Leaders Assembly 2018

During this interactive workshop, you will examine the connections between Judaism, body image, eating disorders, mental health, recovery, and social identity. You will explore how creating body positive dialogue and creative content at camp can offer healing, restoration, and support. The session will include a brief poetry performance, a group discussion around body image and body culture at camp, a writing workshop, and discussion on how to bring these concepts and programming to camp for lasting and sustainable empowerment of change.

Most if not all camps have programs that we run just because they did previously, and often because our campers and staff are expecting these programs again. As the tradition grows, most campers rarely know why we do certain things. What were the original goals? Were the participants expected to learn something? Were they expected to grow in some way?
We have found that helping our staff determine their personal values within our Camp values context, has positively impacted our summer program. Staff infusing values into their programs has elevated the impact on our campers. Everything matters when programming, from identifying the conflict inherent in the values, to methodology and use of physical space. In this interactive session we will explore a different way of approaching programs by starting with the underlying values and highlighting the conflicts in those values that spark growth.

Interested in team building with your staff and campers? But do you have space limitations and or a limited budget? Is your mission to teach positive communication behaviors and listening skills? Do you want to enhance your leadership, problem solving skills and abilities to lead staff and campers? If so, then this workshop is for you. Learn a wide variety of education, versatile, low-cost team building activities that you can use almost anywhere. The activities taught, are suitable for groups of 10-25 participants, middle school age and older. Necessary props will be easy to find or can be made with accessible resources. All facilitation experience levels are welcome – there will be something new for everyone.

Are you a leader and or a teacher? Do you engage in processing discussions with your groups to help them learn? Do you find yourself helping others through conflict? Are you good at asking questions, but want to get better? In this processing workshop, you will have the opportunity to work through and learn the Open to Outcome model of questioning. With a progression of just five questions, you can build empathy within diverse groups, help them open up and listen to each other, get them to consider the “other” point of view, and be willing to change behaviors that will enhance their positive interactions with each other. The Open to Outcome model is easy to learn and implement and can be used with groups of all ages. All leadership and facilitation ability levels are welcome to join.