Academic Adventures With Life-Changing Impact
Spend your summer inspiring young people to think big!
Join a community of staff who are passionate about helping students realize their full potential. From early childhood through high school, help academically advanced students delve into a subject of interest, build upon their strengths, and connect with a community of peers. If you're looking for a position in an educationally progressive environment, we'd love to hear from you!
Summer Academic Day and Residential Camps at CTD offer single and multi-week programs.
Each day involves several different activities, and program curricula move at a rapid pace.
All staff should be committed to the goals of the program; attuned to the academic, social, and emotional needs of gifted learners; and understanding of the particular challenges of working with students in an academically rigorous and residential environment.
Staff should possess passion, energy, creativity, organizational skills, flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to troubleshoot, problem solve, and manage stress.
Following the program, instructional staff have responsibilities for student evaluation and program documentation.
Step 1:
CTD's Academic Summer Day and Residential Camps offer a diverse selection of administrative, teaching, and residential staff roles. To learn more and find the best fit for your talent and expertise, view the hyperlinked positions titles under Current Staff Openings.
Step 2:
Submit an application for available CTD positions via Northwestern myHR.
- Search by entering "CTD" in the keywords field.
- Please read the full job posting for instructions on indicating the position for which you are applying.
- Please submit one online application per Job ID. Multiple applications will result in automatic rejection emails for each duplicate application.
- For Civic Leadership Institute and Summer Leadership Intensive at Northwestern applicants who are returning to work with the Civic Education Project please complete this application.
Northwestern University Hiring Policies
CTD follows the policies and practices of Northwestern University. View Northwestern’s non-discrimination statement.
All candidates selected for hire must successfully complete a criminal background check. (Background checks are at no cost to the candidate. Details will be discussed during the interview process.)
To learn more about job responsibilities and compensation, click on the hyperlinked positions title below.
Administrative, Instructional, and Residential staff positions available!
Grades 6-12 Summer Job Postings
Learning & Behavior Support Specialist
Residential Activities Manager
Residential Teaching Assistant
Grades PreK-Grade 5 Summer Job Postings
CTD implements health and safety policies and procedures based on Northwestern University, Illinois Department of Public Health, and/or CDC policies in effect at the time of each program. Following guidance from Northwestern University:
- Northwestern strongly recommends that all staff and faculty to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.
- CTD strongly recommends that students are vaccinated against COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. Families are asked to upload their student’s vaccination information into their health profile, after a student’s application and enrollment into the program. Students who are not vaccinated may be subject to additional health protocols.
- Regardless of vaccination status, students are subject to testing for communicable diseases during the program if they exhibit one or more common symptoms of illness.
Northwestern University Health and Safety policies are reviewed regularly and periodically updated in response to ongoing data monitoring and guidance from public health officials and are therefore subject to change. During the program, program administrators will take a conditions-based approach to managing program activities based on risk levels as reported by the CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health. Health and safety protocols may include measures such as masks, distancing, additional cleaning protocols, changes to scheduled program activities, and Northwestern University policies as warranted by current public health conditions.
All CTD students and staff will be expected to comply with policies in effect during the dates of the program for which they are registered and may be removed from the program for non-compliance without refund.
- For questions regarding the application process, please contact the Temp Center: AskHR@northwestern.edu
- For questions about working with CTD programs, please contact the program directly:
- Residential & Day Camps, including Leadership and Service Learning Programs, Grades 6-12: ctd-summer@northwestern.edu
Summer Day Camps, PreK - Grade 6 (Chicago area sites): ctd-enrichment@northwestern.edu