Week in the Life

Below is a sample schedule of what a traditional week at Pali Institute looks like. This is an outline, but we will have small variations to this schedule during our season.

Monday (Arrival Day)

Time Activity
8:00 Optional breakfast
8:30 Start weekly set up
9:15 All team meeting
10:00 Instructor prep time
11:00 Student arrival & introductions
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Cabin Time
2:00 Afternoon Session 1
3:30 Break
3:45 Afternoon Session 2
5:15 End of Session 2
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Cabin Time
7:25 Line Up
7:30 Evening Session
9:00 Returns to cabins
10:00 Lights out

Pali instructor stands near hanging pinecones in woods
Pali instructor helps student with biology lesson

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Time Activity
7:00 Rise and Shine
7:45 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Session 1
10:30 Break
10:45 Morning Session 2
12:15 End of Session 2
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Cabin Time
2:00 Afternoon Session 1
3:30 Break
3:45 Afternoon Session 2
5:15 End of Session 2
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Teacher Time
7:30 Evening Session
9:00 Return to cabins
10:00 Lights out

Friday (Departure Day)

Time Activity
7:00 Rise and Shine
7:45 Breakfast & School video
9:00 Morning Session
10:30 End of Morning Session
10:45 Load buses
11:00 Departure to school
11:45 Advisory meeting
12:10 All team meeting
12:40 Optional lunch

Pali instructor helps student across low ropes course
Pali instructor and two students watch bottle rocket about to launch

Daily Breaks

Each instructor will be guaranteed one 90min break per day. On select days our staff will receive a longer break, 2-2.5 hours, when their break time aligns with teacher time.

Staff Inservice Days

These occur once a month for additional training and development. Staff are expected to stay until 5pm on these Fridays instead of the usual 1pm. We will cover topics like resume building, wellness center training, team building, and a variety of other topics.

Saturday and Sunday

  • One Weekend of work for Pali Institute is required per season.
  • Opportunities to work on other weekends are available if you would like to make additional money.

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