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Can you swear or make racial or discriminatory comments at camp?
No depending on the situation you will have a discussion with a counsellor or Kaitlyn or you will be ask to go home and not return
What should you do upon arriving at Camp?
Arrive 5-10 minutes early, sign in, drop off bags in staff room
What should be worn in order to promote sun safety
A hat and sunscreen
What does supervising children look like?
You should be engaging and around children at all times. If you notice that you are around a lot of red or yellow shirts you should move to an area that has less leaders because the campers there are not being properly supervised
What do you wear at camp? at the pool?
Uniform shirt, appropriate bottoms and shoes
Girls - one piece or bikini
Boys - swim trunks
Kaitlyn asks you to take two campers to swimming lessons. What should you do?
Have campers put on their bathing suits 10 minutes before you need to leave. Make sure they have their cloths to change into and towels. Bring camp phone. walk to pool stay until both campers are done swimming than walk back. Make sure you have all the campers and they have all their belongings
How often should you apply sunscreen?
Every time we go outside we reapply sunscreen and after we swim or play water games.
Cellphones
You should not be on your cellphone! if you need to check you phone you may during snack or lunch or if you need to make a call let a counsellor know and move away from the campers.
snapchat, instagram and facebook should not be open at camp
When are vehicles used at camp?
Never. You should never have a reason to be in a vehicle at camp.
Camp is at the park and so are your friends. What should you do?
You should not hang out with them. You are with camp it is your job to engage and supervise them. You may say hello but you are at your job.
A heat warning as been announced and your activity is an outdoor game. What do you do?
Adapt the game to be plan inside, if you need help you can talk to a counsellor and they will help you adapt your game or brain storm ideas.
You should have a back up plan in case your original activity does not work
Taking pictures of campers
you should not be taking pictures of campers, counsellors know which campers can and cannot have their picture taken so they can take pictures. Campers should not end up on your social media!
Confidentiality look like?
We cannot reveal the names of campers. You should never discuss campers private information with parents, friends, other CIT's or counsellors, or members of the community
How do we ensure all the campers are with us when we leave camp?
Where should leaders be in the line?
What should be left on the door?
role call, and random head counts
spread out, one leading and one caboose
a note letting parents know where camp is
What do we do if a camper doesn't have sunscreen?
use the camp sunscreen and tell parents at the end of the day that their child did not have any sunscreen
Clean up is an important part of our role at camp. When do you think it is a good time to assist counsellors with clean up?
If you notice that a counsellor is cleaning up you can always offer to help (assisting with clean up is on your evaluation form)
You are responsible to clean up after your activity/craft
If a counsellor asks for your assistance you should help them. However Counsellors are not suppose to give CIT's all their jobs so if you feel all you are doing is clean up please bring it up with that counsellor or mention it to Kaitlyn