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https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/accreditation-academy/learning-resources

Accreditation Learning & Resources

Earning and maintaining ACA accreditation takes time and commitment.  ACA has many resources available to help you through this process including the web-based tool, the Accreditation Portal,...

https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/volunteers/become-visitor

Become an Accreditation Volunteer

Accreditation Volunteers are the heart and soul of the ACA accreditation program! Without them, we would be unable to implement the accreditation program. Please review the qualifications and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/important-information-regarding-revisions-aca-standards

Important Information Regarding Revisions to the ACA Standards

A key role of the American Camp Association's National Standards Commission (NSC) is to regularly review and update (as needed) the ACA standards. Standards Revisions After an 18-month process...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indigenous-instructional-programming-camp-professionals

Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp Professionals

Camp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance...

https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/accreditation-academy/annual-accreditation-report-aar

Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)

The Annual Accreditation Report is an educational tool and annual non-visit year touchpoint that focuses on camps' on-going improvement of their policies, procedures, and practices. 

https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/volunteers/review-annual-accreditation-aar-report

Review the Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)

ACA's accreditation volunteers support camps by providing educational feedback to camps on their Annual Accreditation Report (AAR).  The AAR is an educational tool and annual touchpoint that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuing-race-conversation-camp

Continuing the Race Conversation at Camp

The American Camp Association (ACA), in partnership with Teaching Matters, offered a series of webinars over the past year enabling camp educators to discuss how to talk about anti-racism in the camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-quality-improvement

Continuous Quality Improvement

In my decades-long career as a camp professional and outdoor educator, one of my favorite parts has been problem-solving. How can I, in whatever role I find myself, help make the camper experience...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-skill-building

The Role of Skill Building

Building Camps That Care About Kids — Third in a Series of Four Articles Maybe Walt Whitman was on to something. When we think of the very best ways to help young people grow into...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/respectful-approaches-indigenous-culture-competency-camp

Respectful Approaches — Indigenous Culture Competency and Camp

July 2015. Camp was in full swing with little time to devote to the Internet, but the news feed picked up an item that caught my attention. It was an article published by the national news outlet of...