Yitro Leadership Program
Assistant and associate directors are the future of camp management. In this intensive training program, they learn how to build and sustain their camp communities.
The Yitro Leadership program focuses on the next generation of camp leadership: assistant and associate directors. Generously funded by the AVI CHAI Foundation, Yitro trains young leaders to build vibrant, intentional camp communities that are infused with Jewish values, ethics, culture, and spirit. The program supports our ongoing effort to bring top-level executive management practices to Jewish camp, and develop camp experiences that shape and secure children’s Jewish identity for the future.
Over the course of 19 months, participants convene for five intensive sessions led by experts and recognized leaders from various disciplines. We built the curriculum to address the unique role of assistant/associate directors and their main responsibilities, including 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.
FJC will build upon the success of the first Yitro cohort (2008-2010) and its 19 graduates to provide training for a second cohort of up to 20 Jewish camp assistant and associate directors from a diverse cross section of Jewish summer camps. The new cohort will be announced in spring 2012.
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