Describe the ideal summer camp counselor. In what ways do you meet this ideal, and how can you improve? *
The ideal summer camp counselor is enthusiastic, inclusive, caring, and fun. I am enthusiastic by getting campers excited about activities, especially when a camper is not looking forward to a particular activity. I am inclusive by helping the campers include everyone in the bunk. I help the shy campers make friends. I engage all of my campers in conversations, not just the girls that start the conversation with their counselor, and I do not pick favorites. I am caring by willing to take a walk to chat one-on-one with a camper who is having a bad day. I am a fun camp counselor by planning and executing great bounding activities that everyone enjoys. I can improve by leading group games for the whole bunk more often, as every other day.
Describe what relevant experience you have had outside of summer camp that has prepared you to be a counselor in the Trainee Program, and explain how. *
Taking on leadership roles in my sorority has helped prepare me to be a Trainee counselor. I …show more content…
A fixed mindset likes to avoid challenges, give up easily on obstacles, not put forth effort, and ignore useful negative feedback. A growth mindset likes to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, always puts forth effort, and learn from criticism. In the discussion, Trainees will talk about an experience having to do with their mindset and how a situation could be different by having a growth mindset. I have chosen this because having a growth mindset is very important to be able to develop as a person. As it is not easy to learn how to be a camp counselor, the trainees would learn that in order to do their best in their department and little bunk, they have to learn from their evaluations and be able to overcome
The ideal summer camp counselor is enthusiastic, inclusive, caring, and fun. I am enthusiastic by getting campers excited about activities, especially when a camper is not looking forward to a particular activity. I am inclusive by helping the campers include everyone in the bunk. I help the shy campers make friends. I engage all of my campers in conversations, not just the girls that start the conversation with their counselor, and I do not pick favorites. I am caring by willing to take a walk to chat one-on-one with a camper who is having a bad day. I am a fun camp counselor by planning and executing great bounding activities that everyone enjoys. I can improve by leading group games for the whole bunk more often, as every other day.
Describe what relevant experience you have had outside of summer camp that has prepared you to be a counselor in the Trainee Program, and explain how. *
Taking on leadership roles in my sorority has helped prepare me to be a Trainee counselor. I …show more content…
A fixed mindset likes to avoid challenges, give up easily on obstacles, not put forth effort, and ignore useful negative feedback. A growth mindset likes to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, always puts forth effort, and learn from criticism. In the discussion, Trainees will talk about an experience having to do with their mindset and how a situation could be different by having a growth mindset. I have chosen this because having a growth mindset is very important to be able to develop as a person. As it is not easy to learn how to be a camp counselor, the trainees would learn that in order to do their best in their department and little bunk, they have to learn from their evaluations and be able to overcome