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Here's
What's New From the ACA Bookstore
Just in time
for your Spring/Summer '08 staff
training and professional development needs
are 44+
new educational titles developed by
the American Camp Association® (ACA)
and its publishing partner, Healthy Learning. New
books, workbooks, training DVDs, and tools
are available online, and at ACA regional
conferences.
Featured Products
Designing
Quality Youth Programs
$29.95
 Designing
Quality Youth Programs contains lessons learned from camp directors
as they worked toward improving camp programs, making their camps a
better place for young people. Built on eight steps, including asking
for input from youth and your staff, assessing and brainstorming strategies,
choosing an action plan and implementing it, and then sharing and evaluating
what has been accomplished. This process is designed to be individualized
to draw upon and fit your mission and philosophy, to reflect input
from your young people and staff, and to implement strategies that
make sense for your program. The appendices included at the end of
this book contain a multitude of forms and lists to help in designing
quality youth programs. Also included is a CD-ROM with program-ready
adaptable worksheets.
101
Camp Cooking Tips
Viki Spain
$19.95
 The primary goal in compiling this selection
of tips is to provide every cook and every
reader with the opportunity to say, "Oh,
I never knew that," or "'Great
idea!" This collection of useful
tidbits will imprint itself indelibly in
your brain's hard drive, enough to
make you want to pass it on to the next
generation (or summer) of kitchen staff
at your camp or cooking facility. Beyond
the 101 cooking tips, the book covers common
measurements and equivalents, tips for
understanding menu lingo, food terms, food
allergies, buying food in bulk, and cooperative
food-purchasing program guidelines.
Multiculturalism
in Camps and Youth Programs: How Us and Them Became Just Us
Michael Shelton
$19.95
 Culture
affects our politics, relationships, how we spend and save our money,
our leisure pursuits, what we eat and drink, our expectations for children,
and how we approach work in our lives, to name a few examples. The
book uses the organizational success model as its basis, which includes
knowledge of specific cultures, organizational cross-cultural competence,
and individual cross-cultural competence. This model is detailed throughout
the chapters of the book; each chapter offers important organizational
strategies such as a primer on diversity, an explanation of benefits
and challenges of diversity, the leadership factor, the aspects of
organizational change, tools for internal diversity, program enrichment,
and marketing outreach. The book is produced in cooperation with the
American Camp Association.
Select from a comprehensive list of 2008
titles . . . just
a click away! Order today!
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Expand Your Resources:
Enroll in ACA's
e-Institute
 ACA proudly announces the inaugural launch of ACA's e-Institute, a Web-based
learning system for camp and other youth development professionals. We know
that the world is growing and shrinking all in the same breath, and we all strive
to keep up with that flux. Responding to a changing world requires you to continue
your professional development. By accessing courses through ACA's e-Institute,
you can learn at your own pace, in the comfort of your home or office or tent.
The e-Institute is designed to provide
cutting-edge courses for the camp and
youth development communities. As the library grows, we will continue to look
at relevant and timely topics that will complement your knowledge, enhance the
skills of your staff, and provide powerful opportunities to supplement the work
you are already doing in the youth development field. Although the courses take
place within a distance education format, we have intentionally sought technology
that allows learners to connect. The e-Institute has a live meeting function
that accompanies several of the courses. The scheduled meetings allow participants
to interact with the facilitator and fellow classmates to further learning.
New courses will be available throughout
the year. Courses available this "semester" include:
Designing Quality Youth Programs
If you believe your program offers a quality
experience for your participants but also
think doing even better is ideal, this
new online course, Designing Quality Youth
Programs, is for you. This course will
take you through an eight-step process
focused on a rewarding journey of organizational
improvement that recognizes each setting
is different, every program is unique,
and each improvement requires a targeted
set of strategies.
Camp Is for the Camper
The Camp Is for the Camper Online Training,
Second Edition, course gives staff a jumpstart
in considering their roles and responsibilities
before arriving at camp. The program's
four interactive modules address counselor
responsibilities as role models, stress
reduction while working at camp, demographics
of today's campers, and behavior management
techniques. The program content draws from
the popular booklet, Camp Is for the Camper.
ACA's e-Standards Course
The ACA e-Standards Course provides an
in-depth overview of the ACA-Accreditation
process, providing participants the opportunity
to examine and clarify the ACA Standards.
A Standards Course is required for camp
administrators new to the accreditation
process, for camp administrations working
with a camp new to the accreditation
process, and when there have been significant
revisions to the standards. The e-Standards
Course meets this requirement and is
also a great way to involve and educate
additional staff members in the process.
For more information about availability,
please contact
your local office.
The e-Institute also supports ACA's educational
delivery methods and products. Some courses
may be related to books or other products
offered through ACA's publishing company
Healthy Learning. When deciding on a
course, consider related products that
might enhance your camp's library or
training manual.
Check out ACA's new e-Institute and sign up for a course today!
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2008 Youth Gang Violence Symposium
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention will hold its National
Youth Gang Symposium on June 23–26, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. Under
the theme "Partnering to Prevent Gang Violence: From Faith-Based and Community
Organizations to Law Enforcement," the symposium will feature workshops
designed to enhance efforts by law enforcement, school personnel, faith-based
and community organizations, policymakers, youth-serving agencies, and others
who are working together to combat youth gang problems.
*Source: National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth,
March 2008 Youth Initiatives Update
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Registration Opens for the 8th International
Camping Congress
The Association des camps du Québec with
the support of the Ministre de l'Éducation
du loisir et du sport and its partners,
including the Canadian Camping Association,
the American Camp Association, the International
Camping Fellowship and Quebec City, will
host the 8th International Camping Congress,
October 4-7, 2008, at the Quebec City Convention
Centre.
Registration for the Congress is now available online or by mail with an Early
Bird discount until April 15. Seventeen Congress packages are offered with special
rates at four hotels near the Convention Center. Additional hotels, bed
and breakfasts, and hostels are also conveniently located. Be among the first
to register for this unique rendezvous! Quebec City will be celebrating
its 400th anniversary in 2008 and will be welcoming thousands of visitors for
the occasion, so early lodging reservations are necessary.
The theme, "In Living Colors",
represents the diversity of participating
camps and their missions. ICC Quebec 2008
is a unique international event with the
goal of creating opportunities for the
exchange of ideas and alliances between
camp representatives from various cultures
and various countries. Not only
is this an opportunity for delegates to
discover Quebec for its camps and its capital,
but the event also opens the door to the
global camp community. The program includes
keynote speakers, including ACA's CEO,
Peg Smith, educational sessions, unique
cultural opportunities, an exhibit hall,
and seven meals. During the third day of
the event, the program and Convention Center
will be shared with the World Leisure Congress.
The presence of both congresses at the
same location and at the same time will
allow different delegates to expand, at
no extra cost, resources and contacts.
Pre-Congress events include tours of Canadian
camps, an International Camp Directors
Course, kindred groups, and a two-day Teambuilding
and Leadership Course instructed by Jim
Cain.
Full information about the Congress and
online registration is found at www.iccquebec2008.com.
For further information, contact Linda
Pulliam, acavirginias@ACAcamps.org.
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ACA Regional Conferences Listed Online
Check out ACA's Web site for a complete
listing of ACA regional conferences with
live links to ACA local office Web sites
for more information.
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ACA Basic Camp Directors Course (BCDC)
April 6-10, 2008
JCYS Camp Henry Horner – Ingleside,
IL
Additional courses will be listed
online as details become available.
Registration
is available online. You'll need
to choose the specific geographic course
you would like in order to get the registration
form.
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