Leadership Essentials

Summer is right around the corner! Before you know it, the 2009 campers will be arriving at camp, full of energy, enthusiasm, and youthful exuberance. To help enhance your skills before our inservice training begins, I have taken the initiative to enroll you in Leadership Essentials, a premium library of online video training modules for camp staff. Each video module is followed by a short multiple-choice quiz and includes a downloadable PDF handout.

Before you arrive at camp, We need each staff member&emdash;new and returning&emdash;to watch each of the videos in Leadership Essentials and take each of the quizzes. From my online Director Dashboard we will be able to watch your progress. Although the material in this online training doesn't cover everything you'll need to know about working with campers, it covers many of the most important skills. Plus, the videos are brief and fun to watch.

Watching these videos will ensure that all of us will be doing our best this summer. Do not plan on watching these at camp for we have dial up. Please let us know when you have completed them so we can check your scores. You do not have to complete them all at once you can go back as often as needed, they just need to be done by the time you come to camp. Here are the classes:

  • Becoming a Youth Development Professional by Dr. Chris Thurber
  • Bullies and Targets by Dr. Chris Thurber
  • Safe Touch & Safe Talk by Dr. Chris Thurber
  • Skillful Discipline by Dr. Chris Thurber
  • Treating Homesickness at Camp 1 by Dr. Chris Thurber
  • Rules Were Made to Be Positive by Scott Arizala

Returning Staff Please watch

  • Good Sportsmanship vs. Foul Play
  • Helping Awkward Children Fit In
  • Treating Homesickness at Camp 2
  • Wise Use of Time Off
  • Stop Yelling: Get the HINT
  • We Squashed It!

There are additional video on the site that you an watch for your own knowledge and to help you be a better counselor. However you only need to complete the ones listed above.

To Access the online training go to Leadership Essentials
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