Resources for ACA Education and Professional Development Chairs

Welcome to the Education Resource Page for volunteers and staff members in ACA Sections. Helpful templates, tools, and links are intended to support your work as leaders in education and professional development.

Tools and Templates
Whether you are developing a full-blown Section Education Plan, or seeking a checklist for stand-alone education events, you'll find a variety of helpful resources.
All documents are in Microsoft Word format unless stated otherwise

• PD Inventory (updated Fall 2012)
• Educational Endorsement Program (EEP) Alignment Info (endorse events, determine CECs)
• PDC Promotional Video - YouTube Link   
• Educational Chairs Planning Grid
• Speaker Agreement Template
• Sponsorship Agreement Checklist
• Sponsorship Agreement Template
• Release Of Liability Template
• Sample Program Plan Template
• Sample Conference Budget (Excel)
• Core Member Services Survey (PDF) 
• Committee Chair Self Evaluation
• Event Planning Checklist
• Insurance Certificate Request
• Sample Session Specification Sheet

ACA Developed Courses and Events

Brief descriptions of ACA Signature courses including the New Director Orientation, the Basic Camp Director Course, Standards Courses, and a Course Catalog for the e-Institute.

New Director Orientation Course Information
All the materials you need to host and faciliate the New Director Orientation (NDO) course in your local area are located in our virtual library. You'll find the newly refreshed (March 2013) course curriculum, facilitator's guide, course registration information, evaluations for the course and facilitators, along with the handouts for participants.

• New Director Orientation Facilitator Information and Curriculum

Reference Materials
Are you interested in groups that ACA is working with through educational alliances and other relationships? A grid containing these groups and projects is one of many reference documents available for your use.

• ACA National Education Team (PDF)
• Conference Calendar (Excel) 
• ACA Educational Partnerships and Alliances
• Property/Liability Insurance Coverage (under revision- available Spring 2013)

ED/PD Chairs' Meeting Materials

• October 2012 Meeting Notes
• PDC Informational Handout

Helpful ACA Links – Web Gems

• ACA's Professional Development Center
• ACA's Educational Endorsement Program
• Educational Events Calandar
• ACA's Core Competencies
• Continuing Education Credits (CECs)
• Manage My CECs
• Staff Training Certificates of Added Qualifications CAQ)
• ACA's extensive Camp Knowledge Center
• Jobs at Camp resources including job description templates
• e-Institute Marketing Toolkit
• Main research link to a storehouse of camp related research
• Calendar of events by ACA Section, plus specific course calendars, and links to organizations with a sampling of relevant courses
• ACA Conference Dates by Region and Section as well as National Conference Dates
• CampLine
• Camping Magazine
• Nature-related Resources & Green Spoken Here
  • Nature Education Resources
  • Environmental Stewardship
• ACA books, workbooks, forms and training DVD's
• ACA Public Policy
• Trends in Camping

ACA Professional Development Team

• Deb Bialeschki, Ph.D. dbialeschki@acacamps.org
• Kim Brosnan, kbrosnan@acacamps.org
• Barry Garst, Ph.D., bgarst@acacamps.org
• Grechen Throop, gthroop@acacamps.org
• Julie Anderson, janderson@acacamps.org
• Amy Katzenberger, akatzenberger@acacamps.org
• Rhonda Mickelson, rmickelson@acacamps.org
• Andrea Stearley, astearley@acacamps.org
• Melany Irvin, mirvin@acacamps.org