CAMP RESOURCES
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
CAMP RESOURCES
Camp Concepts has years of experience working in the day camp industry. Its founders, Steve Haines and Steve Bernardini have worked at the George School Day Camp for a combined 35 years! As Director and Assistant Director at the George School Day Camp (http://www.gsdaycamp.org), Steve & Steve continue to create and infuse new programs and elements into their day camp program including mechanisms for developing staff training. Here are a few of the resources that are available to you for reasonable fees
CIT/JC Training Manual
Counselor Resource Book
Proven Camp Games
The training manual consists of workshop titles geared specifically for
a camp setting. The manual contains 7 CIT specific workshops and 6 JC workshops.
These workshops can be easily facilitated by any senior staff leader.
A Sample of the workshop titles included:
Transitioning from camper to CIT
Dealing with a Job
Role Modeling
Positive & Negative Discipline
The Fallible Leader
Favoritism
Marketing Yourself for a Job
The great thing about these workshops is that they can easily be shaped to fit into your individual camp culture. Whether you are just beginning a CIT/JC program or just want to breathe new life into your existing program, this manual can be a tremendous resource for you.
This is a collection of resource materials to assist any experience level counselor. It contains samples of what a counselor might say when calling home to introduce themselves to a parent or camper to what they might write on a postcard home. It contains information on what it means to be a professional to an opening day checklist of important counselor reminders. Since counselors are on the front lines on a daily basis it is important that camp leadership provides ample resources to help prepare them for a variety of circumstances and situations. Also included are easy to read articles on dealing with children with ADD/ADHD, Tips for Counselors, Understanding what Adolescents Really Want, etc. This is a great collection of materials that can help prepare your counselors to do their job professionally.
This is the hottest item we have! As Physical Educators, Steve & Steve have spent their careers teaching games. Bringing in new games to your camp can revolutionize your program! This resource is a collection of over 100 games, complete with instructions on how to play the game and what equipment is needed. Whether you are a day camp, overnight camp, sports camp or specialty camp, this resource book of games can be an incredible resource for your camp.
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
With combined experiences totaling over 35 years, Steve & Steve have developed a number of leadership development training workshops. Geared primarily for Middle School age students, these workshops can be easily adapted to fit camp settings as well. Many of these workshop titles have successfully been used in camp staff training seminars too! These workshops are experiential workshops (actively involving students in games/activities and interactive discussions) to maximize effectiveness and maintain the interest of the audience.
Available workshop topics include:
Team Building
Growing Student Leadership Characteristics
Role Models
Team Building through games
Risk Taking! How to get the most out of yourself
For more information on these topics, fees and availability, please contact Steve & Steve at campconcepts@comcast.net.
