Archive for March, 2010

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Life/Skills Career Journal

Many of you will be working at camp this summer as a camp counselor.  Consider your opportunities and how to maximize those opportunities well beyond the summer months.  I would like to ask you to consider keeping a Life/Skills Career Journal this summer.  Many of the  skills and competencies that you will use this summer will [...]

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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Can’t skip ages and stage of development

I was a keynote for the Parenting Publications of America’s conference early this March.  I was sharing with them many of the messages I share with you when I post on this blog.  I picked up again on my theme about the Field Guide for Preserving Childhood.  I posed the question, “Does additional institutionalized education [...]

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

100 Years - Now or Tomorrow

We created a 7 minute video about ACA’s 100th anniversary.  You simply cannot capture 100 years in a 7 minute video.  It is a snapshot - an index that precedes many chapters.  An index that attempts to capture the enormous heart of ACA.
Yet, there are many faces, voices, and experiences we did not capture.  Many [...]

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