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

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition: One Reason Camp Is a 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/article/camping-magazine/camp-staffing-we-can-avoid-crisis

Camp Staffing: We Can Avoid a 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/staff-workforce-development-what-helps-what-hinders-it

Staff Workforce Development: What Helps and What Hinders It

Camp is a fantastic place for growth and development, not only of campers but young staff too. The skills they learn while working in this context prepare them for college, career, and life! 

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/american-camp-association-begins-important-work-achieve-access-inclusion-camp-through-counselor

The American Camp Association Begins Important Work to Achieve Access and Inclusion at Camp through Counselor-in-Training Programs

New program will promote access to and inclusion in camp experiences.   Martinsville, IN—November 10, 2020 — The American Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/camp-trends

Press: Camp Trends

Trends in camp are responding to the world's realities. Camps have developed fluid structures that are nimble and that can respond to emerging issues. They provide an image of shared values and...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/camp-trends/year-round-camps

Camp Trends: Year-Round Camps

While still a debate in many communities, according to the National Center for Education Statistics,...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/camp-trends/tuition

Camp Trends: Tuition

Updated 7/26/18 The bottom line about camp costs is that there's a camp for just about every budget. Fees to attend camp can vary. Resident camp tuition averages can be...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/how-to-choose-camp

Press: How to Choose a Camp

Safety Tips Preparing For Camp Homesickness Camp is not just recreation and fun. It is more than teaching...

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

Biting My Nails: 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/outside-camp-customers-inside-camp-customers

Outside Camp Customers and Inside Camp Customers

Camp owners always remember their outside customers (camp parents and campers), but inside customers (camp staff) are just as important.