Teen Leadership Program

The teen leadership program will focus on leadership development and preparing teens to become leaders in our camp and in their communities.

• Open to teen campers who have completed the 9th, 10th, or 11th grades.
• Teen leaders must attend training offered week #1, June 27th thru July 2nd, 2010.

Responsible to:  The TL Coordinator and supervising senior staff.

Responsibilities:

1. Assist Senior Staff members in supervising cabin during rest hour, evening program, and meals.
2. Assist Senior Staff during activity periods.  Teen leader members may be required to obtain supplies, help campers with activity, and clean area when activity has finished.
3. Participate in leadership training workshops.
4. Participate in overnight campouts with assigned cabin.  It is his/her responsibility to walk to overnight sights with supplies, bring supplies to main camp when finished, and clean all supplies for use the following week.
5. Responsible for table setup for breakfast.
6. Required to act in a responsible manner, be a role model for campers, refrain from using profanity, and to notify Senior Staff members or Administration if any inappropriate activity is occurring.

Teen leaders help their assigned cabin counselor with the campers:

1. Accompany the camper to the nurse.
2. Help keep the cabin group together when they are moving about the camp.
3. Help campers get up in the morning.
4. Help campers who need extra attention.
5. Help with homesick campers.
6. May need to escort younger campers to the bathhouse at night.
7. Is still considered a camper.

Sunday responsibilities:

1. Help campers find their cabins.
2. Take cabin groups around to sign up for weekly activities.
3. Help cabin group create a skit for evening program.

During the day responsibilities:

1. May lead their campers in songs before meals.
2. Assist with supervision at meals.

Experienced teen leaders entering the 12th grade may qualify by Camp Director appointment to become Counselors-In-Training (CIT).  CITs must attend staff training week plus all camp sessions.  A "Staff Employment Application" must be submitted to the Camp Director.  For further information, contact Heather Logee at wt4hcampdir@earthlink.net.

A downloadable version of the TL Application forms are HERE.
You may also contact the Camp Registrar at
860-974-3379 or windham4h@earthlink.net.

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