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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-culture-reclaim-your-purpose-part-1

Staff Culture: Reclaim Your Purpose, Part 1

When finishing one camp season and preparing for another, don't forget to unpack your baggage and reclaim your purpose.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-culture-reclaim-your-purpose-part-2

Staff Culture: Reclaim Your Purpose, Part 2

This blog post is the second in a two-part series about staff culture.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/step-your-hiring-game-attracting-interns-through-field-experience-manual

Step Up Your Hiring Game: Attracting Interns through a Field Experience Manual

Here are some easy steps to get you started putting together your own field experience manual.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-burnout-caring-your-staffs-mental-health-while-camp-session

Preventing Burnout: Caring for Your Staff’s Mental Health while Camp Is in Session

A camp job is hard work. Camp is so worth it, as evidenced by all the positive outcomes research has shown campers achieve. But that does not make the job any easier — especially for the teenagers...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/tips-hiring-quality-staff-without-spending-dime

Tips for Hiring Quality Staff without Spending a Dime

A common challenge for summer camp administrators in 2021 was staff recruitment and hiring. This is not surprising, since there is a labor shortage across the country. According to the Washington...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/oshas-requirement-vaccination-testing-impact-camps

OSHA’s Requirement for Vaccination and Testing and the Impact on Camps

Join us for an update on OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Vaccination and Testing and its impact on camps.  Under the new standard, covered employers must develop, implement, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/school-comes-camp-new-era-funding-camp-school-partnerships-three-part

School Comes to Camp: A New Era in Funding Camp/School Partnerships

Think camp!  Think academics surrounded with the enrichment experiences camps traditionally provide. Add in the social emotional learning skills camps reinforce.  The result is a community...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lessons-learned-acas-crisis-hotline-2021

Lessons Learned from ACA's Crisis Hotline in 2021

Part of the magic of camp is the unexpected. In most cases, the unexpected means spontaneous, unscripted moments of connection, growth, and renewal — but the unexpected can also mean uncertainty, or...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/crisis-it-really-can-happen-you-2021

Crisis — It Really Can Happen to You 2021

The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any camp or individual who needs help in a crisis.  Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/developing-certification-program-staff-recruitment-retention-tool

Developing a Certification Program as a Staff Recruitment/Retention Tool

So what are — and what aren’t — certifications, exactly?