Camp Code - Leadership & Staff Training Podcast for Camp Directors

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/9-things-you-might-be-surprised-you-need-to-teach Chalk it up to the pandemic, but it’s time for some re-teaching. In this week’s episode Gabz, Beth and Ruby recognize that as we get closer to the summer camp season, camp directors are already planning out their summer. To help camp...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/boundaries-and-community-norms More on boundaries - because we all need to hear it. Happy Valentines day camp pros! In this episode (and as always) our hosts are here to spread their love and joy for camp. After celebrating 100 episodes, we are back to our regular programming. This w...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/what-weve-learned-so-far 100 Episodes!? Thanks for being along for the ride, friends! 100 episodes into this journey, our camp pros have led us through over 60 hours of leadership gold. This episode is all about reflection. As much as our hosts have taught us all, they too have learn...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/personal-boundaries How can you expect your team to have healthy boundaries if you don’t? In this episode, our hosts Gabz, Ruby and Beth hone in on the B-word. Boundaries act as an internal guide between good vs evil or right vs wrong and can be felt as a knot in your stomach. Settin...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/transition-camper-to-staff If this is your first summer back after COVID, this may be THE focus for your training this year.  As we step into 2022, we shift our focus on transitioning CITs from the mindset of a camper, to become a staff member. As always, we recommend frontloading th...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/train-future-staff-campers Take a look at your campers, can you spot the next program director?  The gang’s all here! Join Ruby, Beth and Gabz to hear about their best practices when it comes to searching for staffing talent in your camper pool and empowering them to be the future de...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/staffing-summit-2021 Welcome to the show, Kim Aycock! The American Camp Association (ACA) recently held its virtual staff summit. The event featured talented speaker panellists, roundtables and other learning sessions. One big topic that we’ve already covered was staffing shortages a...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/learning-loss-staff It’s been a long time since a proper staff training, hasn’t it? It’s already November, which means that as camp leaders, we’re hopefully (and finally) well-rested. It also means that with winter approaching, we need to start planning for next year. Winter recruiti...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/best-staff-experience-possible-pt-2 It’s STILL time to focus on the staff. Listen to part 1 here: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/best-staff-experience-possible   In this episode, we continue to explore how summer camp leaders can help staff achieve their best possible experience as...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/best-staff-experience-possible It’s time to focus on the staff. In this two-part series, we begin by exploring the topic of giving our staff the best experience possible and helping us deliver a great summer program. Coming on the high side of the pandemic, staffing and retaining sta...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2021/09/camp-union How might (or might not) a union help serve Camp Pros as they navigate an increasingly stressful profession? At the end of August, a particularly thought-provoking post was made in the Summer Camp Professionals Facebook group. After hearing about some of the horror s...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/how-the-heck-are-ya Hello from the other side! With summer coming to an end, we are checking in with all of you to just see how you are doing. For us, we are doing just okay. It turns out that many of the camp directors we’ve spoken to are feeling like us, tired; tired of COVID; tire...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/hopes-for-pros-this-summer Our hopes for you as you go into the summer of 2021. In this season finale, we are not going to give you last-minute tips and tricks for summer camp training because chances are, if your camp is able to run this summer, you already have the tools to make th...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/9-tips-for-summer And we don’t mean “ just make it through”, we mean “make it through with style!” The weather is finally getting warmer here in Canada, the gardens are full of tulips and the cherry blossom trees are in full bloom. As a camp leader, as we watch nature grow this sprin...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/embracing-uniqueness-2021 It’s not, “it is what it is”, it’s, “it will be what we make it” Noone asked for all of the challenges and uniqueness that are ahead of us in Summer 2021. This episode, we challenge you to look at the positive side and focus on the unique opportunities that...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/11-quick-fire-videos-2021 Use these videos to dial your staff training up to 11! For some people, they have a favourite pair of comfortable slippers, perhaps a warm sweater or favourite comfort food. For our hosts, their idea of comfort is scouring the internet to help build new ways...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/pods-and-bubbles Make training memorable, no matter what your groupings look like. It’s finally April which means summer camp training is right around the corner and summer camp is in sight! We also know that across the world, vaccination campaigns are occurring, giving us hope that...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/virtual-staff-training-2 Staff training is a brave new world. Let’s explore it together. We did it! We are a year into physically distancing ourselves from one another and interacting mostly virtually! Although this is not something I would normally celebrate, it has given our hosts...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/virtual-staff-training-1 Virtual staff training is a brave new world. Let’s explore it together. Over the last year, virtual sessions have become way too familiar. We know that camp staff have already spent a lot more time meeting virtually regardless as businesses have switched to v...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/work-with-parents-pt2 It’s too important for just one episode. Remember last episode when our special guest Travis, fed all of us the knowledge of a lifetime at camp? At CampCode HQ, it was certainly a memorable episode, but without Gabrielle there, we all knew we could squeeze a lit...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/work-with-parents Because you aren’t the only one that needs to wow your camp families! Beth and Ruby are joined by Travis Allison to breakdown the importance of your staff being calm, cool and collected when interacting with their camper’s parents. Do you remember your 16-20 year ol...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! A special, timely interlude from our friends at the Day Camp Pod: Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/ppp-era-aca Timely info for American Camps - Jan/Feb 2021 For many camps and small businesses in the United States, the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program was a lifesaver- enabling us to keep o...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/the-acronym-episode We L.O.V.E Acronyms! Here are Beth’s, Ruby’s & Gabz’s favourites! We L.O.V.E them - Nope, that’s not an acronym, simply our way to show how much we enjoy them. We engrave acronyms into the lexicon of camp to ensure that the important things that you want your...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/the-silent-summer This will be the most important staff training you’ll ever prepare. We made it! It’s 2021, but that doesn’t mean that camps are without adversity with this summer quickly approaching. With a global vaccine rollout for COVID-19 and differentiating public health polic...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Find full show notes and links at:  https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/what-we-learned-from-wic We ran a traditionally in-person conference 100% online. And it was AWESOME. Here’s what we learned!  This week’s episode falls during the holiday season of 2020. From all of us at Camp Code, happy holidays and we wish all of you a happy new year.  2020 has...