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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/learner-benefits/aca-educational-endorsement-program
ACA Educational Endorsement ProgramACA's Educational Endorsement Program is a platform to connect learners to quality educational opportunities. Learners can access training opportunities offered by ACA and non-ACA providers vetted to...
https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/volunteers/review-annual-accreditation-aar-report
Review the Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)ACA's accreditation volunteers support camps by providing educational feedback to camps on their Annual Accreditation Report (AAR). The AAR is an educational tool and annual touchpoint that...
https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/accreditation-academy/annual-accreditation-report-aar
Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)The Annual Accreditation Report is an educational tool and annual non-visit year touchpoint that focuses on camps' on-going improvement of their policies, procedures, and practices.
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/breakthrough-study-outlines-benefits-camp-experience
Breakthrough Study from American Camp Association Outlines the Benefits of Camp ExperienceCamp provides a unique and important setting that supports mental health, while creating time away from technology, building key skills like resilience and confidence in youth and young adults. To...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/learner-benefits
Learner BenefitsACA connects learners with enhanced professional development opportunities to cultivate competencies required for career advancement. ACA professional development is designed to expand knowledge and...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/health-forms-records-campers-staff
Health Forms & Records for Campers & StaffACA has many resources available to help in the operation of your camp, including sample forms, policies, and procedures.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-program-quality-initiative
2020-2022 Camp Program Quality InitiativeFunded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., ACA began a special project to explore and develop systems that support camp professionals in promoting positive youth development through camp experiences.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/continuous-improvement
Tools for Continuous ImprovementAt ACA, we believe in continuous improvement. We believe that our work for young people is not conceptualized in boxes or checklists; instead, we think about our work in a cyclical way—a way that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sorry-not-sorry
Sorry, Not SorryWe've all been there. We're trying to help or referee some situation with kids, we're told a few things or parts of the story, and we think we know what happened, so we turn to the kid who we think...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-quality-improvement
Continuous Quality ImprovementIn my decades-long career as a camp professional and outdoor educator, one of my favorite parts has been problem-solving. How can I, in whatever role I find myself, help make the camper experience...