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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/evaluating-your-camp-staff-orientation-during-orientation
Evaluating Your Camp Staff Orientation during OrientationYou did it! You’ve checked all the boxes and hired a full team of staff for the summer — counselors, lifeguards, ropes experts, and everything in between. As spring fully begins its transition into...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/staff-training-preparation-%E2%80%93-updated
Staff Training and Preparation – UpdatedStaff are the front line in advancing the mission of the camp, protecting the camp, and, most importantly, protecting the campers from harm.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-measure-enrollment-part-two
How to Measure Enrollment: Part TwoTo truly understand if you are serving campers in the ways you hope, you need to look at enrollment from several different angles.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/navigating-immigration-enforcement-operations-ice-summer
Navigating Immigration Enforcement Operations (ICE) This SummerLearn about the new United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) registration rules for Canadian visitors staying over 30 days and key I-9 compliance steps for US camp employers.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-measure-success
How to Measure SuccessI used to be a camp director, which means that, like many of you, my summers were spent in the whirl of camp. Each day flew into the next, and never did a day pass without a crisis (or 30). After ten...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/future-camp-research
The Future of Camp ResearchIn this blog, Jessie Dickerson describes how camp researchers and camp professionals came together at the 2019 ACA National Conference to envision a future for camp research.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-i-learned-about-camp-research-aca-national-conference
What I Learned about Camp Research at ACA National ConferenceCamp research trends include focus on acquiring equity, staff-camper interactions, and critical learning moments for campers.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sankofa-value-meaningful-debrief-end-camp-season
Sankofa: The Value of Meaningful Debrief to End the Camp SeasonAnother camp season is complete. After working overtime to ensure that every session was special, enriching, and fun-filled, we camp professionals are finally able to exhale. We did it! The energy,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-peer-peer-abuse-supervision-line-defense
Preventing Peer-to-Peer Abuse: Supervision as a Line of DefenseIt was 1995. TLC, Alanis Morissette, and Boyz II Men were riding high in the music charts. Apollo 13 and the original Toy Story were in the movie theaters. Michael Jordan made his...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture
Integrating Duty of Care into Your Organizational Camp CultureA child is injured by a falling rock during a climbing lesson. A volunteer is paralyzed when a horse they are leading kicks out. During unstructured time, a camper falls off the top bunk while...