Certification Schools for the Summer
Several camps host counselors and staff from all over, typically during May and June, to learn life-saving skills like CPR and first aid or how to teach a variety of activities like kayaking, riding, archery, or tennis. Typically, a camp will send counselors it has hired to a certification school in order to fill a specific need. Please click on one of the links below for more information on a specific certification school's offerings. For a list of organizations that offer year-round training, click here. To view a calendar of upcoming professional events, including educational and training sessions, click here.
Brooks School (North Andover, MA) offers an Aquatics School, with instruction/certification in lifeguarding, water safety instruction, and CPR. Their school operates between June 7 and June 18.
Cape Cod Sea Camps (Brewster, MA) offers instruction/certification in lifeguard training, first aid and CPR, small craft safety and water rescue, and training for archery, riflery, sailing, and water safety instructors. Their school operates between June 9 and June 20.
Camp Cedar (Casco, ME) offers clinics in mid-June: an Archery Clinic June 18th and a Maine Trip Leaders' Course June 13th.
Hulbert Outdoor Center (Fairlee, VT) offers courses year-round, but they schedule a lot of them in April and May, mostly in things like Wilderness First Responder, CPR, first aid, and canoe instruction.
Camp Kabeyun (Alton Bay, NH) offers instruction/certification in archery, backcountry medicine, paddling, and water safety. Their workshop calendar begins on June 3 and ends on June 17.
Camp Taconic (Hinsdale, MA) offers instruction/certification in water safety instruction, lifeguarding, archery, and waterskiing. Their school runs from June 8 to June 17.
William Lawrence Camp (Center Tuftonboro, NH) offers instruction/certification in CPR, water safety instruction, lifeguarding, and riflery. Staff Certification Week runs from June 10-18.
Winona Camps (Bridgton, ME) offers instruction/certification in CPR, first aid, powerboating, riflery, sailing, smallcraft, trip leading, waterfront safety, and Wilderness First Aid. Training clinics run between June 9-24.
Wyonegonic Camps (Denmark, ME) offers instruction/certification in archery, canoeing, CPR, first aid, low/high ropes, outdoor living skills, tennis, waterfront safety, waterfront lifeguarding, and windsurfing. Training clinics are held between June 4-23.
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