https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/working-camp-your-next-adventure-chaco

The American Camp Association (ACA) and Chaco are thrilled to announce the upcoming “Work at Camp” event on April 9, 2024, focused on college and university students eager to discover the...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/medical-disability-camps-kindred-community-calls

Join us bimonthly for conversation and sharing.  Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 3:00 pm Eastern -...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/quality-improvement-action-improve

The last phase of the continuous improvement cycle is “improve”. This is where the magic happens and steps to improve can be discovered! Using learnings from the reflection process during “plan”, key...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/quality-improvement-action-plan

The third phase of the continuous improvement cycle is “plan”. This important step in the process is dedicated to review and reflection. After assessments are completed, digging into the data and...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/quality-improvement-action-assess

The second phase of the continuous improvement cycle is “assess”. During this phase, camp professionals organize and execute program quality assessments at their camp, facilitate ongoing coaching...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/quality-improvement-action

Camp is a setting where many young people feel safe to be themselves and supported to engage in new and exciting activities. This doesn’t just inherently happen, but instead must be created through...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/top-25-staffing-solutions-gathered-through-collaboration

Highlighted here is a curated collection of great ideas about how to recruit and retain staff — a direct result of the last two years of conferences and various collaborative brainstorming sessions...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/celebration-difference-camp

Join us for a presentation on the benefits of celebrating differences in the camp bubble. Within any group of campers and staff comes a great deal of diversity and difference. The great equalizer of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/informed-staffing-through-form-follows-function-program-assessment

In architecture, the phrase “form follows function” means that a building’s purpose should be the starting point for its design. Similarly, the purpose of camp staff — why you have them and what...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/commitment-how-do-we-earn-it-how-do-we-keep-it

An answer to this question of the century may seem counterintuitive, yet it is at the core of most camp communities: Relationships. More than ever, staff are looking for connection and belonging. So...