https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teamwork-five-key-practices-help-counselors-succeed-together

Camp doesn’t work without teamwork. In fact, camp may be one of the most team-dependent environments there is. As counselors and activities staff, you must rely on one another constantly — during...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/coaching-cabin-using-grow-model-build-leadership-skills-camper-confidence

When people hear the word “coaching,” they often picture someone with a whistle and a clipboard directing players from the sidelines. Coaching in the cabin looks different, because it is different!...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/give-yourself-some-grace

“Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning; then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.” – Thomas Adams Rudeness, selfishness, swift...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-you-can-learn-ropes-course-training-even-if-your-camp-doesnt-have-ropes-course

Ropes courses do not teach teamwork, leadership, or confidence. Facilitators do. This is one of the things I tell staff when I kick off challenge course training. What I love most about this...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-lead-broken-times-why-youre-readier-you-think

So, you’ve decided to work at camp this summer? First of all, thank you. We need people just like you. Whatever brought you to this place — a love of kids, a return to a place that shaped you, or a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pocket-pointers-counselors

An Interview with Bob Ditter Bob Ditter is a highly respected author and child and adolescent therapist in Boston who has worked extensively with camps and other youth-serving...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/consequence-character-how-summer-camp-promotes-character-leadership-entrepreneurship

Even casual observation reveals the powerful role the summer camp experience plays in accelerating character development in children and teens. The question then becomes "What's next?" The answer, it...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/using-color-communicate-your-camps-culture

Lately, I have been thinking back to a particular summer early in junior high when I was eagerly anticipating my time at camp. I was not yet a camp counselor, but I aspired to be one as soon as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/growing-tomorrows-leaders-today-cultivating-connection-confidence-curiosity-camps

At every camp, there’s a moment when a counselor steps forward, not because they have to, but because they want to. They notice a camper struggling, take initiative to help, and model calm for others...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/if-aristotle-ran-summer-camp-ancient-wisdom-modern-camp-leadership

“We are what we repeatedly do . . . therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant, paraphrasing Aristotle Every camp director wrestles with the same essential challenge. How...