https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-growth-mindset-summer-camp-environment

Establishing a growth mindset at summer camp can help you learn how to grow professionally.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inspiring-healthy-staff-culture-camp

I’m ardently proud of the high-quality camp staff experiences that professional camp directors strive to offer young adults each season. Full of career-enhancing and life-benefitting skills, a summer...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/art-noticing

A strong focus on mental, emotional, social health (MESH) elements within the camp community has triggered both strategies to cope with MESH concerns and an emphasis on making camp a more MESH-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/last-batch-muffins

Influence, perception, and interaction: Each is a key component of the camp experience.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/repetition-repetition-repetition-one-reason-camp-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/campline/environmental-factors-camps-consider

Severe weather used to have a season. Now, severe weather can happen at virtually any time of the year. Environmental (nonweather-related) factors may include an identifiable element in the physical...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/public-policy-updates-march-2019

Meals Provided to Employees A new tax has been imposed on meals provided to camp counselors and other staff during the course of their employment. While ACA believes the recent federal tax law...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/correction-three-not-two-new-mandatory-standards-2019

In the fall 2018 CampLine (page 17), we stated there were two new mandatory standards that will impact all ACA-accredited camps in 2019. There are actually three (two of them address locking...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/aca-welcomes-new-members-national-board-directors

Today we proudly announce the election of National Board Officers and five new members to our National Board of Directors. American Camp Association President/Chief Executive Officer, Tom...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-staffing-we-can-avoid-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...