2025 Job Application

Tribal Wisdom Academy, LLC
www.tribalwisdomacademy.com
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.
Watch our Summer Day Camps video! TWA is organic human childhood.
Staff Applicant: Full Legal Name*

First NameMiddleLast
Are you a role-model of traditional skills, safe practices, good character, mindfulness, and deep nature connection?*

YesReady to learn.
Can you legally work in the USA?*

YesNoOther
Which of these jobs might be your next adventure? (Choose one or more.)*

Day Camp Counselor ("Mentor"), $18 base pay, up to $20/hour (Age 18+ for LiveScan background checks).Paid Apprenticeship at the California State wage (Age 16+)Target Range Master (all day) for archery, tomahawks, BB guns, and other fun stuff. $18 to $21/hour (Age 18+ for LiveScan background checks)Experienced Arts and Crafts Specialist who teaches the kids how to build the daily Maker Project with wood and simple tools. $19 to $24/hour (Age 18+ for LiveScan background checks)Activities Director ($25 to $28) for the Horse and Nature Camp (Age 21+ for camp transportation purpose)Camp Director, $28 to $30 per hour (Age 21+ for camp transportation purpose)Photographer/Videographer, twenty hours per week at $20/hr, (if you have your own semi-professional gear).Maintenance Technician, nearly all year or seasonal options. $26 to $32/hr based on relative skills and experience.Other
Your WORK AVAILABILITY (choose all that might apply):*

I am not sure yet. I want to talk about work dates during an interview.I want to work the whole epic 11-weeks of SUMMER DAYCAMP, Mon-Fri, June 9 to August 22, 2025.or I can only work 9-weeks, June 9th through August 8.or I can only work 8-weeks, June 16th through August 8.I am also available for the June 7-8 (Saturday-Sunday) Staff Training.I am available to work during May 2025, before summer camp starts.I might be available to also work for a week or more after summer camp, beginning August 25, to help prepare the camp for winter.Other
Do you have a nickname or "nature name" that kids call you?
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Your SUMMER RESIDENTIAL address, if near our California camp address. See the map link below.

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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
During summer work, would you be available within 30 miles of the camp location, 1 Los Gatos Farms Drive, 95033, and report to work on time.*

YesNoOther

Got experience working with kids? (Experience is not required, if you are ready to learn).*

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I'm awesome, aware, and work BEST with ages 5 to 7.
I'm BEST at keeping ages 8 to 10 occupied with fun crafts.
I'm BEST at having a "command presence" with ages 11-12.

Optional: Any Special Talents? (During staff training, you will learn what you need).

LeatherworkingBlacksmithingFlintknapperWoodworking with hand toolsArchery InstructorTomahawk ThrowerBB Gun Safety InstructorNatural Science educatorExperience in "Coyote Mentoring"Animal TrackerKnowledge of EthnobotanyAxe-and-saw SkillsHammer-and-nail SkillsGarden MakingKnot Tying ExpertFire-by-Friction expertKid Song LeaderGuitar PlayerFarm animal experienceHorse Riding InstructorVideographerReally good PhotographerSocial Media AdvertiserLesson Plan WriterSTEAM project InstructorChainsaw tree fellerForest trail makerEnthused to learn some of this stuff!Other
Languages (besides English) in which you can carry a conversation?
Can you:*

YES, I can do ALL of the following:1. Speak clear and fluent English.2. Give speeches on stage.3. Lift and carry 60 pounds if needed.4. Work 6 to 8 hours in a forest.5. Deal with forest bugs.6. Handle a summer fully outdoors.7. Climb up tree branches and balance on log bridges.8. Run up and down hills with kids.9. Throw rocks.
Optional comment if answered No to any above questions
List any current or past Certificates. (First Aid, CPR, EMT, Life Guard, EpiPen, Rope Course, Equestrian, Archery, Boating, BSA training, ESL, Project Wild, Beetles Project, or instructor certifications, etc.)
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By clicking the Apply button below, I certify that all of the information provided by me on this application is true and complete, and I understand that if any false information, omissions, or misrepresentations are discovered, my application may be rejected and, if I am hired or contracted, my contract may be terminated at any time.

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I understand that any offer for employment is contingent upon signing an Employment Agreement and completing: 1. My fingerprinting and criminal background check. 2. Passing three reference checks. 3. Attaining a First Aid/CPR certification if requested. 4.Taking the TWA provided Youth Protection Online Training. And any other employment conditions that may be added at a later date.*

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