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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/autonomy-mastery-connection-true-gifts-quality-camp-experience
Autonomy, Mastery, and Connection: True Gifts of a Quality Camp ExperienceMaddie, a seven-year-old camper, sits on her bed looking frustrated. Her counselor hovers over her trying to get her to finish tying her shoes so she can join the rest of her cabin as they head for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/circle-support-restorative-justice-summer-camp
A Circle of Support: Restorative Justice at Summer CampIt may very well be the case that matters of discipline, often grounded in interpersonal conflict, consume a disproportionate amount of time for counselors at summer camp. Or at least it seems that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-belongs-your-resume-highlighting-professional-development-value-working-camp
Camp Belongs on Your Resume: Highlighting the Professional Development Value of Working at CampFirst of all, thank you for working at camp — it makes a world of difference. If you’re reading this article you already know that, but not all hiring managers do. Scene 1 I’m talking with a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/deceleration-how-radically-slowing-your-pace-can-make-you-smarter
Deceleration: How Radically Slowing Your Pace Can Make You SmarterGalileo Galilei did not go blind looking at the sun through his telescope, despite the urban legend promulgated by manufacturers of sun filters and even NASA. Instead, his blindness in his early...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fight-flight-or-form-use-brain-research-connect-campers
Fight, Flight, or Form: Use Brain Research to Connect CampersWe are lucky to be at camp, in the modern world, and not living in a jungle where each new thing might kill us. The fight or flight response comes from ancient times when a person encountered a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/parachute-pants-pokemon-ipods-understanding-your-campers-various-ages-stages
Parachute Pants, Pokemon, and iPods: Understanding Your Campers at Various Ages and StagesRewind to the time in your life when you were seven, ten, or thirteen (or any other desired childhood age). Who was your best friend at that age? What style clothing did you wear? What did you like...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dreamteam
#DreamTEAMWhat makes a great camp counselor? It’s not what you think. The 2004 U.S. Olympic basketball team had just as many all-stars as the original Dream Team. They had superstars like Carmelo Anthony,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/so-you-got-promoted-now-what
So You Got Promoted: Now What?The camp experience is a very powerful learning process, which is both personal and challenging. It provides children the chance to grow in a protected environment controlled by caring, knowledgeable...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inside-joke-worth-having
An Inside Joke Worth HavingThere are many different kinds of relationships you will have in your life. The relationship you will have with your campers this summer, though, will be among the most unique, powerful, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-i-said-i-think-i-am-disposable
A Place to Share: I Said, “I Think I Am Disposable”At a 2014 ACA National Conference session, I was asked by seasoned camp professionals, “Why do young staff ask us so many questions when we give them a task?” Without hesitation, I replied, “Because...