Camp Code - Leadership & Staff Training Podcast for Camp Directors Go Camp Pro & Beth Allison, Gabrielle Raill, Ruby Compton

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/teachingaccountability
Teaching Accountability: where character meets competence, creating champions of responsibility! 

One of the most important traits to teach staff at any company, not just at summer camp, is accountability. Join us today and our special guest Kim Aycock as we discuss how to teach accountability to your staff.
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Best Practice for Leadership TrainingFrom Kim
Supervising seems to fall to the bottom of our list. We want to ensure we provide supervisors with appropriate check-ins, all the way through the summer. Helping supervisors on how to manage time and reminding those supervisors that there are things that only “they” can do and things where they can “empower” others to complete tasks off of their todo list.
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Special Guest:Kim Aycock, Camp Consultant, https://kimaycock.com/Your Hosts:Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau-
Thanks to our sponsor…UltraCamp
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/20yearstrainingpt1
Twenty years of staff training, wrapped up into a two part podcast series. This is part one! 

When you’ve been running staff training for decades, you have seen a lot, tried a lot, and, of course, learned a LOT.  Join us, and our special guests, Chris and Al from TQAMP as we share our best secrets, practical tips, and stories.  There are so many…we have 2 parts! For now, have a listen to part 1 and get ready for part 2 to release on April 16th!
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Best Practice for Leadership TrainingFrom Chris
One of the more important things you can do is to know what you are going to do first at staff training. Throughout the first hour or two of staff training, be extremely intentional to set the tone for your staff training. You can use these moments to have your staff reflect on their own nervousness and anxiety in a way that helps to build empathy with campers for their first couple of hours at camp. 
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Special Guest:Chris Rehs-Dupin, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at TQAMP Al Murray, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Directory at TQAMPYour Hosts:Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau-
Thanks to our sponsor…UltraCamp
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

At camp, we always want to teach the new stuff, but sometimes we REALLY want to sneak in some basics. Listen today to find out!  
Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/sneaking-basics

We all try our very best to pack absolutely everything we can into staff training.  How do we find room for it all?  How can we sneak those basic skills our staff all need to know into an already packed schedule?  We’ve got some ideas.  Just us and our special guest, Kim Aycock.


Best Practice for Leadership Training
From Gabz


One idea that I use to help reinforce learning taught throughout training is to have designated staff members act as note takers during the day. The following day, provide print outs of the notes everywhere your staff will be. On the tables during meals, in the bathrooms, on staff pillows and literally everywhere else possible. One thing I like to do is provide notices on the walls in the bathrooms highlighting whats going to be covered today and key takeaways from yesterdays training.
Writing things down and sharing with your staff helps to reinforce retention with you staff and can be a tool to demonstrate progress for your staff during the training sessions. 
Special Guest:
Kim Aycock, Camp Consultant, https://kimaycock.com/


Your Hosts:


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

The world around us is changing, but have our staff changed over time? Listen in today to find out what are pros have to say! 
Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/arestaffactuallydifferent

We often hear camp directors tell us that staff are so different than ever before?  Is this actually the case and, if so, what can we do about it.  Join Gabz, Beth, and our special guest Kim Aycock to hear our thoughts.
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Best Practice for Leadership Training
From Kim
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Let’s find ways to introduce our staff to the reality of working at camp. If we could find ways to introduce our staff to camp, show them what camp looks like or feels like. Kim created a handout called A “sense” of camp for new or returning of staff, with a “scent” sticker of camp with a scratch and sniff sticker. A copy of this ides can be found here!
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Special Guest:
Kim Aycock, Camp Consultant, https://kimaycock.com/
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Your Hosts:
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Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau
Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - GoCamp.Pro
Ruby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby Outdoors

Stress is everywhere around us. Learn how to deal with the stress in a world of chaos! 
Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/manage-stress

Stress has become such a big part of all of our daily lives. From troubling things going on in our world to the personal stress that staff may be feeling from the hard work at summer camp. We all need to have tools and resources to cope. Join us today as we discuss what we can offer staff to help them deal with what we face at camp and what life will throw their way.
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Best Practice for Leadership Training
From Beth
Let’s frontload this by saying that Beth is in no way diminishing people’s triggers. There are ones that are certainly important and we need to be aware of them. People have gone through so many different types of stress, PTSD, etc… 


When we are stressed, we are often on the lookout for our triggers, big and small. There are words or signs or triggers that can cause us to be more negative, anxious or fearful. Why not teach your staff to pay attention to their glimmers, the opposite of triggers. The little moment of peace or joy that allow our nervous system to be safe and connected. When you look for them, you will find them everywhere. At the end of your training day, ask your campers to share their glimmers to allow you to focus on the bright moments throughout the day. 


Special Guest:
Kate Taylor, Camp Consultant, Stephane Richard Development Consulting 


Your Hosts:


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

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/nine-sentences
Here are 9 things that we want your staff to say!Nine sentences! You know…the ones that make for better experiences for both our campers and our staff. Listen in today! 
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Best Practice for Leadership TrainingFrom Kate
In today’s episode we focused on the nine things we want our staff to say. What about the sentences we don’t want our staff to say? As a part of your summer training, front load both the things you want and don’t want your staff to say! We’ve prepped you with a short list that comes to mind: 
“I don’t have time for that!” - We want our staff to remember to make time for things. Be it helping a colleague or supporting a child, it is our role to find ways to support each other.“That’s not my job!” - Camp is all about community and communities come together to help out when and where is needed!“Calm Down/Your Okay” - This dismisses someones feelings and as camp leaders, we need to demonstrate empathy with our campers.“That’s so cute / you're so cute” - This can show that you are fantasizing on or about someone and the way they look. We 100% support the idea of sharing compliments and recommend we focus on things that can help construe confidence in our campers. -
Special Guest:Kate Taylor, Camp Consultant, Stephane Richard Development ConsultingYour Hosts:Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau-
Thanks to our sponsor…UltraCamp
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/