https://www.acacamps.org/blog/end-near-grab-social-emotional-learning-data-while-you-can
The End Is Near! Grab Social Emotional Learning Data While You CanSocial emotional learning. It’s the good stuff we know kids get out of camp: responsibility, interest in exploration, teamwork skills, independence. We also know that...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/tips-calming-down-overwhelmed-camp-counselors
Tips for Calming Down Overwhelmed Camp Counselors“It’s hot.” “I’m tired.” “My campers are crazy.” “My co-counselor is not pulling his/her own weight.” “I am just not sure I have enough left in my tank to finish the summer.” All of these are...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/data-isnt-four-letter-word-team-based-ways-make-sense-information-you-have
"Data" Isn't a Four-Letter Word: Team-Based Ways to Make Sense of the Information You HaveGreetings, camp evaluators! If you are a summer-only program, your camp season is well under way; in fact, you are might feel like you are rounding third and starting down the home stretch....
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/doldrums-camp-overcoming-mid-summer-slump
The Doldrums of Camp: Overcoming the Mid-Summer SlumpAs a camp director, when the middle of the summer drew near, I found myself gathering my leadership team to prepare for a possible journey through "the Doldrums." In the children’s novel, The...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-plan-wildlife-adventure
How to Plan a Wildlife AdventureAll summer long, the National Wildlife Federation is holding the Great American Campout, a celebration of using camping to connect to wildlife and nature. Here, naturalist David Mizejewski offers...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/mid-summer-evaluation-shake-put-campers-charge
Mid-Summer Evaluation Shake-Up: Put the Campers in Charge!Hello Camp Evaluators! I’m so excited you took a minute of your busy, busy summer to read the Research 360 blog. I used to be a day camp director, so I know first-hand what is at the tops of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/giving-your-time
Giving of Your TimeInvesting my personal time as an American Camp Association volunteer has always been fun and rewarding for me throughout my career as a camp professional. I remember well the day — over 25 years ago...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-campers-setbacks-anxiety-panic-attacks
Helping Campers with Setbacks, Anxiety, and Panic AttacksOne of the issues I have been hearing a lot about from camp professionals around the country has to do with camper anxiety. I have gotten more anxiety-related questions from camp directors in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/profile-2017-recipients-eleanor-p-eells-award-excellence-research-practice
Profile of the 2017 Recipients of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Research in PracticeIn 2015, ACA, with the help of the Committee for the Advancement of Research and Evaluation (CARE), created the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Research in Practice. This award is designed...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-exceptional
Creating the ExceptionalThe plane climbed steeply, banking left, headed south and east. The early morning hues of brown and beige marked the desert Southwest's approach to the Sandia Mountains, a fault block range on the...