https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-staffing-we-can-avoid-crisis

Over the past few years, directors all over the country have reported struggling with the fact that good staff are harder to find. They also indicate that it is much more difficult to convince...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/repetition-repetition-repetition-one-reason-camp-unique-professional-experience

Summer camp jobs can teach camp staff important lessons, such as how to fail and bounce back — an important professional development skill.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-i-learned-about-camp-research-aca-national-conference

Camp research trends include focus on acquiring equity, staff-camper interactions, and critical learning moments for campers.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/our-commitment-camp-research-you-can-use

Camp research is only as good as its use in summer camp. Learn how to use the five-year impact study early findings to improve your camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/overcome-common-barriers-making-your-camp-staff-feel-valued

Ah, the annual review at work. Or, in our camp settings, the end-of-session/summer evaluation. What a wonderful time for me, as a supervisor, to finally tell a staff member how I think they generally...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/three-lessons-learned-year-2-acas-impact-study

In the latest Research 360 blog, Laurie Browne, PhD, shares some things we’ve learned this year from the Impact Study, starting with a throwback to what we said we were learning in Year 1....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/biting%E2%80%85my%E2%80%85nails-revisiting-staff-anxiety

It was three years ago when I first wrote about the increasing levels of anxiety that camp directors were seeing in their staff (Ditter, 2016). At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/caught-between-two-staff-seasons-looking-back-moving-forward-veteran-staff

Now is a great time to develop a plan for inviting staff back and securing their commitment, offering leadership roles and opportunities to advance, and keeping staff engaged in...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/caught-between-two-staff-seasons-part-2-impact-investing-time-now

Take lessons learned from this past summer and incorporate them into your plan for next summer.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp

Consider giving your kids an old-school, summer camp experience that they will learn from and cherish for the rest of their lives — it could end up being the wisest parental investment you ever...