On May 17th, I got the opportunity to co-run a leadership training for our team of 2019 summer camp staff and volunteers. Though as this year's summer camp director, this was well within my job description, I was ecstatic. I have been wanting to run a leadership training since the moment I became an instructor at Alpha Martial Arts, having spent years in the leadership program myself as a child, from the moment I was eligible at age eight until I was hired at fifteen. My coworker and I poured hours into this training, crafting a descriptive lesson plan (included below) based upon previous camp trainings we've watched our boss run, and ensuring we had everything we needed for this event to run smoothly. Though initially worried about how well we'd gotten the word out, I was delighted by how many staff and volunteers attended. Our activities ran as smoothly as I could have hoped, from our talk-through of a typical camp day and what leadership roles might correspond, to our practical training on the floor, practicing teaching basic moves and reprimanding naughty 'campers' (acted out with far too much joy by volunteers from our team). I am pictured above (wearing my bright pink shirt, always one to stand out), talking the group through an activity on good-finding: purposefully trying to find things to compliment that a student does well amidst anything they might be doing wrong, as a method of building confidence. I am totally in my element here: comfortable despite the crowd, excited and passionate about the ideas I'm sharing. We have another camp training coming up in June, and already, I cannot wait for what it will entail.
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