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the 2018 skills lab
at the Mid States Camp Conference | Sunday, April 8- Monday, April 9, 2018
Since its beginning, Mid States has always focused on hands-on, experiential learning for all levels of the camp profession. In 2015 the planning team excitedly revealed the Mid States Skills Lab – an interactive, certification and skill development school held before the Mid States Camp Conference.
For 2018, each course has been carefully identified and developed to help meet specific ACA Standards for Camp Accreditation. Every participant will leave with written documentation that they demonstrate proficiency in the skill, pass a certification course/test (if applicable) and/or have the ability to teach and/or train camp staff/campers.
Each course carries its own fee, in addition to the basic conference registration fee. Lunch is not included in fee.
Registration for the Mid States Camp Conference is NOT required to attend these courses. Contact Carlise at carlise@acail.org for Skills Lab only registration.
We encourage early registration as all courses have limited space.
For 2018, each course has been carefully identified and developed to help meet specific ACA Standards for Camp Accreditation. Every participant will leave with written documentation that they demonstrate proficiency in the skill, pass a certification course/test (if applicable) and/or have the ability to teach and/or train camp staff/campers.
Each course carries its own fee, in addition to the basic conference registration fee. Lunch is not included in fee.
Registration for the Mid States Camp Conference is NOT required to attend these courses. Contact Carlise at carlise@acail.org for Skills Lab only registration.
We encourage early registration as all courses have limited space.
If you have questions regarding the Skills Lab Courses please email Kim@acail.org. She's pretty helpful.
Registration for all courses can be found in Group or Individual Registration links.
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Contact Carlise@acail.org with registration questions.
Sunday, April 8 courses
ACA Flatwater Canoe Safety & Rescue
Sunday, April 8, 2018 | 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Description: The ACA Flatwater Canoe Safety and Rescue workshop introduces flat water safety practices and rescue techniques that can be performed with a minimum of equipment, in the first few minutes of an emergency. Course objectives: Understand that prevention is the key to a safe trip, understand how to avoid potential dangers, develop and practice key self-rescue skills, learn to focus on low-risk rescue techniques and develop the skills to manage minor in-water accidents.
**This course can be taken alone. It also covers the safety and rescue portion of Intro to Canoeing- please consider this to be the first portion of Intro to Canoeing.
Certification received upon completion of the course: American Canoe Association Flatwater Canoe Safety and Rescue course participation. Please note this is not a certification course and does NOT meet ACA accreditation requirements. You must either complete a skills Instructor course or be a lifeguard and complete a craft specific skills course in order to fulfill the requirements of PA 20. If you are looking for a skills course that DOES fulfill those requirements take part 2 ACA Introduction to Canoeing the Skills Assessment and save $20.
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Cost: $65 Per Attendee per course
($120 for both courses) Max/Min Participants: 6/12 |
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Presenters
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Anne Townsend
Anne, B.S. in Outdoor Recreation and Leisure Services, has spent the last four years encouraging young women and adults to learn, discover and connect to nature through the power of Girl Scouting. Before Girl Scouts she spent time with Shawnee National Forest providing environmental education to children who live near the forest and discovering what brings people to the National Forest. As a new mother she finds even more value in helping connect children to nature and discover the wonders of environmental education and outdoor recreation. Stephanie Jaros I am a Girl Experience Manager for the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. Some of my certifications include American Canoe Association Instructor and Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor. When I’m not in my office, I am out on the trail. My passions include, people, water, and wilderness! I look forward to paddling with you. |
ACA Introduction to Canoeing
Sunday, April 8, 2018 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Assessment course- This ACA course is designed to evaluate a participant’s ability to perform all of the skills listed along with demonstrating an appropriate level of knowledge. This assessment course provides the participant with the opportunity to receive documentation of having achieved a certain level of paddling ability. Skills include: Forward, Forward w/switch, Forward w/stern pry, Forward w/rudder, Back, Draw ( to hip, bow, cross bow, stern), Pry (at hip, stern), paddling forward in a straight line, stopping within 1 boat length, spinning 360, abeam, turns while underway, switch positions in canoe on water, canoe carries (overhead, suitcase), launching/landing, safety (risk/dangers, whistle signals, RETHROG, priorities, responsibilities, cold shock, hyperthermia, emergency procedures, safety equipment, deep water exits), rescue (controlled capsize, self rescue, canoe over canoe, side by side, re-entry). Also includes: environmental issues, paddling environment, personal preparation, canoe types/parts/materials, paddle types/parts/materials, lifejacket types/material/fit, concepts of paddling, group organization, trip planning, knots, federal/state regulations, car topping
** This course is being overlapped with the Flatwater Canoe Safety & Rescue course offered in the morning. You MUST register for the Canoe Safety & Rescue course or have previously taken American Canoe Association Canoe Safety & Rescue course in order to the requirements of PA20.
Certification received upon completion of the course: American Canoe Association Introduction to Canoeing skills assessment record (with the successful demonstration of skills) OR Introduction to Canoeing skills participation. Please note this is not a certification course alone and may NOT meet ACA accreditation requirements depending on level completed. You must either complete a Flatwater Canoe Safety & Rescue course or be a lifeguard and complete a skills course (such as this) specific to the craft you will be instructing in order to meet the requirements of PA20. The skills course DOES serve as a pre-requisite to the Skills Assessment and/or Instructor course
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Cost: $65 Per Attendee per course
($120 for both courses) Min/Max Participants: 6/12 |
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Presenters
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Anne Townsend
Anne, B.S. in Outdoor Recreation and Leisure Services, has spent the last four years encouraging young women and adults to learn, discover and connect to nature through the power of Girl Scouting. Before Girl Scouts she spent time with Shawnee National Forest providing environmental education to children who live near the forest and discovering what brings people to the National Forest. As a new mother she finds even more value in helping connect children to nature and discover the wonders of environmental education and outdoor recreation. Stephanie Jaros I am a Girl Experience Manager for the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. Some of my certifications include American Canoe Association Instructor and Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor. When I’m not in my office, I am out on the trail. My passions include, people, water, and wilderness! I look forward to paddling with you. |
Super Staff SuperVision
Sunday, April 8, 2018 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
This outstanding training for supervisors, directors, site-directors, and other leadership team members--the acclaimed, skill-packed supervision training session from the author of the number one national best-selling book on camp staff supervision, Super Staff SuperVision. For both new and advanced participants. Learn and practice exactly what you need to say and do to be one of the very best leaders at camp, including:
- 6 Paths- the six essential things supervisors must do every day and how to get them done brilliantly
- Coaching staff with CDOS-precisely how to coach even reluctant staff to the highest level of performance
- Motivating staff and preventing burnout-and supporting the mid-level and high performers who often get less attention
- Building trust and credibility and being a boss of even peers and friends
- More campers, more retention--increasing program creativity to stand out from the rest
- Handling tough behavior with calmness and confidence
- And more!
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Cost: $65 Per Attendee
Walk Ins Welcome |
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Michael Brandwein
Michael’s brand-new 2018 book is called Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People. Michael (michaelbrandwein.com) is the national award-winning, number one best-selling author for staff training and supervision; his six books include Training Terrific Staff, Super Staff SuperVision, and Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say. He’s presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael wrote and presented three Emmy® award-winning television programs on communicating with children. In 2017, Michael keynoted the International Camping Congress, the global conference held in Russia for 1,250 camp professionals from over 30 countries. He is a frequent staff trainer for individual camps and organizations and a keynote speaker for national organizations including the American Camp Association (ACA) and the National Recreation and Park Association. Michael has served on the national board of directors of the ACA. |
USA Youth Mental Health First Aid TRaining
Sunday, April 8, 2018 | 8:00am - 5:00pm
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course that provides the skills necessary to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid revies the unique risk factors and warning signes of mental health problems in adolescents age 12-18 and teaches a 5 step action plan to offer initial help to someone who is experiencing a mental health problem and how to connect the individual to appropriate resources.
Cost: $30 Per Attendee (Cost includes book)
Walk Ins Welcome
Walk Ins Welcome
Presenters
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Cathy Pierson
Cathy Pierson graduated from the University of Iowa with a Degree in Psychology. Throughout college she volunteered at The LeaderShop (formerly Community Extension Project) and upon graduation was offered a position at the agency. Since that time she has had the opportunity to serve the agency in a variety of capacities and is currently the Director of Volunteer and Community Relations. Cathy is a graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership’s Ladder to Leadership Program, is a Board Member of the CommUNITY Diversity Group of LaGrange and is currently the President of the Rotary Club of LaGrange. Marcy Minshall Marcy Minshall Graduated from Washington State University in 1987 with a Degree in Criminal Justice. She received her Master of Social Work in 1993 from Aurora University and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1997. Her fields of interest include Aging and dementia care as well as providing counseling and supportive services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Marcy is a Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer and a Member of the Aging Well Neighborhood, an initiative sponsored by The Community Memorial Foundation. She has been with Helping Hand Center since January of 2013 and is currently the Supervisor of Clinical Services. |
Monday, April 9 courses
Basic Standards Course
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 2:00pm
The ACA Basic Standards Course prepares people who are NEW to the accreditation process for their accreditation visits and serves as an introduction to the accreditation process for people interested in becoming accreditation visitors. A person completing the course on behalf of a camp must actively assist in preparation for the accreditation visit, be on site a significant amount of time during the camp season, and participate fully in the on-site accreditation visit.
A camp representative must complete a basic standards course or standards update course (if appropriate), October 2014 or later, before a 2018 accreditation visit.
There is no charge for this course, and ACA membership is not required.
Any participant from a currently accredited camp should bring the camp’s updated copy of the Accreditation Process Guide, 2012 Edition, or download a copy of the standards as a report from My Accreditation.
Cost: Free
Walk Ins Welcome
5 CEC's Available
Walk Ins Welcome
5 CEC's Available
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Michael Jacobus
Michael Jacobus is 30+ year camp professional and an internationally recognized author, child-development professional. He has an extensive background in youth-serving nonprofits, staff training, operations, administration and outdoor education. |
Hands on Laboratory with Camp Code:
Building an Impactful Staff TRaining
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
If you are working on your staff training schedule, then this skills lab is for you. Join the hosts of the leadership training podcast Camp Code in this day-long workshop where participants will devote an entire day to planning their own staff trainings while learning about effective staff training design, learning best practices and new ideas for getting the information to stick, and seeing at least three different 20-minute sessions that can be plugged directly into your staff training this year. Save yourself time later by spending the day planning training now.
If you are working on your staff training schedule, then this skills lab is for you. Join the hosts of the leadership training podcast Camp Code in this day-long workshop where participants will devote an entire day to planning their own staff trainings while learning about effective staff training design, learning best practices and new ideas for getting the information to stick, and seeing at least three different 20-minute sessions that can be plugged directly into your staff training this year. Save yourself time later by spending the day planning training now.
Cost: $45 per attendee
Max/Min: 8 Min/40 Max
Walk Ins Welcome
Max/Min: 8 Min/40 Max
Walk Ins Welcome
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Beth Allison
Beth is a former Executive Director of five summer camps in Ontario, Canada. She is currently a camp consultant with GoCampPro, author, trainer, and one for the hosts of Camp Code, a CampHacker podcast dedicated to leadership training. |
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Ruby Compton
Ruby has a passion for collaborating with #camppros to understand how to make camping a sustainable career. Ruby calls Western North Carolina home where she works for a schoolyear program that partners with public schools to bring students outside. |
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Gabrielle Raill
Gabrielle is the director of Camp Ouareau, all-girls residential camp in the Quebec Laurentians and is the Canadian Representative for the International Camping Fellowship. |
Implement more Outdoor Skills
Into your Camp Program
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 12:00pm
A major part of the camp experience is spending time outdoors and some true outdoor skills are far less common than they used to be. Join us to learn about and try a variety of Outdoor Skills that you can incorporate into your program. From Leave No Trace, to Fire building, to outdoor cooking, to rope tying, to camp crafts, and shelter building come and build your outdoor repertoire.
Objectives:
- Introduce participants to several outdoor skills and develop skills to be able to lead activities back to their camp.
- Gain a greater understanding of how to meet the ACA Specialized activity standards.
- Participants will get to practice several outdoor skills projects.
- Participants will gain a greater understanding and passion for Leave-No-Trace camping ethics as well as their summer camp applications.
Cost: $20 Per Attendee
Walk Ins Welcome
Walk Ins Welcome
Presenters
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Paul Denowski
Paul Denowski, Executive Director of YMCA Camp Wapsie, grew up enjoying the outdoors and spent over 20 years in camping and 15 presenting at local and regional conferences. He served as the Chair on The Wisconsin Association of Environmental Education and enjoys sharing his excitement about the outdoors with others. Paul has a degree in Natural Resource Management Environmental Education and Camp Management. Drew Demery A seasonal camp veteran of 12 years, Drew Demery worked his way through the ranks from counselor to director and has held nearly every other position possible…some he even invented along the way. Drew is the summer Camp Director at YMCA Camp Wapsie and a certified Leave No Trace instructor. |
Level 1 USA Archery CErtification
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 5:00pm
This is a 8-10 hour course that will begin with the very basics of archery skills and train a participant through the coaching process to facilitate a safe archery program for multiple people on a firing line. Included in this certification, they will be able to teach new archers, coach experienced archers and organize or set up a target archery range.
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Cost: $85 per attendee
Max/Min: 5 Min/24 Max Certification: Level 1 Instructor, USA Archery |
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Charlie Qualls
I have over 30 years of experience in archery, 26 years in teaching archery to youth. My experience has mostly been to teach the basics or spark the interest of the sport to mostly Girl Scouts. In my years of doing this, I have had two young ladies that went on to compete in the Olympics. One won a Bronze and the other was an alternate for Team USA. I can only take the credit of helping to get them started in the sport of target shooting. This just tells me that you never know where we can help young people excel until we give them a taste of a new experience and then teach the skills to advance them as far as we can. The rest is up to the student. |
Project Learning Tree: Let's camp!
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 12:00pm
Canceled.
Standards Update Course
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 12:00pm
Prerequisite: Prior completion of the Basic Standards Course, October 2011 or later.
The ACA Standards Update Course is a review for the camp director or staff member who has been actively involved in an ACA accreditation visit in the recent past. A person completing the course on behalf of a camp must actively assist in preparation for the accreditation visit, be on site a significant amount of time during the camp season, and participate fully in the on-site accreditation visit.
A camp representative must complete a basic standards course or standards update course (if appropriate), October 2014 or later, before a 2018 accreditation visit .
There is no charge for this course, and ACA membership is not required.
Any participant from a currently accredited camp should bring the camp’s updated copy of the Accreditation Process Guide, 2012 Edition, or download a copy of the standards as a report from My Accreditation.
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Cost: Free
Walk Ins Welcome 1.5 CEC's Available |
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Amanda Zoellner
Amanda Zoellner is the ACA Standards Specialist serving the central region: Great Rivers, Heart of the South, Indiana, Michigan, Northland, St. Louis, Texoma, and Wisconsin. Additional instructors TBD. |
