Last Updated:
February 4, 2009
Training for new standards visitors (associate visitor training) is scheduled for Tuesday, February 24th through Wednesday, February 25th at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center just north of Colorado Springs. Participants must be ACA members and need to have taken a standards course since the standards were revised in 2007. If you are interested and have not taken the course, an online option is available. There is no cost to attend the training nor is there a cost to serving as a visitor except your time.
There are numerous benefits to becoming a standards visitor including a membership discount for individual members, the opportunity to visit other camps while they are in operation and to pick up ideas you can use in your own camp, and the chance to give back and share what you have learned through the accreditation program and your career. It is also a lot of fun! For more information on the benefits of serving as a standards visitor visit: http://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/visitor.php
To register for the visitor training, click here.
You will need your membership number and password to register. If you don’t know your membership number, send Betsy Thamert an email or give a call and she will look it up for you. if you are unable to locate your password, the registration instructions include directions for password retrieval.
A standards update course will be held on Tuesday, February 24th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center which is just north of Colorado Springs. If your camp is scheduled for an accreditation visit this summer, you will need to attend an update course prior to your visit. If you are unable to attend this course, another will be offered. Information will be available in future section updates. There is no cost to attend the update training.
To register for the training, click here.
You will need your membership number and password to register. If you don’t know your membership number, send Betsy Thamert an email or give a call and she will look it up for you. if you are unable to locate your password, the registration instructions include directions for password retrieval.
We have recently been informed that the Web site which is REQUIRED to be checked in Standard HR-4A (National Sex Offender Public Registry) has both changed its name and Web address. The NEW name is: Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Web Site, the NEW Web address is: www.nsopw.gov.
As stated above, checking this very specific Web site is a requirement of Standard HR-4A. If you use a background screening company that says they complete a "National Background Check," please verify they check this very specific site!
ACA Standards
http://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/hyes.php
Please make a copy of these for you and your camp, especially if you are being visited in 2008. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Betsy.
Please review the following information for pertinent training dates for Visitor Update Trainings, Standard updates for camps being visited in 2008, and new Visitor training. |
