Camp Turner Staff Training Outline 2014

  1. CT 101

a.Orientation Tour: Circle up, hands, cabin reports, mountain, emergency alert horns.

b.History, Mission, Philosophy,Goals

c.What is camp all about?

d.What we teach and how we teach it. What we don’t teach.

e.What’s in the brochure, website, Parent Handbook and how we deliver those services.

  1. Summer, Weekly, Daily Schedules
  1. Themes
  2. Weekly Program Schedule, duty rosters, maintenance schedules
  3. Daily Routine
  1. Youth Development as applied to Camp Turner
  2. Gender, Racial, Ethnic, Orientation, Religious Differences
  3. Stages of Youth Development
  4. Stages of Group Development
  5. Birth Order Differences
  6. Staff behavior expectations, avoidance of “isms”
  1. Behavior Management I
  2. Know your audience – medical needs, where they come from, what they want and need
  3. Building Trust – learning names, listening, having an interest, sacrificing your comfort for the good of the campers
  4. Structuring Environment – establishing routine, ritual, habits
  5. Making Expectations Clear - Posting Rules, Schedules, Not suggesting negative behavior.
  6. Camper input, discussion, feedback.
  7. Forbidden techniques: Yelling. Unreasonableness, Selfishness, Fighting, Swearing, Humiliation, Embarrassment, Physical Training, Food Deprivation, being “friends”, making promises you can’t keep, threats.
  8. Managing ordinary needs
  1. Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Attention, and Friendship.
  2. Tracking behavior antecedents
  3. Logical Consequences– examples
  4. How to influence behavior
  5. Modeling
  6. Posture, proximity, position, tone
  7. Not using humor, sarcasm, innuendo
  8. open ended questions
  9. active listening, touch, affirming feelings
  10. action plans
  11. teaching values
  12. discussing spirituality
  13. Maintaining aSafe environment
  1. Behavior Management II. Special Needs
  2. ADD, ADHD,Autism, Oppositional Defiance
  3. Crushes
  4. Inappropriate Language, Innuendo, Sarcasm and humor
  5. Disrespect, Fights,Danger to self and others

a.Physical Intervention

  1. Running Away
  1. How to talk with children
  2. What we should / should not talk about
  3. Respecting parents’ wishes

a.Modeling II

  1. Bullying Identification, Reporting and Prevention
  1. Personnel Policies
  1. Program Planning
  2. Scope and Sequence, activity planning sheets, programming guidelines
  3. Evening Programs, all camp programs, special events
  1. First Aid, CPR, Epi Pen, AED
  1. Protecting God’s Children (VIRTUS)and Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
  1. Site Orientation and Emergency Procedures
  1. Lost person Drill
  1. Risk Management
  1. Crisis Management
  1. Transportation Protocols
  1. Cabin Counseling
  1. Check-in and Check-out procedures
  1. Homesickness
  1. Supervision Standards, ratios, etc.
  1. Sanitation and Cleaning the Bathhouse
  2. How to sweep, how to mop, what needs cleaning, what to use, how to clean effectively.
  1. Cabin Night/ Cook Out Training
  2. Sign-up for campers must be optional
  3. Campsites, firebuilding, programming goals and strategies
  4. Cabin night curriculum
  1. Opening Day Procedures
  2. Check in, site tours, paperwork, supervision, friendliness, greeting parents, attire, language
  1. Camper Care
  1. Emotional Health: Feels safe, feels welcome, making friends, getting involved, missing home
  2. Physical Health
  3. Water, Food, Clothing, Shelter, Sun, Bugs, Behavior, Allergies
  4. Teaching Values
  5. What we teach
  6. How we teach it
  7. Parent Needs and expectations
  8. Bedwetting
  1. Leading Programs
  2. Planning, Emceeing, dead Air, leading songs, skits, pranks, scheduling, participation, prayer, and liturgy.
  1. Dining Hall
  2. Food line management, toast, sanitation, table management, camper interactions, what we are teaching in Dining Hall, seconds, beverages, salad bar, food line, bussing, cleanup, songs, prayer (blessing and thanking), table supervision, bathroom supervision.
  1. Arts and Crafts Training
  1. Group Development Stages and Group Dynamics