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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/program-quality-matters-youth-development
Program Quality Matters for Youth DevelopmentGreetings camp evaluators! Congratulations on making it to the end (or very nearly the end) of your summer season. I am so excited to present the following guest post for this week’s Research 360...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-3-marketing-media-camp-mike-lang
CampWire Episode #3 — Marketing and Media at Camp with Mike LangListen to the third episode of CampWire as the Director of Marketing from Camp Tecumseh discussing marketing and media at camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/introducing-new-free-friend-camp-program-quality-staff-checklist
Introducing a New (and Free!) Friend: The Camp Program Quality Staff ChecklistBefore I get started, I have a confession: I lied. I said in the title that in this post I was going to introduce you to a new friend, but that’s not entirely true. The Camp Program Quality Staff...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/happy-campers-how-camp-relationships-promote-social-emotional-learning
Happy Campers: How Camp Relationships Promote Social and Emotional LearningYoung people are diverse and dynamic, and they have myriad pathways to success. Unfortunately, youth development research often highlights watered-down averages of sample sets that offer limited...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-camp-unique-environment-social-emotional-learning
Summer Camp: A Unique Environment for Social and Emotional LearningAs an education research organization affiliated with the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, we thought it was an exciting opportunity to investigate camp as a unique learning...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/school-breaks-shouldnt-be-break-learning
School Breaks Shouldn't be a Break from LearningSchool breaks are not the time to take a break from learning. Unfortunately, this is what often happens, resulting in a significant drop in students’ mastery of core concepts. The ...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/aca-visits-white-house-talk-about-outdoor-opportunities-youth
ACA Visits the White House to Talk About Outdoor Opportunities for YouthOn Thursday, November 17, the American Camp Association (ACA) was honored to participate in a White House meeting on opportunities for youth to experience the outdoors in collaboration with the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-weeks-summer-camp-what-i-learned-educator-being-camp-parent
3 Weeks at Summer Camp: What I Learned as an Educator by Being a Camp ParentI feel like I just spent three weeks at Jewish summer camp. I experienced the highs of color war, the exhilaration of kayaking in the lake, the fear of the high ropes course, and the spirit of...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-360-quality-vs-outcomes-smackdown
Research 360: The Quality vs. Outcomes SmackdownIf you've been following this blog you know that the Research 360 goal is to build camp evaluation capacity. Thus far I've described what...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp
What's the Best Age for Camp?You probably want a number here. If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...