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| Camping Magazine | 6 |
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| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 5 |
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Harwood, Bill – Camping Magazine, 2001
International camp counselors can enhance the camp environment and improve marketability. Guidelines for achieving a mutually beneficial international camp experience include hiring staff from a variety of countries, establishing a relationship before arrival, actively incorporating international staff into the camp community, incorporating…
Descriptors: Camping, Cultural Pluralism, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Workers
Jahn, Eileen White – Camping Magazine, 2001
Camp directors are role models for staff, and their behavior sets the tone for staff behavior. Treat staff like adults. Treat them with respect; be demanding and fair. Clearly tell them what is expected. Encourage initiative, and don't punish the mistakes that come with learning to make decisions. Anecdotes illustrate how inappropriate management…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Camping, Employer Employee Relationship
Pavelka, Joe – Camping Magazine, 1991
Among 157 staff members surveyed in 15 residential summer camps in the fifth week of the program, males had significantly higher levels of role conflict than females, and staff in small camps had significantly higher levels of role ambiguity than those in large camps. Role conflict and role ambiguity were associated with job satisfaction and job…
Descriptors: Camping, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Satisfaction
Rollins, Chris – Camping Magazine, 1998
Suggests positive ways to deal with camp staff: reduce precamp jitters and first-session doubts, personalize paycheck envelopes, schedule breaks and parties, rotate staff, permit use of facilities, keep in touch off-season, develop an interstaff "buddy" system, post a thank-you board, and celebrate staff accomplishments. Sidebars offer…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Camping, Collegiality, Employer Employee Relationship
Cronin, Greg – Camping Magazine, 2001
Techniques for supervising day camp staff so that they develop responsibility include holding daily morning meetings with the entire staff, taking the "open door" to staff, encouraging information sharing, managing by walking around, ending the day with a short assembly, and observing staff at the end-of-the-day dismissal and other major…
Descriptors: Camping, Day Camp Programs, Employer Employee Relationship, Feedback
Fries, Jane – Camping Magazine, 1994
Strategies for recruiting and retaining summer camp staff include promoting meaningful relationships among staff, communicating to staff the importance of their job, providing opportunities for challenge and growth, encouraging staff to have fun, making camp an affordable employment option, and giving staff a voice in camp operations and…
Descriptors: Camping, Collegiality, Employer Employee Relationship, Individual Development
