https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/certificate-course/day-camp-director-certificate
Day Camp Director CertificateReady to elevate your career? Whether you're currently a Day Camp Director or aspiring to take on the role, the ACA Day Camp Director Certificate is your key to success. This certificate, built...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/certificate-course/camp-director-certificate
Camp Director CertificateThe camp director course is structured to provide the basics for directors with fewer than six years of experience or for seasoned program directors and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-practices-inclusive-camping-roundtable-discussion-programming
Best Practices in Inclusive Camping: A Roundtable Discussion on ProgrammingLearn how to have an inclusive summer camp by providing physical inclusion, functional inclusion, and social inclusion.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/resources-sections-standards
Resources by Sections of the StandardsACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your accreditation visit planning and preparation. These resources include tip sheets, charts, standards-at-a-glance, links to relevant ACA...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/accreditation-office-hours
Accreditation Office HoursWelcome to Accreditation Office Hours from 2019 - 2020! This package of recorded on-demand videos is one of many that is part of a large library of accreditation related resources offered through ACA...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/designing-quality-youth-programs
Designing Quality Youth ProgramsIf you believe your program offers a quality experience for your participants but also think doing even better is ideal, this course is for you. Designing Quality Youth Programs takes you through an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/they-pull-trigger-what-staff-campers-need-know
Before They Pull the Trigger: What Staff and Campers Need to Know“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie Parker’s mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus uttered five words of warning in the 1983 classic movie A Christmas Story. All Ralphie wanted for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/equipment-management-maximizing-fun-games
Equipment Management: Maximizing the Fun and Games“It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.” Have you ever asked your staff to stop and really consider that adage? What does it actually mean? One interpretation is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fun-everyone-adapting-activities-campers-all-abilities
Fun for Everyone: Adapting Activities for Campers of All AbilitiesImagine a camp program staff is preparing an experiential game of Hawks and Squirrels to demonstrate the predator-prey relationship and role of resources in the natural environment. The campers who...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/knowing-how-play-requires-strategy-structure
Knowing How to Play Requires Strategy and StructurePlay is an important part of how children grow. It is a universal phenomenon that has been passed down from generation to generation as a societal, expressive, and educational practice....