Summer Staff

The FSY Program is led by current students and recent graduates who serve as FSY Community Coordinators (CoCos) and FSY Counselors.  

• Community Coordinators (CoCos) primarily supervise the FSY counselors, provide administrative and leadership support to the program, and triage student issues as they arise. This position is open only to students who have graduated or will graduate in May.
• Counselors are responsible for advising and counseling an assigned group of students, overseeing the welfare of each of their students and serving as the first point of contact when students have questions or problems. This position is open to current students or those who have recently graduated.

Both positions are essential to the success of the program and providing students with a positive, engaging, and fun summer experience!  

Hiring Process

Every year, the FSY program hires approximately 20 Yale recent graduates and student leaders who serve as Community Coordinators (CoCos) and Counselors throughout the week program.  

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Job descriptions and applications are generally available in early December until early February. 

• Community Coordinator (CoCo)
• Counselor

Prospective applicants only need to submit one FSY application and can select which position(s) they are interested in: FSY Community Coordinator, FSY Counselor, or a Counselor position with Yale Summer Session (YSS).  For those interested in other positions on the YSS summer staff team, please complete a separate YSS application. 

2026 Application deadline: Friday, February 13 at 5:00pm EDT

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Interviews

Students who are selected to move forward in the process will be invited to interview. Prospective FSY CoCos interview individually while Counselors are invited to group interviews. 

Offers

Offers are extended during March and students need to accept/decline their offer by the deadline (typically the end of March). As we confirm the staff team, applicants may be taken off the waitlist and extended an offer. 

Staff Team

The staff team is generally finalized by the end of March and we hold a Welcome Meeting during April. We may ask staff members who are available to participate in the FSY Bulldog Days breakfast and/or FSY Information Session event to represent the program and help to answer questions from students who have been invited to participate in FSY.  

Formal FSY training and work responsibilities will begin in late-May.