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https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/volunteers/accreditation-volunteer-resources

Accreditation Volunteer Resources

Use these resources to help you in your ACA Accreditation Volunteer role.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/visas-international-staff-campers

Visas for International Staff and Campers

Annually, nearly 30,000 international students provide cultural exchange as staff at camps in the United States.  International campers also provide an important aspect of cultural exchange as...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/criminal-background-checks-issues-resources-camps

Criminal Background Checks - Issues and Resources for Camps

ACA believes that camps should utilize multifaceted screening and hiring programs and support practices appropriate to the clientele, staffing, supervision, and program consideration of each camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/understanding-cultural-differences-tips-working-international-staff-campers

Understanding Cultural Differences: Tips for Working with International Staff and Campers

As the United States population becomes more diverse and camps employ more international staff, the issue of communicating and interacting effectively with people from other cultures becomes more...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/family-conference

A Family Conference

To be able to go to ACA's National Conference and feel so many people focused on the same goals that drive you, a group of people working toward a mission — it encourages so much growth. To be around...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-7-inclusion-camp

CampWire Episode #7 - Inclusion at Camp

In the seventh episode of CampWire, ACA's President/CEO Tom Rosenberg talks with Niambi Jaha-Echols about inclusion and cross-cultural agility.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indigenous-instructional-programming-camp-professionals

Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp Professionals

Camp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-8-importance-working-camp

CampWire Episode #8 - The Importance of Working at Camp

In the eighth episode of ACA's podcast, CampWire, Deb Jordan and Kim Aycock discuss why it is important to work at a camp, and some of the things camps are doing successfully to recruit...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-9-camp-resarch-laurie-browne-jim-sibthorp

CampWire Episode #9 - Camp Resarch with Laurie Browne and Jim Sibthorp

In the ninth episode of CampWire, ACA's director of research Laurie Browne talks with another researcher, and longtime camp friend, Jim Sibthorp about ACA's 5-year research study.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-6-meet-eells-program-award-winners

CampWire Episode #6 — Meet the Eells Program Award Winners

In the sixth episode of CampWire, the American Camp Association's podcast, meet the winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence.