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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-camp-skills-are-real-skills
A Place to Share: “Camp” Skills Are “Real” SkillsIn my final few weeks of college, I spent a lot of time working on resumes. Or, more specifically, I spent a lot of time working on one resume — over and over again. A resume shouldn’t be too...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-what-you-will-get-out-national-conference
A Place to Share: What You Will Get Out of the National Conference . . .My first ACA national conference was in 2007, in Austin, Texas. What an incredible experience! Around 1,000 camp professionals congregated in the same place to talk about what we love. There were...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interview-richard-louv-using-nature-principle-camps-reduce-nature-deficit-disorder-children-adults
An Interview with Richard Louv: Using the Nature Principle and Camps to Reduce Nature-Deficit Disorder — for Children and AdultsWhat progress have you seen in the movement to connect children and nature since you wrote Last Child in the Woods in 2005? Last Child didn’t create the children...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/intersection-camp-traditional-school-experience-improving-student-achievement-engagement
The Intersection of Camp with the Traditional School Experience: Improving Student Achievement and EngagementIn tears, a camper shares: “Camp is such a big part of me . . . I grew up here; I found out who I am here; I have spent my childhood here; I figured out my values here; and now I know I can do...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teaching-happiness-positive-emotions-are-skills-be-learned
Teaching Happiness — Positive Emotions Are Skills to Be LearnedChristine Carter, PhD, will be giving a keynote address at the 2012 ACA National Conference. Carter is the author of Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teambuilding-leadership-why-college-curriculum-includes-camp-experience
Teambuilding and Leadership: Why a College Curriculum Includes a Camp ExperienceWhy would the University of Denver require that every graduate business student go to camp? What possible good would derive from forcing predominantly urban dwelling professionals to go off in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-not-school-no-tests-judgment-or-evaluation-excerpt-homesick-happy
Camp Is Not School (No Tests, Judgment, or Evaluation): An Excerpt from Homesick and HappyDear Colleagues, For the past thirty years, I have consulted to independent and public schools all over the United States, as well as to international schools. My work has given me a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-character-central-organizing-theme-camps
Building Character: A Central Organizing Theme for CampsThe “Game” It is week three of camp. One of your division leaders comes to you to report an incident that has occurred in one of the twelve-year-old cabins. Three boys were playing a “game” that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-academic-edge-connecting-camp-education
20/20 Toolbox: The Academic Edge: Connecting Camp with EducationFor years, camp professionals have touted the idea that camp is “a classroom without walls.” While models of camps connecting with education — such as school field trips or teaching environmental...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-ideas-think-about
Risk Management: Ideas to Think AboutI’ve been sorting through the piles of “stuff” on my desk. One of these was a stack of camp health ideas, incidents, and resources pertaining to topics that occasionally come up. These aren’t...