Camp Code - Leadership & Staff Training Podcast for Camp Directors

Training Middle Management Part 3 - Camp Code #119

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Feb 28, 2023

This engaging discussion dives into the critical role of middle management in the camp community. It emphasizes nurturing leadership skills and creating supportive environments for staff training. A unique approach using Lego is introduced to inspire creativity and engagement among team members. The hosts explore the importance of dedicated spaces for managers to rejuvenate and reflect, highlighting techniques that enhance team dynamics. With practical tools and playful strategies, the episode showcases how passion can transform camp leadership.

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Mid-Summer Check-In

Ask middle management about stressors and needed improvements after a week of camp.
Address individual and pattern issues, and encourage them to use this technique with their staff.

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Legacy Building

Have middle management reflect on past staff legacies at camp.
Encourage journaling about their desired legacy and steps to achieve it throughout the summer.

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Essential Skills and Knowledge

Ask middle management to identify five essential skills and five key knowledge areas for their staff.
Use this to understand their priorities, clarify expectations, and facilitate training.

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Training Middle Management Part 3

In our second episode in this series, we chatted about getting folks into a mindset, envisioning their day, envisioning themselves in their role, and how we can give them tools to best support them. Today we continue our discussion about training middle management and unlock some more secrets to getting the best out of these dedicated and hard working folks.

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Best Practice for Leadership Training

Gabrielle

Bring your passion to camp, in small increments. This summer, I plan on bringing a bulk amount of Lego to camp for our summer camp leadership training. Why Lego? If you bring something that you were passionate about as a child, your staff will feed off of it. Showing something that you were passionate about gives your staff permission to be constructive, be a bit silly and have some fun. Additionally, Lego is durable, meaning you should get lots of repeatable uses out of it. Here are some of the activities I have planned.

Different colour pieces of lego for a voting system or understanding system. Using a green brick will demonstrate you understand something fully, yellow somewhat understood, a red brick being used shows that perhaps clarification is required and a blue brick could represent that you can teach the class and maybe you should be paired up with someone who used a red brick.

Divide into teams, have each team build a creature and once complete, every team can put their creature in the middle. Then introduce a topic and each team take a different creature from the middle and have them describe using that creature, how they feel about a topic.

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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