2017 Eau Claire – Dunn Summer Camp Counselor Training

Session 1 – April 30th, 2pm – 6pm

Dunn County Community Services Building
(3001 US Highway 12 East - Menomonie)

2pm – Introductions

-  Camp Staff / Counselors

-  Who wants to lead an Ice Breaker?

o  (Ice Breaker Handout – Sara?)

2:30pm – REAL Colors

4:30pm - Camp Expectations & Logistics

-  Perfect Camp Counselor / Agent

-  Camp Handbook

-  What is 4-H Appropriate

-  Who is camp for?

o  Large Poster Paper & Markers (Jason)

4:30pm (ish) - FOOD

5:00pm – Experiential Learning Model & How it works at Camp

-  Processing Questions

-  Making the Ordinary Extraordinary?

o  Jason

6:00pm – Wrap up and Closing

-  Burning Questions?

-  Topics for next training session?

2017 Eau Claire – Dunn Summer Camp Counselor Training

Session 2 – May 10th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Eau Claire County UW-Extension Office

(227 1st Street West, Altoona, WI 54720)

6:30pm – Welcome and Recap of Last Session

-  Who wants to lead an Ice Breaker?

6:45pm – Creating a Safe and Welcoming Environment at Camp

-  What’s in a Name?

7:00pm – Homesickness, Gossip and other camp situations

-  How would you handle these scenarios?

o  (Camp Scenarios – Sara)

7:30pm – Camp Theme / Camp Planning

-  What should the Theme of camp be?

-  How can we incorporate that into activities/cabin names

-  What did you like/dislike about last year’s camp?

-  What major activities do you want to schedule

o  Observatory

o  Naturalist Program

o  Camp Planning - Camp Planning Sheets (Sheets)

8:15pm – Rainy Day Preparations?

8:30pm – Wrap Up/Burning Questions?

2017 Eau Claire – Dunn Summer Camp Counselor Training

Session 3 – May 31st, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Eau Claire County UW-Extension Office

(227 1st Street West, Altoona, WI 54720)

6:30pm – Welcome and Recap of Last Session

-  Who wants to lead an Ice Breaker?

6:45pm – Final Camp Planning

-  Cabin assignments/cabin names

-  Review final schedule/assignments

-  Name tags

-  Assign KP, flag raising/lowering

-  Collect sweatshirt money

-  Review lesson plans, rainy day activities

8:15pm – Wrap Up/Burning Questions/Final Camp Reminders