Camp Ayandeh 2010 - New Counselor Application

Iranian Alliances Across Borders
CAMP AYANDEH
Fifth Anniversary Camp
July 6-July 12, 2010
Notre Dame de Namur University | Belmont, CA
www.ndnu.edu

Deadline: April 5th, 2010

Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) is excited to present Camp Ayandeh, IAAB's fifth Iranian-American high school leadership camp for rising high school freshmen through rising college freshmen, to be held July 6th – July 12th, 2010 at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California.

IAAB seeks motivated and enthusiastic university students to serve as counselors and mentors at Camp Ayandeh.  Counselors will be asked to participate in a training period from July 3 – 5, 2010. IAAB will cover all counselors' basic food, ground transportation, lodging, materials for the duration of the training and camp, including expenses related to day trips for those selected to participate in Camp Ayandeh. The sole financial responsibility of counselors is their transportation (by air or otherwise) to and from San Francisco International Airport.

Counselor Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be currently enrolled college/graduate students or young professionals
  • Demonstrate interest and experience in leadership development
  • Possess qualities that will lead them to be good role models for others
  • Demonstrate interest in working with children and youth

IAAB is strongly committed to building a diverse team that represents a range of opinions, experiences and perspectives. As such, individuals of all backgrounds, gender, race, culture, sexuality, and class are encouraged to apply.

Counselors will be selected on a competitive basis. As such, submission of an application does not guarantee participation. All applicants are strongly advised to respond to all questions with honest, thoughtful and thorough answers.

Applicants who are selected to serve as counselors must confirm within one week of notification of acceptance into Camp Ayandeh. Upon receiving a verbal or written commitment from selected participants, IAAB will send additional information and materials as to the specific details of Camp Ayandeh.

As a part of the application process, some finalists in the program may be contacted to schedule a phone interview with the camp planning committee.

For additional information about Camp Ayandeh and IAAB, please refer to the Camp Ayandeh site. You may also direct questions to the camp planning committee by email.

Camp Ayandeh 2010 - New Counselor Application
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The following questions are designed to give the selection committee a glimpse of your personality, background and motivations. We welcome honest, candid answers. If you would like to include additional information, personal statements, or simply would like to take more room to complete the questions, please feel free to do so.
1. Please provide us with a one-paragraph description of yourself, including any relevant personal information and your educational and professional background.
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2. Why would you like to be a counselor for IAAB’s Iranian-American Leadership Camp? What do you want to give to and receive from the program?
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3. What have you learned from past experiences that will make you a qualified camp counselor?
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4. What does leadership and teamwork mean to you?
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5. Please write about a time when you were working, learning, or living out of your comfort zone, a time where you had to be flexible and change in some way. How did you do it and how did you grow from the experience?
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6. Working with IAAB on Camp Ayandeh is an avenue to work on leadership building and making students feel valuable. Why do you want to do this?
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7. In your counselor group there is one very shy camper. (s)he does not participate at all in the conversation, however you can tell that they are listening and paying attention. How would you handle this situation?
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8. There is tension among the counselor team. One counselor is dominating all the discussions and not listening to others, and the other counselors are starting to resent the him. How do you help the situation? What experience with conflict have you had in the past?
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Please note: The website will not save your answers before the application is submitted in its entirety, and once the application is submitted it will be immediately sent to IAAB staff for review.

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If you have any questions about using the online application, please feel free to contact us by using the Contact Us page or email.

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