Cornerstone 2025 New Faculty Application

Thank you for your interest in joining Foundation for Jewish Camp's Cornerstone 2025 Team! As a member of the team, you will help provide important professional development, educational content, and support to returning camp counselors and senior leadership across the field of Jewish camp!

This application can be used to apply for Cornerstone Faculty Educator roles. Please fill out this application if you are interested in being considered to be a Faculty Educator in the content areas of Diverse Perspectives or Sports.

Cornerstone is specifically looking for educators who can support the following content areas:

Sports: teaching best practices for designing engaging games, movement, and athletic competition and infusing meaningful Jewish content.
Diverse Perspectives: teaching how to create moments at camp to share and be introduced to diverse perspectives on charged topics in today’s world through a Jewish lens.

New faculty members are compensated at a rate of $6,500.

You can read the full job description information on this info page.

Applications are due by 11:59pm PST on October 27, 2024.

The Cornerstone team will let participants know during the week of October 28th whether of not they have been selected to move forward to the virtual interview stage.

Interviews will be held via Zoom during the week of October 28th.

Hiring decisions will be made during the week of November 4th.

Educator Required Dates:

New Faculty Orientation (Virtual — just for new team members) — December 17, 11-12:00pm EST
All Faculty Orientation (Virtual) — December 17, 12-1:30pm EST
January Planning Seminar (In Person @ Capital Camps & Retreat Center) — January 13-16
Cornerstone Planning Gathering 1 (Virtual) — February 25, 1-5pm EST*
Cornerstone Planning Gathering 2 (Virtual) — March 20, 1-5pm EST*
Cornerstone Planning Gathering 3 (Virtual) — April 29, 1-5pm EST*
May Seminar Faculty Preparation Time & Shabbat Experience (In Person @ Capital Camps & Retreat Center) — May 15-17
May Seminar (In Person @ Capital Camps & Retreat Center) — May 18-22

*for virtual planning gatherings, please hold all 4 hours — you might not be needed for all 4 hours.

Questions? Contact us: Cornerstone@jewishcamp.org or

call 646-278-4559 during Eastern Time business hours.

At FJC, we value diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team representative of a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and skills. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work — and our world — will be. We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. FJC encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application.

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Introduce Yourself

First Name

Last Name

Your Email

FJC will primarily be in contact with you by email. Please include an email address that you check regularly.

Your Cell Phone

Address

Street

City

Zip Code/Postal Code

Country

State

Provinces

What are your pronouns?

We would like to use your correct pronouns when reviewing your application as a staff.

Your Bio (250 words or less)

Please be sure to include your prior professional, camp-y, and academic experience.

Faculty Role

How did you hear about Cornerstone/this opportunity?

Please list the name, email, phone number, and relation to you of two professional references.

We will let you know ahead of time should we want to speak with your references.

What's your camp story? (100 words or less)

Were you a camper or staff person at camp? Tell us where and in what capacity. Didn’t go to camp? No problem! Did you do anything “camp adjacent?” (youth work, experiential education, etc.) Tell us about that too.

Where can we get to know you better and/or see your work online?

Do you have a website? A recent article published, resource created, or a hilarious/inspiring social media presence? Please feel free to share links to those sites here.

Video Question!

Video Upload
Please respond to the following question by video and upload or link your submission here. Please record a new video, do not provide an example from a previous engagement.

We want to see you in action! Record a short (no longer than 4 minutes — really.) “how to” video on any topic of your choosing. Teach/show us how to do something that you love/sparks your curiosity/that life hack we just all need. (ex: how to tie your shoes, how to play a game/icebreaker, how to lead your favorite prayer, etc.)
The content can really be about anything you’d like — something thought provoking, mundane, silly, or that shows off your unique talents — we are looking to get a taste of your facilitation style and how you think. Feel free to show us how you might sprinkle in a Jewish spin on a not so Jewish topic!

I understand the question above and will submit my video answer to this question either via link or upload below!

Upload your video here (must be less than 35MB)

Or provide a link to your video below:

If you want to link your video, we recommend uploading it to youtube as an unlisted video, or uploading it to google drive and adjusting the share settings so anyone with the link can view it.

Faculty Educator

In which content area(s) would you be most interested/suited to lead a Specialty Track (a multi session program on the same content area with the same group)?

Diverse Perspectives SportsPlease note, FJC is only currently hiring for new Faculty Educators who are able to provide the content listed above. If you are interested in being part of Cornerstone but do not provide the content listed above and you'd like to be considered for future Cornerstone years, please email us at Cornerstone@jewishcamp.org

Any comments on your Specialty Track selection above? What experience do you have with this topic and what aspect of it are you most interested in bringing to camp staff?

Faculty educators are also given the opportunity to provide elective sessions at the Cornerstone seminar. These sessions could be on the same topic as your Specialty Track, or on different topics or skills. Share below other content areas you are comfortable facilitating.

Pick 1 of the questions below to answer in writing (200 words or less)

Share your favorite piece of Jewish text (define this as you will!). What learning do you take from it?Tell us about a time when you designed an experience with pluralism in mind. What were the key ingredients that made the experience successful (or that would have made it more successful)? What is an important challenge Jewish college students are facing today, and what guidance might you provide to help them navigate it? Please choose a metaphor to describe you at your best and explain it. For instance, “When I am at my best, I am like a DJ playing music for a party," or "I am like a big strong tree in the middle of a field....”

Share your favorite piece of Jewish text (define this as you will!). What learning do you take from it?

Tell us about a time when you designed an experience with pluralism in mind. What were the key ingredients that made the experience successful (or that would have made it more successful)?

What is an important challenge Jewish college students are facing today and what guidance might you provide to help them navigate it?

Please choose a metaphor to describe you at your best and explain it. For instance, “When I am at my best, I am like a DJ playing music for a party," or "I am like a big strong tree in the middle of a field....”

Final Reflections

Cornerstone (just like camp) can be a stressful environment! Cornerstone is also a loving and supportive community. Tell us more about how you show up when you are stressed, stretched beyond you comfort zone, or working under pressure. What support might you need from the FJC staff and other Cornerstone faculty to do your best work?

Optional: FJC seeks to celebrate the diversity (broadly defined) of the Jewish community through the Cornerstone Fellowship and its many other programs. To that end, please share any personally important factors in your background, such as culture, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and life or work experiences, that you wish to let us know more about. Please discuss how such factors have influenced you professionally.

Any final comments or notes to add to your application?

Agreements/Confirmations

If hired to the Cornerstone faculty, you are fully committing to the roles and responsibilities of the faculty position as an independent contractor of FJC. This includes attending all required meetings (listed on the first page of this form) in their entirety, submitting all materials on or before their deadlines, and responding to requests from the FJC staff in a timely manner. Should a conflict arise, you will make requests for any exceptions well in advance of the meeting/deadline at hand.

As an Educator, you can anticipate 20 hours of individual and small group work on your own time between the January and May Seminars.

By checking this box, you confirm that you are aware of all required faculty dates and deadlines, work and communication expectations, and confirm that you can fully commit to all of the protocols outlined above.

I confirm I can fully commit to the protocols outlined above.

I confirm that I will follow the health and safety procedures that FJC puts in place to ensure the health and safety of all participants, faculty members, and stakeholders.

I agree to adhere to the health and safety procedures provided by FJC.