15, or August 22). 

    • Maintenance Staff work 3 to 9 months per year, and get a rainy season vacation Noveember thru January. 

    • Located in the cool California coastal mountains just 10-minutes from the town of Los Gatos, and 25-minutes to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and an easy drive to San Francisco.
    • Paid Staff Training dates depend on the assigned position. The Mentor training dates will be on the weekend of June 7 or 8. 

    • This fun job is 24 to 40 hours per week for up to 11 weeks. Quick learners get more hours. Earn $5,000 to over $11,000 every summer!

    • Plus some staff may request a mid-summer holiday vacation break to have time with your family and friends, June 28 to July 6.

    • END-of-Summer-BONUS!! Mentor Staff who are scheduled to work the 11 entire camp weeks will qualify to earn a bonus of $50 to $100 per week. Getting a $1,100. bonus is comparable to being paid an approximate extra $3 per hour all summer! And if your college requires that you to miss a week or two of summer work, we can offer a potential $100 to $300 end-of-summer bonus for completing all contracted weeks. 

    • The 2025 summer camp counselor pay is $18 to $20 per hour, depending on camp experience. 

    • And TWA has a competitive higher pay of $21 to $28/hr for Staff Supervisors, Maintenance, credentialed teachers, and for Experienced Program Specialists (as in Blacksmithing, or Leatherwork, Woodworking, Archery, Tomahawk Throwing or other target sports).

    • Returning Staff get an automatic $1 raise above their previous salary to compensate for inflation.

    • No required weekends, and no overnights! (And after work, it's a short drive to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk!). Most staff shifts during summer will end either at 2:45pm or 4:15pm daily. And the summer sun sets after 8pm. So staff can have an epic California summer every afternoon and on all weekends.

    • Join our awesome team of 20 to 35 Mentors, who are mostly college students. 

    • Each staff hired will get a signed Employment Agreement and a TWA Handbook that states their final employment and compensation agreements.



  • Please see our Los Gatos camp address on the map and make sure that your summer residential address is within a reasonable morning commute: 
    Map: https://goo.gl/maps/mFGxtdJjxPS2 

    Or call/text Claire to ask about summer forest camping. 408-898-8204


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  • Text Camp Director Ben if you have questions, (408) 898-8222

    Text Camp Director Ben if you have questions, (408) 898-8222

    or call Claire at 408-898-8204
  • Ben & Claire Walker
    Tribal Wisdom Academy LLC
    Camp Los Gatos 
    PO BOX 55
    Redwood Estates, CA 95044
    E.I.N. # 47-1937599

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    Copyright 2014-2025 by 
    Tribal Wisdom Academy LLC 
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    This job application is not an agreement or contract, nor an offer of enployment. Hired employees must read their Employment Agreement and TWA Employee Handbook for final details concerning their employment. 

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