LEvel One
These sessions are designed for frontline staff members at outdoor programs.
Games & Community-Building
Low & No Prop Games
Facilitating Teambuilding Activities
Safely Conducting Low Challenge Course activities
Goal-Setting for Seasonal Staff
Ages & Stages of Youth Development
Teaching Staff to Teach
Rapport and Choice-Based Behavior Management Techniques
Leave No Trace Ethics & Other Outdoor Skills (firebuilding, how to pack a backpack)
Nature Programming
Make a Hike More Than a Hike
Start with the Mission
Building Trust with Parents on Opening Day
Waterfront Skill Verification & Best Practices
When Campers Want to Talk About Controversial Topics, How Do We Respond?
Putting Camp on Your Resume
Navigating Appropriate Social Media Use
Consent Education and Assault Prevention at Camp
Facilitated Discussion
Diversity & Equitable Work Environments
#MeToo / #TimesUP
Inclusion (LGBTQ, Special needs, race, gender, income)
Social Justice in a social media age
A variety of certification courses
Level two
These sessions are designed for leadership team and/or year-round staff.
Management 101 for those Supervising Others for the First Time
Having Difficult Conversations (participants, parents, staff, leadership)
"Radical Candor" Management
Delegation Can Be Learned
Teaching Staff to Upsell Camp for Next Year
Performance Evaluations and Providing Feedback
Facilitated Discussion (with a focus on setting policies and work culture)
Diversity & Equitable Work Environments
#MeToo / #TimesUP
Inclusion (LGBTQ, Special needs, race, gender, income)
Social Justice in a social media age
Teambuilding for Summer Leadership Teams (and/or small teams)
Song-leading and public speaking
Running Large-Scale Emergency Drills
Productivity and Prioritizing Your Time at Camp
ACA Standards and Preparing for your Visit
LEvel Three
These topics are offered as keynote addresses.
Go With the Flow - What the River Teaches Us About Life
Marketable Skills Learned at Camp
Inspiring Awe, Wonder, and Curiosity
Changing the World with a Few Small Language Changes
Camp as the Living Laboratory for the Way the World Can Be
Nature + Mindfulness = Healing
Mentorship is the Mothership of Camping
Refill the Toolbox - Skills for each week of camp to add to the staff members' repertoire
Interim Camp Director services
Mid-season training / evaluation / coaching
Coaching for challenging issues that arise
Late-hire training
Training/Program Development for CIT/LIT leaders
Program-area evaluation in-season
Waterfront
Inservice
Observations / Drills
Innovative programming
Ropes/Challenge course
Inservice
Observation / Drills
Innovative programming
Nature programming/hiking
Inservice
Observation / Drills
Innovative programming
Transportation
Inservice
Observation
Building A Healthy Work Culture
360-feedback from your team
Marketing Research (Where do your campers come from?)
Marketing Plan Development
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LEvel Four
Other topics and trainings offered as consulting or training services throughout the summer or year.