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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/compensating-camp-staff-2024-key-wage-issues-consider-setting-your-pay-policies

Compensating Camp Staff in 2024: Key Wage Issues to Consider in Setting Your Pay Policies

This article provides an update on the new "white collar" rule and discusses key issues regarding the compensation of camp staff, with a particular focus on the nuances of the 13(a)(3) "seasonal"...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/building-safety-culture-training-frontline-staff-respond-critical-incidents

Building a Safety Culture: Training Frontline Staff to Respond to Critical Incidents

Frontline staff members are responsible for direct supervision of campers, and their training is integral to building a safety culture at camp. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/social-security-application-process-camps-j-1-camp-counselors

Social Security Application Process For Camps with J-1 Camp Counselors

Applying for a Social Security number is an important required step for international camp staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/tools-help-domestic-staff-interact-respectfully-intentionally-international-staff

Tools to Help Domestic Staff Interact Respectfully and Intentionally with International Staff

These tools and approaches will help to encourage, equip, and entice American summer camp staff to engage curiously, respectfully, and intentionally with their international peers.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camp-advocacy-happens-every-level

How Camp Advocacy Happens at Every Level

This is a team sport.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/high-support-high-expectations-welcoming-global-staff-intention

High Support, High Expectations: Welcoming Global Staff with Intention

Structure, language, and intentional hospitality set the foundation for stronger social bonds, smoother staff training, and a more cohesive camp culture.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camps-used-ask-seat-table

Camps Used to Ask for a Seat at the Table

Now, we are setting a place in national conversations.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/meet-first-camp-caucus-leaders

Meet the First Camp Caucus Leaders

Reps. Chris Pappas and Chuck Edwards step forward for camps.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/caucus-all-camps

The Caucus Is For All Camps

The work serves everyone in the industry.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camps-are-serious-business

Camps Are a Serious Business

How credibility is claimed, not granted.