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Clothier, Grant M. – Camping Magazine, 1986
Advocates restoring vision of early outdoor education leaders for the welfare of children and the strengthening of society through enlightened policy of recruitment, sensitive appraisal of camp activities, and realistic staff training programs. Details purposes and activities to include in 15-25 hour staff field training model. (NEC)
Descriptors: Camping, Educational Objectives, Models, Outdoor Education
Spain, Viki Kappel – Camping Magazine, 2000
A food service director for a YMCA camp offers advice on conducting yearly in-house training for camp cooks. Training resources could include a camp-specific training manual, training videos, training guidebooks, and demonstration of kitchen equipment. Health department issues should be covered during training. Kitchen resources from the American…
Descriptors: Camping, Cooks, Food Service, Food Standards
Jacobs, Jeff – Camping Magazine, 2002
A camp's culture must be established in a way that maximizes the opportunities to fulfill the camp's highest priority goals and objectives. A camp director describes how his staff training emphasizes building relationships, a sense of community, and experiencing camp activities. Skill practice, safety management, policies, procedures, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Camping, Counselor Training, Experiential Learning
Thurber, Christopher A. – Camping Magazine, 2001
Discusses how camps can cultivate staff from among the camper ranks. Outlines questions to consider in deciding whether internal leadership development (ILD) is appropriate and feasible. Describes elements of successful ILD programs and six training techniques to maximize ILD: leadership by example, delegation of responsibility, role-playing,…
Descriptors: Camping, Feedback, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Training
Schirick, Ed – Camping Magazine, 2001
Camp staff who develop competency, understand that they can make a difference, and feel part of a team will have a more positive camp experience and will want to return. Continuous in-service training can accomplish this via daily 15-minute briefing sessions in which precamp training issues are revisited and staff input is sought. (TD)
Descriptors: Camping, Feedback, Labor Turnover, On the Job Training
Gilmore, Vance; Frankel, Nancy; Derber, Anne; Schneider, Mike – Camping Magazine, 2001
Four camp directors discuss staff recruiting practices, their three top sources of quality staff, the value of international staff, special approaches for hiring international staff, training practices for international staff, how they help international staff adjust to their camps, staff rates of return, and off-season activities that motivate…
Descriptors: Camping, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Workers
