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Link to the Camp Leader application for the 23/24 season
Link to the Camp Counselor application for the 23/24 season
2024 Season Info
Our 2024 summer camp season schedule:
- Week 0: 2 days in the week of June 17th (In-person camp training)
- Week 1: June 24th – 26th
- Week 2: July 1st – 5th (July 4th off)
- Week 3: July 8th -12th
- Week 4: July 15th -19th
- Week 5: July 22nd – 26th
- Week 6: July 29th – August 2nd
- Week 7: August 5th – 9th
Our current locations:
- Portland – USM Portland campus
- Gorham – USM Gorham campus
- Lewiston – USM Lewiston/Auburn campus
- Yarmouth – North Yarmouth Academy
- Brunswick – Kate Furbish Elementary
- Augusta – UMA Augusta campus
- Bangor – UMA Bangor campus
- Camden – Camden/Rockport Middle School
- Newcastle – Lincoln Academy
STEM camp topics:
- LEGO Robotics – ages 9-12
- Programming in Minecraft – ages 10-14
- Astrophysics in Minecraft – ages 10-14
- 3D Printing & Design – ages 12-16
- Build Your Own Computer camp – ages 12-16
- CubeSAT camp – ages 13-17
- + more!
Click here to learn more about our STEM camp topics!
Working for STEM Outreach
What does working a STEM Outreach camp look like? Our camps are day-long programs that run on university campuses, elementary/middle/high schools, and rec centers across the state of Maine. Our office is in Portland, but we are looking for staff in several locations such as Augusta, Bangor, Farmington, Machias, Camden, Houlton, and many more. Camps are week-long sessions that run Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 3:30pm. Our camp staff mentor groups of 12-16 campers aged 9-17 years old in a wide variety of STEM topics. These are including (but not limited to) LEGO robotics, programming, computer architecture, 3D printing & design, and electronics. Our campers get 35 contact hours with our mentors, which means campers gain a lot of experience and confidence in these topics.
STEM Outreach takes our staffing seriously. We aim to offer programs with highly qualified staff who will serve as mentors for the youth in our programs. Because it is sometimes difficult to find people who are simultaneously good with children, experienced teaching, and have a background in engineering and computer science, we often will do our best to match up team members that provide all of these skills as a team. STEM Outreach (formerly known as Maine Robotics) has been offering summer camps focused on Technology, Science, and Robotics since 2000. Over 7000 children have attended these camps over the last 20+ years and we anticipate over 700 campers for the 2024 summer. The University of Southern Maine is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on gender, race, age, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment at the USM STEM Outreach summer program is at-will employment.