Staff-In-Training

Staff-in-training playing her guitar SSP's Staff-In-Training (SIT) program provides potential staff members with a preview of the life of an SSP summer staff member.  Each SIT spends one week on an SSP project site rotating through the various staff positions of a camp. Individuals who participate in our SIT program do so voluntarily without pay and are responsible for getting themselves to and from their assigned project site.

Anyone with a serious interest in being on staff at SSP should consider signing up for an SIT spot the summer after graduation.  The SIT week provides a transition from the experience of SSP as a youth to the very different responsibilities of an SSP staff member.  You can think of the SIT experience as a long job interview, and you should take your responsibilities during this week very seriously. 

Cost SITs volunteer their time for their week; they are not paid nor do they pay to participate. All the SIT needs to do is find transportation to and from the site location.


Eligibility To apply, you must be at least 18 years old and have graduated from high school at the time you serve.  If you have a question about whether you are eligible, please call us.

If an SIT wishes to serve prior in the summer to going as a youth volunteer, they will have to serve at a site other than the one they will attend as a volunteer.

SITs will not be able to serve the week after they have participated at as a youth volunteer at the same site.
Application Process The application process is online.  Applicants are required to submit an application as well as a reference/evaluation form from an adult leader who knows you well. Applications and reference forms are due May 15th, 2012.

Fill out the online application and email it to director@sierraserviceproject.org. 

Download the reference form and follow the instructions on it.

You will be contacted after your application and reference have been received.