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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/how-wonder-stories-can-transform-hard-experiences
How Wonder Stories Can Transform Hard Experiences in Character GrowthGrief. Shame. Burnout. These emotions can stall your growth, but they don’t have to. In this recorded session, Sarah Lagrotteria helps you unlock the hidden strengths in your own life story....
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/pathway-character-development-camp
The Pathway to Character Development at CampUnlock the secrets to enhancing character development at your camp with this research-driven, recorded webinar. Available for viewing at your convenience, this recorded webinar is designed...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/top-training-techniques-fast-effective-ways-increase-staff-learning
Top Training Techniques: Fast & Effective Ways to Increase Staff Learning & PerformanceThe number one best-selling author in camp training has packed this session with terrific activities and training methods that are easy to use and can be plugged into your existing training right...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/leadership-pathways-project
2024–2027 Leadership Pathways ProjectThis three-year grant program is designed to foster evidence-informed planning, testing, and improving initiatives to increase access to and engagement in counselor-in-training (CIT) programs and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-summer-job
The Best Summer JobCamp counselors play a powerful role in shaping children's confidence, resilience, and growth — impacts that last far beyond the summer season.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-future-leaders-through-counselor-training-programs-investing-camps-future
Developing Future Leaders Through Counselor-In-Training Programs: Investing in a Camp's FutureAt a recent camp conference, I caught up with Jessie Emmons, executive director of YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton in Georgia. I told her about my obsession with counselor-in-training (CIT)...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/cabin-counselor-risk-manager-effective-collaborator-translating-camp-job-skills-your-resume
From Cabin Counselor to Risk Manager and Effective Collaborator: Translating Camp Job Skills to Your ResumeIn December, fellow Hoosier camp professional Sam Hirt (Camp Tecumseh YMCA) wrote...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/consequence-character-how-summer-camp-promotes-character-leadership-entrepreneurship
A Consequence of Character: How Summer Camp Promotes Character, Leadership, and EntrepreneurshipEven 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/tackle-your-camp-counselor-job-internship-mindset
Tackle Your Camp Counselor Job with an Internship MindsetThe young women and men who join us as camp counselors are interested in occupations that range from elementary and high school education to the medical field, the environmental sciences, and more....