How to be a good camp counselor

DISCLAIMER: HEY CAMPERS! STOP READING! I’ve done 3 summers at camps in America! Some of which were the best summers of my life! If you are thinking of going to camp, I HIGHLY recommend it as it is an experience...Read More

Summer camps are a great way to have fun, learn, grow, and make new friends. Being a summer camp counselor will allow you to help your campers have the best possible summer. You will work directly with your campers to demonstrate the...

Summer camps are a great way to have fun, learn, grow, and make new friends. Being a summer camp counselor will allow you to help your campers have the best possible summer. You will work directly with your campers to demonstrate the...

So you’ve managed to secure a job working at a summer camp, and now you’re wondering what on Earth it takes to be a good summer camp counselor? We will guide you through it! We are going to guide through some tips on how to become the best possible summer camp counselor you can be, so that the kids have a great time, and you get to have the best summer of your life.

During one of my round tables I asked camp directors what their rules for being a great camp counselor were. Here is a list of my favorite answers. Many of these would look great on a poster in the staff room, or as a slide during a PowerPoint presentation. … Model all the behaviors you […]

During the Summer of 2015, I committed to seven weeks of working as a counselor at a small town camp. Being surrounded by kids for an entire summer changed my perspective, I was given the amazing opportunity to make an impact on the young lives of tomorrow. Being a counselor, comes with dozens of un...

So you’ve managed to secure a job working at a summer camp, and now you’re wondering what on Earth it takes to be a good summer camp counselor? We will guide you through it!

It’s a crazy story how I ended up working as a camp counselor the summer after my sophomore year of college. You can read the full, detailed story here, but here’s the short version: I’d already committed to a summer job when I had a vivid dream that I was meant to be a camp counselor, [Continue Reading...]

It’s a crazy story how I ended up working as a camp counselor the summer after my sophomore year of college. You can read the full, detailed story here, but here’s the short version: I’d already committed to a summer job when I had a vivid dream that I was meant to be a camp counselor, [Continue Reading...]

MY CAMPER STORY I was in 5th grade and our school took us to a camp for a week of environmental education. I was blown away. I instantly fell in love with “camp” – the outdoors, the cabins, the activities, the learning, the staff, the evening programs…it was heaven. Of course, what does a boy […]