Summer Camp

A Blue Ridge Council camp staff member is a member of a team that is responsible for creating and guiding a program that provides opportunities for scouts to learn skills, earn associated merit badges, and participate in open programs which expose them to new experiences.

Area Directors (ADs) provide the first level of management at camp to the team. They are responsible for an Area of Specialty at camp and have several Specialists working for them who teach skills and merit badges.

Instructors act as Merit Badge Counselors and they provide direct teaching to scouts. They are responsible for mastering their course materials and creating a dynamic program for every class they are assigned. All Instructors report to an Area Director.

At Camp Old Indian these Areas are:
Aquatics, Handicraft, Ecology, Scoutcraft, Shooting Sports, First Year Camper, and Aquatics.

Job responsibilities include:

• Provide the Ultimate Camper Experience
• Protect the safety of the Scouts in their area
• Identify opportunities to responsibly enhance the program
• Properly keep all scout advancement data and enter daily into the computerized system
• Keep and help enforce the policies of the Camp to both campers and staff
• Master the content for your assigned Merit Badges
• Develop and deliver to a class of scouts a fun and engaging course curriculum
• Develop their own syllabus for multiple merit badges to complete as many Merit Badge requirements as feasible during their camper session

In addition, Area Directors are responsible to:

• Provide Leadership to the staff under them
• Ensure Instructors develop and implement a quality skills/Merit Badge program
• Help develop and execute a written lesson plan for the successful completion of the assigned merit badge program
• Manage the physical resources of their area
• Keep all equipment in working order
• Repair broken equipment
• Notify Program Director of needs to repair or replace
• Report to the Program Director