Inspiring Creativity. Igniting Innovation.

College Graduates

  • OPERATIONS COORDINATOR (pre-K - rising 8th)

    The Operations Coordinator provides administrative support to the Camp Director and the entire camp staff. The ideal candidate is someone who is highly organized, can multi-task, takes initiative, is computer savvy, and has project management experience. As an Operations Coordinator, you will support the Camp Director with administrative projects such as camper check-in, staff scheduling and lunch supervision. You will work with a staff of exceptionally talented, fun, and friendly people to help create the summer of a lifetime for campers and staff alike!

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  • EXTENDED CARE COORDINATOR (pre-K - rising 5th)

    Extended Care Coordinators oversee all aspects of the camp location's Extended Care Program. We are looking for a dynamic, flexible individual who will help us shape this new camp staff role. Working closely with the Camp Director and Operations Coordinator, Extended Care Coordinators are responsible for ensuring a high level of camper safety, strong program delivery, and quality staff, camper, and parent experience. You will help generate enthusiasm and inspire our campers after the traditional end of camp, where they will engage in additional activities and structured down-time.

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  • ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR (pre-K - rising 8th)

    Assistant Camp Directors work closely with their Camp Director to provide overall leadership for camp programs. Assistant Camp Directors manage staff and lead many camp activities, often including the camp's Extended Care program. You will spend your summer building a program that will have a positive and unforgettable impact on campers and staff, while enhancing your own professional development. And, you will have a ton of fun too!

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  • CAMP DIRECTOR, CAMP GALILEO SAN JOSE

    As a Camp Director with Galileo Learning, you will join an educational movement that is a model of innovative learning in the communities we serve. The Camp Director assumes overall leadership of the camp, including staff selection and management and day-to-day operations. Camp Directors provide leadership and instructional supervision for camp staff, interact daily with parents and community members, and are truly the face of camp in the communities served. Camp Directors also work closely with their teams to come up with creative, fun, and wacky traditions that make camp special and unique. Camp Directors work 5-10 hours each week from January-June and full time for 6-8 weeks during the summer.

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  • LEAD ART INSTRUCTOR (pre-K - rising 5th)

    Lead Art Instructors deliver weekly themed curricula to campers, receive continual training and support throughout the summer and spend each day in a fun, energetic environment! Our curriculum is developed in collaboration with the de Young Museum and includes four unique themes each summer. Galileo will provide detailed curriculum and training to set you up for success- all you need is experience leading kids!

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  • LEAD SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR (pre-K - rising 5th)

    Lead Science Instructors deliver weekly themed curricula to campers, receive continual training and support throughout the summer and spend each day in a fun, energetic environment! Our curriculum is developed in collaboration with The Tech Museum and includes four unique themes each summer. Galileo will provide detailed curriculum and training to set you up for success – all you need is experience leading kids!

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  • CARTOON WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    The next Charles Shulz could be in your class this summer. From Caricature to Manga, as a Cartooning Instructor you will teach your campers basic skills in draftmanship and drawing so that they can create their own characters and worlds on paper.

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  • CHEFOLOGY INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Teach what it takes to be a real chef! Using gas grills and a combination of industry standard tools and everyday kitchen appliances, help Middle Schoolers master the techniques of top chefs and make delicious dishes from scratch.

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  • CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Campers will get inside their gadgets by learning the circuit theory that makes them work! Use snap together circuits, batteries, conductive materials, motors and lights to create circuits they can use at home.

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  • Climate Quest Instructor (rising 3rd - 7th)

    Help campers explore solar, wind and water energy to find out how easy it is to be green!  Teach the latest alternative energy technologies as you explore Bill Nye's Climate Lab, then support camper's innovation of designs that make the Earth a greener place.

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  • COASTERS AND CONTRAPTIONS INSTRUCTOR (Rising 3rd - 8th)

    Teach kids how to uncover the physics behind those complex loops, twists, and tricks in roller coasters and Rube Goldberg machines! With your campers you will solve real-world Design Challenges, and use your knowledge of Newton's Laws and centripetal/centrifugal motion to create your own coasters and contraptions.

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  • COMPUTER PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Teach our campers all about computer language, code, and logic through Java and Scratch, a programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab. Help them unravel the mysteries of variables, loops, conditional statements, debugging, patterns, and more, and by week's end, they'll be able to take their new knowledge and skills to design interactive games and graphics.

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  • DIGITAL FILMMAKING INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Dive into the filmmaking process and teach how to storyboard, script, direct, act, and edit. Use cutting-edge equipment and software, including green screens and iMovie, to help our campers record and perfect their masterpiece.

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  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Photography is an amazing way for young people to express themselves and share their stories. Our curriculum goes into all the fundamentals of photography and Photoshop Elements. Share your passion with your campers and support them as they develop their skills in photography.

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  • FASHION DESIGN INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Being Fashion Design Instructor means going beyond "what's hot and what's not" and into the world of expressing yourself through clothing. We provide a rich curriculum for you to teach your class about styles, colors and fabrics and how to construct clothing that represents them.

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  • FILMMAKING INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Dive into the filmmaking process and teach how to storyboard, script, direct, act, and edit. Use cutting-edge equipment and software, including green screens and iMovie, to help our campers record and perfect their masterpiece.

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  • FORENSIC SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Love mysteries, puzzles, the board game Clue? Come and teach our campers how to become scientific detectives and piece together stray codes, fingerprints, mathematical indicators, lab samples, psychological studies, and subtle evidence to solve even the hardest cases. Teach about logic, analysis, and deduction to conquer the next criminal investigation!

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  • GO KART MAKERS INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Teach your class how to sand, saw, screw and paint their way to the Go Kart of their dreams. We supply the curriculum and the materials, you supply the construction and woodworking know-how.

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  • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Ever pick up your stapler or toothpaste tube and wonder why it looks or works that way? Teach about the complex and exciting process of product design! Help campers use their imagination and acquired knowledge to improve upon common (or not-so-common) items, and work as a consulting team of design experts to create and modify the perfect product. You'll get to brainstorm, tinker, draw, fix, dismantle, survey, build, test, and re-build with kids!

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  • INVENTORS, INC. INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Welcome to the ultimate Design Challenge class, where you'll develop the skills to invent, design, build and test your ideas. Work with a team to dismantle devices and create totally new inventions!

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  • INVENTORS WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR (Rising 3rd - 8th)

    This is the ultimate Design Challenge class. Help our campers develop their electrical and mechanical engineering skills by designing devices, dismantling equipment and inspecting their intricate insides, and wiring new creations to take home.

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  • JUNIOR SURGEONS INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Teach our campers all about the biological secrets of the human body, how surgeries and sutures really work, and the realities of an emergency room — including triage, diagnoses and operations.

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  • KITCHEN CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Love chemistry and the magical reactions between ordinary substances? Come and teach the ingredients and secrets of your kitchen cupboards. You’ll learn to cook, mix, poke, experiment (and taste!) yummy creations and understand how these ingredients interact with one another. Dig into the intricate molecular properties of food and chemistry!

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  • LEGO ROBOTICS INSTRUCTOR (Rising 3rd - 8th)

    Use the latest Lego Mindstorm NXT software and Technic building pieces to build and program robots to take on real-world design challenges. Create a robot that can survive natural disasters, retrieve objects, execute difficult tasks, and battle other robots!

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  • MISSION: TECH INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Our Camper's Mission: Become a museum innovator and design their own gallery for The Tech Museum! Set off on an exploration through our world-class facilities, and help our campers delve into current galleries through a week-long museum quest and related Design Challenge activities. By week's end, their innovative ideas and pursuits will be displayed in a new gallery on the museum floor!

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  • MOBILE APP DEVELOPER INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Help campers become a registered developer and design web apps for Apple mobile devices. In this full-day class, campers will discover what makes mobile apps uniquely mobile, learn different coding languages and invent their very own app!

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  • MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR (Rising 3rd - 8th)

    Along with keyboards, drum pads, and recording studios, work with a combination of the latest software, including GarageBand, to teach our campers how to create their own tunes and modify existing ones. Teach the basics of music composition as well as important techniques and details behind sequencing, editing, sampling, loops, and other audio concepts.

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  • Outdoor Exploration Instructor (Rising 3rd - 7th)

    Campers embark on an outdoor adventure through the redwood forest, building self-reliance and awareness as you teach the skills of survival and wilderness safety.  Help them tackle team-building challenges, exciting outdoor games and energizing hikes, and explore the habitats and organisms that make up the regional park around Chabot Space & Science Center.

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  • LEAD OUTDOORS INSTRUCTOR (pre-K - rising 5th)

    Lead Outdoors Instructors lead fun games and team building challenges to campers, receive continual training and support throughout the summer and spend each day in a fun, energetic environment! As the Lead Outdoor Instructor, you will generate enthusiasm and inspire our campers while leading them to develop teamwork, leadership, patience, and cooperation — all qualities integral to a child's ability to work with others.

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  • PAINTER’S STUDIO INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Teach kids to explore the secrets of perspective and color theory, then use professional grade materials to commit their creations to canvas. Lead critiques, teaching the importance of revision, and work with campers to complete a collection of paintings then curate their own end-of-session gallery show.

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  • PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Take campers behind the lens, and develop their photographic eye! Teach about image composition, aperture, and perspective through various shoots and assignments. With your help, campers will become experts at using digital SLR cameras to capture portraits, action shots, sweeping urban landscapes, and detailed close-ups.

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  • Rocket Lab Instructor (Rising 3rd - 7th)

    Campers set their sights on the stars as they design, build and launch their own rockets! Teach about forces and energy, different types of rocket fuel, Newton's laws, and the principles of aerodynamics.

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  • TECHNO CHEF INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Work with campers as they learn how technology intersects with the culinary arts, investigating its role in taking your food from farm to fork, keeping products preserved on the shelf and inspiring the wacky wonders of molecular gastronomy.

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  • Space Challenger Instructor (Rising 3rd - 7th)

    In this class, campers explore the depths of the universe through the telescopes on Chabot's observation deck and the Challenger Learning Center®. Help them investigate the moon's surface and learn about travel to space, or to become a critical member of the mission control or spacecraft team.

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  • VIDEO GAME DESIGN INSTRUCTOR (Rising 3rd - 8th)

    First, there was PONG. Now over 30 years later we are still being caught up in the fun of video games. Using our curriculum as a guide, and Multimedia Fusion software as your tools, you can teach your class how to create their very own video game.

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  • WEB AND MOBILE GAME DESIGN INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Dive into game design for web and mobile environments, using GameSalad to explore different genres, styles and mechanics. Campers will walk away with an account that lets you share your own custom games with the world.

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  • WEB DESIGN AND USABILITY INSTRUCTOR (rising 4th - 8th)

    Use Adobe Dreamweaver and other software to teach the basics of web page construction; then, incorporate the Internet's newest "Web 2.0" elements of social networking, web applications, and multimedia collaboration. Help our camper investigate how to use these tools in the safest, best, and most creative ways. At the end of the week, celebrate with a launch party!

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  • WEB DESIGN INSTRUCTOR (rising 5th - 8th)

    Learn the language of visual communication! Using Adobe Dreamweaver, the latest multimedia applications and the basics of user interface design, you'll invent, construct and publish your very own website.

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