Safety & Supervision
This is the minimum number of students that must be in a group of an indoor bathroom trip.
What is 3? (3 + Me)
These are the "ABCs" of Positive Behavior Guidance.
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequences
This is the first thing you should do when arriving on site before starting any work.
What is clock-in using phone or laptop in camp office?
This is when Morning Care begins.
What is 8am?
This is the number of polar bears left (hint: 5 digits). Be within 5k.
What is 26k? (Week 1, Favorite Animal)
What is Counselor A first, then campers, and Counselor B last?
These are Physical De-Escalation Tactics.
What are
Give Space (stand at an angle, not “toe-to-toe”, stay at least 2 arm lengths away)
Remove the Audience
Use a “Neutral Face”
This is the cell phone & earbud use policy for staff.
Active Supervision & Engagement: Staff should be engaged in activities with campers at all times. Phones should not be used in front of campers except for approved, camp-related activities. Acceptable use of cell phones include:
For Counselors: Checking time to assure effective and timely transitions.
For Specialists/Unit Heads: May have a programmatically or role-relevant reason to use their phone (i.e. playing music, transportation coordination, communication w/ camp leadership).
To the best of their ability, staff are expected to not have their phone out around kids.
What is...
Staff must be able to hear emergency signals, camper distress calls, and verbal instructions from leadership at all times.
Camp is a social environment. Earbuds signal to campers and parents that a staff member is "unavailable" or "tuned out," which contradicts our mission of building community.
Lead us in a group clap or cheer.
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This is the deepest part of any Ocean.
Marianas Trench, more specifically the Challenger Deep, 10.9k meters deep (Week 2 Deep Sea Dress Up Day)
These are the different types of hazards.
What are Environmental, Physical, Behavioral/Social, Biological?
These are examples of Escalation Prevention strategies.
Non-Verbal Cues: If you are shouting, you’ve already lost. Establish non-verbal communication such as “Quiet Coyote”, use “The Look”, and Proximity Control.
Positive Narration: Catch kids doing good things
The Sidebar: While the group is busy with a task, lean down and have a 10 second private chat with a camper
The Choice: Give them a sense of control. “You can either sit in the circle or sit on the bench for 2 minutes before joining us”
The Hard Stop: If energy gets dangerously high, Freeze Game, Reset (Don’t lecture, “The energy is a 10, I need a 4. Let’s take 3 breaths together.”), Transition to new activity
Staff are expected to wear these/have these with them daily (2 things)
Staff shirt, staff badge
These are the pick up locations for all groups.
Kindergarten-2nd Grade: Families enter from 19th Ave, use the traffic circle starting at 4:00pm.
3rd Grade-8th Grade: Families enter from the back gate starting at 4:00pm.
After Care Pickup: Families enter from 19th Ave, park, and enter the building to sign out.
Name of the first lunar mission vessel.
What is Apollo 11 aka Eagle? (Week 5, Outer Space Dress Up Day)
This type of injury always requires a call home.
What are Head injuries
Instead of a punitive system (using punishment) for problematic or unsafe behaviors, Camp Firedragon will use this
Restorative Practices
These are all the breaks staff are entitled to.
What are:
30 minute lunch break (unpaid)
Two 10 minute breaks (paid)
What are the 4 Ps of Game Facilitation?
Pre-game
Practice
Play
Postgame
Name 5 California professional sports teams that ARE NOT the San Francisco Giants
Week 7, Sports Dress Up Day
Name the 3 evacuation locations
1. Back Playground
2. Junipero Serra Playground Park Basketball Court
3. Lakeside Landing
Give examples of the following:
-Positive Reinforcement
-Negative Punishment
What is....
Positive Reinforcement: Adding something good (e.g., getting a high-five for sharing).
Negative Reinforcement: Removing something bad (e.g., stopping a loud, annoying buzzer when you buckle your seatbelt, remove a chore for good work).
Positive Punishment: Adding something unpleasant (e.g., getting a verbal reprimand for running).
Negative Punishment: Taking away something good (e.g., losing five minutes of recess for hitting).
What is the number one rule of drive thru?
BE ON TIME
Explain the process for using a public restroom on a field trip
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This is the origin of Halloween (hint: 2000 year old festival)
What is Samhain (Week 8, Halloween in August)