The events, meetings and educational opportunities included in our Professional Calendar are geared towards people working in the summer camp field. The American Camp Association, New England provides this listing as resource information only and disclaims any responsibility or liability. Course content is the responsibility of the sponsoring organization or company. Listings are submitted by providers and sponsors.
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| Experienced Camp Director Round Table Series (Oct. 2019 – May 2020) | 11/12/19 | ACA NEW ENGLAND SPONSORED | ACA, New England Office |
80 Westview Street, Lexington, MA The first session on October 23 will take place at Camp Thoreau in Concord, MA. |
For camp professionals with 5 or more years of camp director experience. This is an opportunity for camp directors with five or more summers of director experience to come together monthly for eight sessions from October 2019 to May 2020. The monthly gatherings will be facilitated by Bob Ditter and will provide attendees with time for general discussion, an optional brown bag lunch, and breakout time for smaller or deeper discussions. While topics of discussion will be peer-driven, Bob will help set the schedule of discussions and supporting articles and resources in advance of the sessions. |
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| Newer Camp Director Round Table Series (Nov. 2019 - May 2020) | 11/13/19 | ACA NEW ENGLAND SPONSORED | ACA, New England Office |
80 Westview Street, Lexington, MA |
For camp professionals with 1-4 years of camp director experience. Join a group of your peers for monthly facilitated discussions at the ACA, New England offices in Lexington, MA. This round table series will provide camp professionals who have between 1-4 summers as a director under their belt (or current assistant directors who will be stepping into the director role next summer) with a safe and professional place to discuss issues of common concern and a way to build their professional network. |
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| EPIC New England Networking Kick-Off! | 11/14/19 | ACA NEW ENGLAND SPONSORED | Night Shift Brewing |
87 Santilli Highway |
Looking to meet other emerging professionals in the New England area and kick off the new camp season? Come grab a drink with us and enjoy some great conversation at Night Shift Brewery in Everett, MA, for EPIC New England's first Networking Kick-Off event on November 14th! Be one of the first 20 people to arrive and your first drink is on us! |
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| Accreditation Office Hours - Administration | 11/21/19 | OTHER | ZOOM |
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Are you considering becoming accredited for the first time? Working on preparing for your upcoming visit? Do you want a refresher to make sure you are meeting the standards? Looking for tips on preparing and applying standards to your program? Join us for virtual accreditation office hours each month to help you walk through some of the specifics of your accreditation preparation. Learn about resources available from ACA, dig deeper into each section of standards, share organizing tips, and more. Each session will include opportunity for open discussion, questions and coaching with Standards Instructors and ACA Staff. Office hours are planned to help you pace your preparation and learning of the standards as you lead up to the camp season. It is not required that you are accredited or seeking accreditation to join these sessions. |
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| ACA Associate Visitor Course | 11/22/19 | OTHER | Barton Center |
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ACA New England needs YOU as a visitor! Join us for our next Associate Visitor Course. ACA's Associate Visitor course helps participants identify the purpose and structure of ACA's accreditation programs.Participants become familiar with the legal implications of visitor actions, as well as develop skills in gathering information, making compliance decisions, and consistently applying the standards in a variety of situations. This course stresses the awareness and acceptance of the intent of the standards to represent accepted practices of organized camping. |
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| Epic Roundtable Discussions with EPIC, New England | 12/5/19 | OTHER | Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) Office |
300 Fore Street |
As innovative and thought leaders in our industry, come prepared to share and learn in the areas of mental health and staffing. Professional facilitated discussion on the topics that matter most to us here and now! |
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| Accreditation Office Hours - Facilites | 12/12/19 | OTHER | ZOOM |
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Are you considering becoming accredited for the first time? Working on preparing for your upcoming visit? Do you want a refresher to make sure you are meeting the standards? Looking for tips on preparing and applying standards to your program? Join us for virtual accreditation office hours each month to help you walk through some of the specifics of your accreditation preparation. Learn about resources available from ACA, dig deeper into each section of standards, share organizing tips, and more. Each session will include opportunity for open discussion, questions and coaching with Standards Instructors and ACA Staff. Office hours are planned to help you pace your preparation and learning of the standards as you lead up to the camp season. It is not required that you are accredited or seeking accreditation to join these sessions. |
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| Accreditation Process Workshop 12.17.19 | 12/17/19 | OTHER | ACA New England Office |
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Formerly the Standards Course, this workshop is designed for camp representatives who are preparing for accreditation visits in 2019 and beyond. The course is appropriate for those who are new to the accreditation process AND those who have been part of an accreditation visit or completed standards training in the past. Every camp being visited must have at least one person who completes the workshop on behalf of the camp; that person 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. |
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| ACA Accreditation Process Workshop (Connecticut)1-20-20 | 1/20/20 | OTHER | Connecticut (exact location TBA) |
Connecticut |
Formerly the Standards Course, this workshop is designed for camp representatives who are preparing for accreditation visits in 2019 and beyond. The course is appropriate for those who are new to the accreditation process AND those who have been part of an accreditation visit or completed standards training in the past. Every camp being visited must have at least one person who completes the workshop on behalf of the camp; that person 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. |
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| Accreditation Process Workshop (Holyoke, Ma) 1/20/20 | 1/20/20 | OTHER | Girl Scouts of Centeral and Western Massachusetts Holyoke Leadership Center |
301 Kelly Way |
Formerly the Standards Course, this workshop is designed for camp representatives who are preparing for accreditation visits in 2019 and beyond. The course is appropriate for those who are new to the accreditation process AND those who have been part of an accreditation visit or completed standards training in the past. Every camp being visited must have at least one person who completes the workshop on behalf of the camp; that person 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. |
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