2010 Statewide Camp Counselor Training

"Making Extreme Counselors"

Rescheduled!!!!!

Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, 2010

4-H Camp Ohio, near Utica, Ohio

Open to any teenage camp counselor,

potential camp counselor, or adult camp

volunteer. Registration deadline March 8

Need more information? Click on these links

                      Registration form                  Health History Form

               MXC Participant Behavior Contract          

   New Promotional flyer         New Follow Up Letter 

New List of Workshop topics and Presenters

For Educators to enter registration for counselors from their county: 

http://surveys.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/cfaes/index.php?sid=89865&lang=en

Enter the registration information for each participant. Checks for $40.00 each (thanks to the Ohio 4-H Foundation!) should be made out to 4-H Camp Ohio and mailed to 4-H Camp Ohio, 11461 Camp Ohio Rd., St. Louisville, OH 43071. The registration form for camp counselors to complete, promotional materials, etc can be found at: http://www.ohio4h.org/plt-camps/index.html

4-H Camp Management Tool

The Ohio 4-H Camping Priority Team developed a planning management tool entitled Camp Year at a Glance.  It includes a timeline of things to do to plan your county 4-H camp program.  Items included in the list cover camp counselor training topics, packing lists for supplies and specific workshops, and communication with the camp facility among many others. Check out this new tool.  Download it and edit it to individualize for your own needs!  Let us know if you find it useful.

Essential Elements of Positive Youth Development at Camp

Ever wonder the best ways to incorporate the essential elements into camp programming that are necessary for positive youth development?  See this fact sheet for suggested deliberate and intentional strategies that can be implemented by Extension professionals, adult volunteers, and teenage camp counselors.

Camping Inservice Resources

     The resources from the camping inservices will be posted here until the camping website it online.

     Ohio 4-H Camping Overview - powerpoint presented by Niki Nestor McNeely

     Experiential Learning pictures

Camp Counselor Research

There were two camp counselor research studies recently conducted in Ohio.  One study surveyed teens who were serving as 4-H camp counselors (McNeely, 2004) and the other focused on 4-H camp counselor alumn (Digby, 2005).   Articles and presentations have been developed reporting on the studies.  An article focusing on both studies related to the contribution to the Knowledge Economy with an emphasis on workforce preparation skills can be found by clicking on this link.  A summary of the McNeely study can be found in the NAE4-HA research report.  The full dissertation on the camp counselor study:  McNeely, N. N.  (2004).  The Ohio 4-H camp counseling experience:  Relationship of participation to person, interpersonal, and negative experiences.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State Univeristy, Columbus can be found on the OSU website.  The camp counselor alumni study:  Digby, J. K.  (2005).  The experience of a lifetime : alumni perceptions of the development and transfer of life and workforce skills in the Ohio 4-H camp counselor program.  Unpublished masters thesis, The Ohio State University, Columbus can also be found with other electronic research reports.