Micah Internship Program
(Grade 12)
Participants in the Micah Internship Program (MIP) are the glue of Camp Micah. Just by being at camp, they keep the traditions and feeling of acceptance alive. Campers look up to this group as role models and counselors look at them as the camp’s future. Participants are still classified as campers, but have some additional leadership roles, responsibilities, and privileges that are normally reserved for counselors. They are heading into their senior year of high school and must have previously attended Camp Micah as a camper.
An updated program description for our newly launched Micah Internship Program for 2025 will soon be available here.
The MIP leaves its participants with skills that will make them more marketable to schools and employers in the future. Participation results in being self-directed, empathetic, resilient, competent, able to take direction, and experienced in working as part of a team. All of these skills, which can’t be fully learned in school, are imperative to being successful in life. It can all start at their summer home.
These potential future counselors are looking for an opportunity to learn and develop into our future leaders. We recognize they have leadership skills and abilities which help make camp a phenomenal place. Participants experience all the benefits of a traditional counselor-in-training program: the opportunity to assist bunk counselors in working with children, to teach and learn about activities, to plan and to implement programs, and to develop and use skills vital not only to camp, but to the world outside of camp. What sets Camp Micah’s program apart are the additional opportunities to focus on an internship track and engage in hands-on and real-world opportunities to build marketable skills as they focus on their own college application process. Participants will have time built into their schedule to work on assignments from their home college counselors, hone interview skills, take an online course, or whatever it is they feel they need to accomplish while away from home during the summer.
What Micah Internship Program Participants Learn About
- How camp is run on a daily basis
- How camp is run in terms of special events (trip day, all-camps, etc.)
- What skill set is needed to work with kids (conflict resolution, behavior management, etc.)
- How to communicate with counselors and activity leaders to improve results of programming
- And so much more
