2026 SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS IN TRAINING (CIT)
Requirements:
CIT Application & Cover Letter.
Age Requirement: must be going into 10th-13th grade in Fall of 2026 (High School age). If you do not meet the age requirement, we suggest you look into our Teen Summer camp program.
Able to work a full session from 8:45am to 5:15pm Monday-Friday in any of the sessions except for Golden Gate Park Half Day, McLaren Half Day or Green Teen Machine Camp.
Attend a mandatory training session. Date TBA
Registration fees are required for Summer CIT.
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Our Counselors in Training (CITs) are an integral part of our Summer Camp Program. Working alongside our Naturalists is a great opportunity for every teenager to have fun, be outdoors, and begin to develop the responsibilities of a job while working with trained professionals and growing in SF’s community. CITs will be assigned to a group and spend their days at camp assisting our Naturalists by helping campers, setting up experiments, handling animals, teaching natural history and more.
The CIT program is designed to support participants in honing leadership, communication and teaching skills, as well as enjoy a summer outdoors with our campers. We encourage all applicants with interests in art, science, nature, outdoor education and teaching to join us and begin the journey towards becoming an inspirational leader in the outdoors.
Our hope is that some of our CITs will later move into Naturalist Assistant Summer Camp group leaders after their completion of the full program or into Summer Naturalists after college!
*Minimum of 500 hours (more than 1 full Summer) of CIT Training and a Letter of Recommendation from Site Camp Director must be submitted before being considered for a Naturalist Assistant position.
Sessions for summer 2026:
Sessions run in one week block sessions.
Week 2: June 15th-June 19th
Week 3: June 22nd - June 26th
Week 4: June 29th - July 3rd
Week 5: July 6th - July 10th
Week 6: July 13th - July 17th
Week 7: July 20th - July 24th
Week 8: July 27th - July 31st
Week 9: August 3rd - August 7th
Week 10: August 10th - August 14th
Themes per session vary and can be found by camp site location here.
