May 22, 2008
EXPO Center
John C. Argue Olympic Swim Stadium
3990 S. Menlo Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Driving Directions
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Interested in presenting a workshop?
Complete this form by April 1, 2008.

DOWNLOAD THE CONFERENCE BROCHURE HERE

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Administrative and program staff new to a supervisory role in camp.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Keynote Address, Martin LeBlanc
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Educational Sessions
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Keynote Address, Jennifer H. Selke, Ph.D.
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Educational Sessions
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
Schedule subject to change

PROGRAM
Keynote Address: “Reconnecting Children and Nature”
Based on Richard Louv’s book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Martin LeBlanc is the national youth education director for the Sierra Club, the largest and oldest conservation organization in the United States, where he oversees the Sierra Club’s conservation and public education work, including advocacy around youth education issues. A founding Board member of the Children and Nature Network, Martin is responsible for helping build youth leadership within the Leave No Child Inside Movement. Martin was himself a troubled youth who had his life turned around through an outdoor experience as a teenager. For the past 10 years, Martin has worked as an outdoor educator in Seattle, Washington, with at-risk youth and served as an outdoor-education and recreation advocate for Texas Parks and Wildlife in Austin, Texas. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from American University in Washington D.C. as well as an M.A. in Environmental Studies from Lancaster University in the U.K. Martin is a member of the North American Environmental Education Association’s Advocacy Committee; a member of the steering committee of the Environmental Education Association of Washington, and a trained facilitator of Project Wild and the Leopold Education Project. Martin believes that we “owe the next generation of American children a special place in nature so they can be empowered to solve the environmental challenges of the future.” Martin’s session will illustrate how to incorporate creative, nature-based activities in both rural and urban camp programs!

Keynote Address: “Transitioning to a Supervisory Role in Camp”
Jennifer H. Selke, Ph.D. is in her 18th year running summer recreation and after school programs. Currently the director of a large summer camp at U.C. Berkeley, Jennifer splits her time number of different ways. Her friends say, “She just seems to have more time in her day than the rest of us.” She is a summer camp director in the Recreational Sports Department and faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at U.C. Berkeley. Having received her Ph.D. From U.C. Berkeley in Educational Psychology, she is also a licensed educational psychologist part-time in a middle school and runs social skills groups at a private school for learning disable youth. Jennifer speaks at national conferences on teacher and staff training, youth development, and organizational management, supervision, and work culture. Her research interests include: job satisfaction and job tenure, brain based education and training, and the use of technology by adolescents and young adults. Learn from Jennifer what is takes to truly transition into a “supervisory role” in camp.

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Educational sessions include the role of a supervisor, budget planning, program planning, developing a staff training program, creating staff training manuals, managing an accreditation process, and fieldtrip safety and creativity!

REGISTER

Registration deadline is Monday, May 12, 2008.

REGISTER HERE

REFUND POLICY
No refunds for cancellations unless written request is postmarked by May 4, 2008; 50% of registration fee will be retained for processing. All payments must be received by event date.