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Snapshots of American
Camp Association’s
Emerging Issues Survey Results
In January, 316 American Camp Association (ACA) camp directors completed a survey
about emerging issues that included such topics as dealing with economic challenges,
insurance, transportation, school partnerships, session length changes, online
registration, and marketing efforts. Here are a few snapshots from their answers.
- The top five major issues were parent
communication, staff training, financial
health of the camp, staff screening and
recruitment, and programming challenges.
The areas of least concern were camper
pregnancies, weather, and electronics/social
network issues.
- Session lengths can be challenging, especially
for the 37 percent that have mixed session
lengths occurring simultaneously (for example,
offering two one-week sessions while running
one two-week session). Almost two thirds
of these directors said all campers were
basically integrated in the camp program,
which can be a challenge for activity progression,
outcomes evaluation, and group development.
- School partnerships are emerging as an
important opportunity for some camps, but
58 percent of camps have no current connection
with schools. However, 32 percent have
direct partnership during academic year,
and another 10 percent have a direct connection
in the summer.
For more specifics on the data and more survey
results, please go to www.ACAcamps.org/research/improve/emerging_issues.php. |
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