Whether you’re an international staff member or welcoming an international staff to your camp this summer, this episode is for you!
Did you know that in a normal year, there are over 20,000 international camp staff members that come to North America to experience the summer camp phenomenon? No joke!
Adam Heslop, the Summer Camp Programs Staffing Placement Coordinator from IENA (International Exchange of North America), joins Matt and Oliver to share what it’s really like to prepare to be, and to be an international staff member?
How does Adam know? Because he started off as an international staffer himself! Tune in to hear his stories and the lessons that he has to pass on to new international staffers and the domestic staff that have the opportunity to meet them!
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Links From This Episode
From Adam:
This is the Link to Bridge USA website that has the statistics of the program. Attached is the independent study into the Camp counselor program conducted by the Alliance for cultural exchange. https://j1visa.state.gov/basics/facts-and-figures/
E.G.E.L - Ever Growing Ever Learning
Matt: Merlin Bird ID App
Adam: Learn 5 riddles to have ready to bust out! - Here are Adam’s:
There are two identical doors in a room, one to heaven and the other to hell. In Front of each door are 2 Identical angels. One of them always tells the truth and the other one always lies. You can ask only one question to work out which door to go through. What one question would you ask?
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
This one is great on a hike
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
Host Links
Matt Wilfrid, Executive Producer of Podcasting at Go Camp Pro
Oliver Gregan, Executive Director at YMCA Camp Winona
Adam Heslop, Head of Client Services at IENA
What is First Class Counselors?
Camp Directors, this Podcast isn’t for you. It’s time to delegate! First Class Counsellors is for your counselling staff, the ones who are on the ground, playing with kids and changing lives.
Each week, we’ll cover practical and accessible tips that will level up your camp counsellor skills. These are things every counsellor should know, but that you may not have time to teach in staff training.
Our two hosts, Oliver Gregan and Matt Wilfrd from Go Camp Pro are excited to be able to provide this resource to camp counsellors and up and coming staff, who they believe, have the most important job at camp.