Camp Staff Training
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TOP TEACHING: Outstanding Techniques for Camp Instruction

This session demonstrates to staff how to excel when instructing campers in any camp program or subject. Most staff, as products of school, are used to learning by lecture, and they are likely to follow that example when teaching our campers. This session teaches them how to take full advantage of the power of experiential learning to help young people learn by discovery. It explains how to work with each other and with specialists in collaborative relationships. {For the session on teaching specialists and lead instructors how to work with counselors and other staff, please see LINK TO ADMIN SESSION ON SPECIALISTS} Plus: the communication, motivation, and organization skills used by the greatest teachers and how to use them every day at camp.