Camp Code - Leadership & Staff Training Podcast for Camp Directors

Do This Now to Prepare for Staff Training - Camp Code #103

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Mar 15, 2022

The hosts discuss the significance of staff training in preparing camp staff, advice on creating a visual staff training schedule using tools like Google Calendar, importance of research and information gathering before staff training, organizing tasks and building staff relationships, and using a Sunday basket to reduce visual clutter and prioritize tasks.

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Visualize Your Training

Visualize your staff training schedule using tools like Google Calendar or Post-it notes.
Start with unmovable elements like meal times and then add movable sessions.

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Nightly Journaling

Practice nightly journaling during the summer with categories like "Good to know" and "Glad I did".
This helps to reflect on daily events and identify areas for improvement in staff training.

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Do Your Research

Research potential issues that could arise during the summer, such as local events or changes in regulations.
Stay informed about professional development trends and gather insights from various sources like staff, parents, and experts.

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Prioritize to Stabilize - Let’s get ready for the summer!

Up north here in Canada, our friends on the west coast are already enjoying fantastic outdoor spring weather and golf. In Ontario, we continue to be fooled that spring is here with warm weather followed by another dumping of snow, but one thing is for certain; spring is around the corner. What that really means is that the camp season is quickly approaching so we as camp leaders need to start pretty for staff training (if we haven’t already started!)

In this episode, Beth, Gabz and Ruby are here to remind us of all the things we should be doing to help us better prepare for camp. Below are some of the topics covered, and to know why they are important, you will have to listen to what our camp pros are saying!

This list will get you started:

Start journaling at night
Create your categories and sort the “Good to know and Glad I did”
Put mints in your pocket!
Do your research!
- What issues could come up for you at camp this summer?
- What’s going on in your local communities
- Anything different you should know about the city, public or government land that you normally use?
- What’s the buzz in professional development?
Update staff evaluations
Collaborate with camp colleagues to build training
Review and reimagine the way you do things currently
Check in on your own professional development
Whatever you need to organize, do it now
Build your staff community

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Best Practice for Leadership Training

From Ruby:

This practice is borrowed from Organize 365 and is called the Sunday Basket. Put a basket in your office that is all of those maintenance tasks, bills, correspondence, subscription renewals. Throughout the week, fill that basket and on Sunday (or your day of choice), go through and do all of those tasks. This saves you the mental guilt of “I should be doing this task” because you have set a time later in life to do it!

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Your Hosts:

Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
Ruby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby Outdoors
Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau

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