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PIERCE COUNTRY DAY CAMP

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• Organization description

• Source of official student records

• Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

• Descriptions and credit recommendations

Pierce Country Day Camp, created in 1918, is now in its third generation of operation by the Pierce family. Located in Roslyn, New York on a 27 acre site, Pierce Country Day Camp runs a diversified recreational program for children aged three through thirteen. The camp emphasizes a nurturing, non-competitive atmosphere that encourages exploration and feelings of accomplishment.

The central goal of the Pierce Country Day Camp is to provide children with the safest, happiest and healthiest summer camp “core experience” possible. The “core experience” has as its objective the positive physical, emotional and social development of all campers. Physically, the commitment is to have children leave a summer at Pierce with improved athletic skills in all areas. Emotionally, the approach is based on the principle that positive emotional growth results from a camper’s feelings of success, from feelings of accomplishment and self worth. Activities include aquatics in five pools, aerobics, music, archery, boating, arts and crafts, basketball, rollerblading clinics, soccer, dance, tennis, horseback riding, theater arts, and a new waterworld complex.

Source of official student records: Director, Pierce Country Day Camp, 37 Mineola Avenue, Roslyn, New York 11576.

Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

Working with Children in Recreational Settings

Descriptions and credit recommendations

Working with Children in Recreational Settings
Location: Pierce Country Day Camp, Mineola Avenue, Roslyn, NY.
Length: 320 hours of supervised field experience (8 weeks); in addition, 15 hours of initial classroom orientation, lectures, and workshops; and 8 hours of seminars with course instructors.
Dates: June 2000 - Present.
Objectives: Practice active listening skills with campers, co-workers, and supervising staff; identify the specific needs and abilities of children in groups; adjust strategy for instruction and supervision based on the needs of the members of the group; promote sportsmanship and cooperation; promote self-esteem in children; recognize and manage risks in recreational activities.
Instruction: Participants in this program work as counselors in a summer recreation program under the direct supervision of professionally qualified staff. In addition to working with children on a daily basis, students attend lectures by course instructors and meet in groups with facilitators from the recreation program’s professional staff to discuss assigned readings and their application to their experiences as counselors. They also write reports in which they analyze and evaluate their experiences in relation to the assigned readings. The learning experience emphasizes the following areas: proper supervision of campers; active listening skills; strategies in dealing with children; developing capable campers; group dynamics; social and emotional needs of campers; identifying child abuse and neglect; disciplining with dignity; the functions of play; sports and young children; risk management.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/ associate degree category, or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 4 semester hours in Camp Counseling, Outdoor Recreation, Group Dynamics; or 4 semester hours as an elective in Education, Physical Education, Recreation, or Educational Psychology; or 4 semester hours as Community Service; or 4 semester hours as a general elective (6/00) (10/05 revalidation).

Updated 11/21/05

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