Just as Yitro taught Moses about leadership, FJC’s Yitro Leadership Program, generously supported by the AVI CHAI Foundation, will help to train the next generation of camp leaders to build vibrant and intentional camp communities.
FJC will build upon the success of the first Yitro cohort (2008-2010) to provide training for a second cohort of up to 20 Jewish camp assistant and associate directors from a diverse cross section of resident Jewish summer camps. Over the course of 19 months, participants will convene for five sessions for a total of 19 days of intensive training. Using experts and recognized leaders from various disciplines, the program will challenge the fellows to widen their lens of Jewish leadership in order to enhance the staff culture and experience at their home camps in order to improve the product of Jewish summer camp. Furthermore, the Yitro Leadership Program will build a network of camp assistant and associate directors who will support one another in becoming Jewish leaders and educators.
The curriculum will be constructed upon concrete organizational principles based upon the assistant director’s role and responsibilities at camp such as staff management, assessing and creating change in communities, group facilitation, delivering and receiving feedback, staff morale, facilitating meetings, strategies for behavior intervention, problem analysis and resolution, and mission-based decision making.
Applications are now available (please see link below) and must be received no later than 12 pm EST on October 31, 2011. Upon receipt of your application, an interview will also be scheduled. Candidates will be notified in mid-February of 2012.
Questions? Please contact Rebecca Leibowitz, Program Manager, at rebecca@jewishcamp.org.
Yitro Leadership Program Information
Yitro II Application
