2021 Staff Recruitment and Retention - with Kim Aycock and Jolly Corley - Day Camp Pod #42
We’re not exactly sure what the summer of 2021 will look like, but we know we’ll need a great team of staff! Here’s how to get them on board, and keep them around!
As we navigate the pandemic waters, the staffing landscape has skewed a bit. Some might say that potential staff are more available than ever. But are they willing to work at camp? Are their parents willing to allow them to work at camp? And how has the proposition of working at day camp changed.
We have tremendous benefits over most any other summer jobs, and our challenge continues to be figuring out how to translate the camp experience into a language that neophytes can understand and appreciate.
We welcome Kim Aycock and Jolly Corley to the Pod to help share some best practices with our listeners.
In this episode, we cover:
Recruitment: what advantages do we have within/coming out of a pandemic?
“When nothing is certain, everything is possible.” — Margaret DrabbleInternships and travel abroad cancelled or limited
Utilizing alumni connections
How to get people back to your camp in 2021, when your camp didn’t run in 2020?
Staff Culture = Camp Culture
Panic & being “stuck” is real
So many questions, so few answers
Importance of communication/transparency
Be a Stress Detective
Return to Your Values (before, current, ideal)
Why reinvent the wheel - look to great leaders in times of crisis (Winston Churchill) for guidance “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” — Winston Churchill
Frame the Summer, Invoke Destiny, Define Victory/Success, Redefine Hardship
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Bonus Links:
Staff Culture: Your Values in Action During UnCertain Times (part 1)
Staff Culture: Your Values in Action During UnCertain Times (part 2)
Project Real Job (videos, social assets, infographics, blogs, articles, etc.)
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Day Camp Tip of the Week
Andy: Intentional Staff Bonding - Tie Dye Night
Sam: Mafia Game
Tiff: Survey staff what victory/success looks like at the end of this summer (goals). Cool tool Opinion X helps with surveys: https://www.opinionx.co/
Kim: Disruptus Game (great for ideation, innovation...Disruptus revolves around new ways to create, transform, or improve ideas or objects)
Jolly: Pool Noodle Games for Social Distancing
YOUR HOSTS:
Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day Camp
Tiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful Play
Sam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park District
Jolly Corley, Speaker and Director - Camp Robindel
Kim Aycock, Speaker, Trainer, Teacher and Go Camp Pro Contributor - www.kimaycock.com
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