Phoebe Bolz

Recent college graduate looking for work in Seattle.

EDUCATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Camp Counselor, YMCA Camp Orkila｜Orcas Island, WA Summer 2024

• Underwent extensive formal childcare training, including Child Abuse Prevention, adult and youth CPR/First Aid, Conflict Resolution, Child Development, and Cultural Sensitivity training
• Served as primary caretaker for groups of campers ages 8-13 (8 weeks of 10-person cabins), facilitating outdoor activities, team-building exercises, and overnight excursions to foster confidence, teamwork, and leadership skills
• Mentored campers through the Ragger program, helping children to reflect, create meaningful personal goals and action plans to achieve these goals 
• Applied restorative justice practices alongside counselors, administrators, and Camper Support staff to resolve emotional conflicts, encouraging accountability and healing among campers

• Nanny for two elementary-aged children. Provided attentive care through supervising and participating in play, assisting with homework, creating fun enrichment activities and coordinating schedules with parents

• Facilitated class engagement and learning comprehension in an after school and summer program targeting low-income K-5 students, promoted to paraprofessional after 5 months
• Coordinated one-on-one student support, and planned lessons with staff and administration
• Followed literacy-focused lesson plans, adapting instructional strategies to meet students’ diverse learning styles
• Cultivated an environment of responsibility, communication, and mutual respect with students while engaging in learning, play and recreational activities and emphasizing restorative and community-centered teaching methods

• Taught and practiced English skills with children ages 3-14 (instruction primarily in Spanish) in a community center dedicated to creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for children in a low-income pueblo
• Supervised workshops and recreational activities, assisted staff in organizing and executing community projects

Student Assistant, Claremont Colleges Library ｜Claremont, CA Fall 2023- Winter 2024

• Greeted and assisted library patrons with material requests, room reservations, and circulation questions
• Provided quality customer service through interactions with members of the Claremont Colleges community

• Assisted in team-based projects on a small organic, no-till farm, including seeding, planting, harvesting, and maintenance with regenerative practices, and independently managed mulching and mushroom cultivation

Pitzer College, Bachelors of Arts, Claremont, CA Winter 2024

• Major: Sociology, Cumulative GPA: 3.9