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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/power-people-making-staff-training-work-your-staff
Power to the People: Making Staff Training Work for Your StaffIt's time to start re-thinking the traditional ways in which we view staff training. This session will be full of new and innovative ideas to change the dynamic (and timing) of your staff training....
https://www.acacamps.org/news/hot-topic/child-protection-improvements-act-becomes-law
Child Protection Improvements Act Becomes LawOn Friday, March 23, President Trump signed the omnibus spending package, which included provisions for the Child Protection Improvements Act (CPIA). The new law enables organizations serving...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/unexpected-upside-evaluation-how-your-program-may-improve-even-results-are
The Unexpected Upside of Evaluation: How Your Program May Improve, Even Before Results Are InSimply by being more intentional about assessing your program, and using existing research to sharpen your focus onto the things that matter most, you may be surprised by just how easy it is to make...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/youth-outcomes-battery-action
Youth Outcomes Battery in ActionGreetings camp evaluators! I am excited to share a blog written by a member of ACA’s Committee for the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/begin-end-mind
Begin with the End in MindThe first thing summer camp counselors should do going into camp season is decide how they want campers to remember them once the season ends.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/connecting-campers-age-screens-social-media-fortnite
Connecting with Campers in the Age of Screens, Social Media, and FortniteConnecting with campers can be difficult for summer camp counselors now that campers have more screen time than ever.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-recovery-transforming-string-failures-robust-success
Fumble and Recovery: Transforming a String of Failures into Robust SuccessThis article shows summer camp counselors how to turn past and present failures into future successes.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interrupting-isms-what-do-if-campers-say-or-do-something-ist
Interrupting Isms: What to Do if Campers Say or Do Something "-Ist"This resource offers advice to summer camp counselors who need to deal with campers saying something "-ist."
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-homesick-camper
Helping the Homesick CamperMany campers experience homesickness. This article will advise summer camp counselors how to help their campers overcome homesickness.
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...