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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/crucial-camp-conversations-five-keys-success
Crucial Camp Conversations: Five Keys for SuccessHow many of these sentences have you heard from inexperienced leadership staff? "I don't know why they can't do it. We went over that in training." "She's just lazy and doesn't care." "He...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/safe-space-trauma-informed-trauma-infused-what-know-how-help
A Safe Space: From Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Infused — What to Know and How to HelpAcross the land, schools and summer camps have embraced a movement to better understand trauma and how it affects a child’s ability to learn and self-regulate their behavior. As that knowledge...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/skills-first-time-supervisors-actively-grow-your-supervisory-role
Skills for First-Time Supervisors: Actively Grow into Your Supervisory RoleTransitioning to your very first supervisory role can be a formidable task, and it's only natural to be nervous. While each employment situation is unique, being a camp supervisor can invite further...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/disability-inclusion-during-covid-19-strategies-camp-recreation-programs
Disability Inclusion During Covid-19 | Strategies for Camp and Recreation ProgramsAre you running in-person camp this summer and looking for some support adapting inclusion principles and strategies? If so, join us! Inclusion is NOT Cancelled – join ACA, New England and Lisa...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/shift-happens-3-steps-choosing-courage-changing-times
Shift Happens: 3 Steps to Choosing Courage in Changing TimesThe world is shifting. A reshaping of the global landscape has prompted conversations about courage among camp professionals as they consider changes to their employment, programs, and priorities....
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/its-not-fair-things-kids-are-dealing-covid-19-camp-world
It's Not Fair! - Things Kids Are Dealing With in a COVID-19 Camp WorldFollowing several months of decreased interpersonal opportunities and increasing anxiety, we should expect many of our campers to struggle upon "reentry." Whether they are able to express it verbally...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/keeping-our-courage-time-uncertainty
Keeping Our Courage in This Time of Uncertainty,Sponsored by Maine Summer Camps MSC Webinar with Bob Ditter “How Camp Professionals Can Hope and Cope in the Age of Coronavirus Uncertainty” The current situation with the Coronavirus outbreak and...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/self-care-during-turbulent-times
Self-Care During Turbulent TimesNow more than ever, self-care is essential. But, if you struggled with self-care under “normal” circumstances, you might really be wondering how to start now. Camp professionals are traditionally...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/innovation-boot-camp-shark-tank-event-ideas-around-staff-motivation
Innovation Boot Camp -Shark Tank Event- Ideas Around Staff MotivationProject Real Job brings you Shark Tank for Camp Pros, and YOU are the Sharks (i.e., judges)! A cohort of over 40 camp leaders, staff, and students were given the prompt, “What is one new way you can...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/new-director-orientation-ndo-online-course-asynchronous
New Director Orientation (NDO) Online Course - AsynchronousACA’ New Director Orientation (NDO) is designed to give you a solid foundation in the competencies and responsibilities necessary to your work as a camp director. The course has been arranged...