https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/commitment-how-do-we-earn-it-how-do-we-keep-it

An answer to this question of the century may seem counterintuitive, yet it is at the core of most camp communities: Relationships. More than ever, staff are looking for connection and belonging. So...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/first-contact-end-contract

We know that staff can be a challenge to find, attract, hire, engage, and retain. What makes the staff journey result in forward progress from start to completion of their camp experience? Current...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/recruiting-interviewing-hiring-ensure-best-best

Recruiting, interviewing, and hiring staff is the most important part of your job as a camp director. It is the single most time-consuming and, at times, tedious task you will undertake. However,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-keeping-great-counselors

It takes a great staff to make a great camp. Jack Weiner once said: "With the right counselors, camp could be held in a parking lot." When one looks at all of the possible aspects of camp in which to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-retention-recruiting-revving-season

By this point in the year, you've processed your staff evaluations, and you've been thinking about those difficult decisions: "Should I hire her back?" or "This person just didn't cut it; is it time...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/job-descriptions

ACA job sample job descriptions are here to make your work easier. 

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/help-stop-asian-longhorned-beetle-killing-more-trees

For any camp professional, imagining a camp without trees would be hard to fathom.  Especially since for the past century, you and other ACA camp professionals have worked to preserve the camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/un-breve-est%C3%ADo

Los padres tienen un papel fundamental a la hora de mantener a los adolescentes a salvo durante el verano Por Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed. "Y el estío no dura casi nada", escribió William...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/adolescentes-saludables

ACA está dedicado a promover estilos de vida saludables entre los jóvenes. Junto con su iniciativa "Partnering With Parents" (Asociación con los padres), American Camp Association, a través de...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/conectarse-salir-perdiendo

La nueva cultura del sexo entre los adolescentes Por Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed. Los episodios de sexo oral en grupo que sacudieron una escuela preparatoria adinerada en New England –combinados...