The Summer Camp Society

A community of bad ass #summercamp directors getting more kids to better camps

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

“If we start to look at conflict as not a negative thing, but as an opportunity for innovation and connection, oftentimes. That connection can be the most meaningful if it if it starts with a kernel of discontent with each other or with a system." - Laura Kriegel

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

"I think you got to explain to your staff that B's get degrees just straight up B's. B minuses get degrees. If you had 100 staff that were giving you 80% all summer long, guess what? Your camp is killing it." -Scott Arizala

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

“Its a lot of logistics, a lot of programming, but when you can cater staff training to an individual’s needs, you’re going to see so much more growth, so much more progression than treating your staff like a hive mind because I don’t think that’s the case.” - Nelson Strickland

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

"It starts with conveying trust. If you go to an older group of kids and tell them, ‘hey, I trust you, I think you're going to do the right thing. I have positive expectations for you.’ Many of them haven't heard that." - James Davis

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

“The tangible takeaway is, connect with people in your community who are already doing the work you want to do. Then lean on them because they know people best. They know the best people.” - Allison Klee, on recruiting great staff

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

“Can I call up a camper and be like, if you could have 5 of your adults in your life be camp counselors, who would they be?” - EmJ Juszczyk

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

“I like to move, I have found myself slowing down a tiny bit, pushing, pushing, pushing, and then slowing down, to be respectful of the idea of everybody deserves their chance to, talk to your parents, talk to home, talk to whoever to think it over for a bit” -Carly Vargas

[The Summer Camp Society @TSCS2017]

"It's worth it for us to say, to summer staff, we invest in you, we believe in you. And then he brings a friend who's just as amazing. And it keeps building and building." - Carly Vargas, Kamp Kohut