After School and Camp Counselor Training Guide


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The purpose of this training guide is to provide you with the skills necessary to become an outstanding counselor or program supervisor in any school-age program including after-school programs, summer camps, day camps, etc. This simple, all-inclusive guide covers everything from what a typical orientation entails to best practices and state licensing requirements.In addition, this handy guide will assist you in developing the skills needed to become a confident, caring, and well-rounded child care professional regardless of your age, background, experience, or training. By learning and applying this information, you will also have an increased opportunity to earn higher pay, obtain recommendations for other positions, and hold greater job security within your program.










The Ultimate Camp Counselor Manual


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You can Survive and Succeed Magnificently in Summer Camp The Ultimate Camp Counselor Manual will serve as your road map to ease you along the often bumpy, unpaved and pothole-filled highway to successful camp experiences with happy, well-behaved, motivated and safe children. Discover how easy it is to: Build Camper Self-Esteem. Gain the great insight necessary to aid your campers in increasing their self-esteem, so critically important in their personality development. Motivate them. Through a unique combination of creative ideas and methods, as well as by using rewards, incentives, lots of humor and some traditional techniques, your campers will become highly motivated to enjoy each day of summer. Help to Build a Superior Set of Values. Learn that every activity, event and situation can provide a magnificent teaching opportunity for the improvement of basic values including sportsmanship, friendship, kindness, integrity, honesty, courage and humility, to name just a few. Discipline Them. Help to teach the campers methods of handling their negative behavior impulses. Mr. Richman shares with you his enormously successful 33 years of camping and teaching experience in the field of discipline. His unique style is punctuated by kindness, firmness and solid human relations strategies.




Camp Staff Training Series


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