Choosing camp instructors7thMay
I realized I could do something very important with today's blog. I want to better inform parents about how we choose the instructors responsible for the well being of their children. Here are some important things to know about the people we hire. The ones we all trust to protect and care for our kids.
Getting in is hard, nigh on impossible
Everyone, even people we already know well must interview with each person working with TrackersKIDS. This means everyone. The seal of approval can't just come from the boss or camp director. It has to come from much more. Every member of our team has to fervently believe and be convinced that the educator we are talking to is the right person to bring into the Trackers family. They even talk to my mom and father. Then we deliberate for a good long while. We err on the side of caution and we only take the absolute best of the best.
We pay well, very well
This point is critical. In the camp profession there is a high turnover rate of staff. Its challenging to make a career from it. The paltry salaries of the industry is not a real way to support a family. Thus many camp programs hire instructors right out of the proverbial college box. Trackers gives much of any potential "profit" to improve the pay scale because more mature, experienced and seasoned (see older) individuals are attracted by more financial stability. What may be assumed to be high end prices for our programs are really a true reflection of cultivating high quality and sustainable relationships. Our educators have already made a stellar reputation for themselves in the field before they work with Trackers and are often very well known in professional circles.
The big 3 of awareness
Intelligence, creativity and compassion are the values critical to the culture of Trackers. Common sense is no longer common in this world. We look for the rare individuals that still possess it. People who know what it means to put up a barn, birth a calf, fall a tree, fix a car, sail a boat and hold a deft awareness for the care of others both physically and emotionally. They are heroes on a mission to return brilliance to the world and they protect your children as their own family.
Hopefully this gives parents a better idea of our working standards and practices and how Trackers shapes relationships among our staff.
A couple of other key points...
-we do full fingerprinting and backgrounds checks for our instructors
-they fill out detailed site safety reports for the locations they visit as part of camp development and planning
-we have weekly driver safety trainings for all teachers of our summer mobile programs (every Wednesday)
Call or email Melissa Deis, Camp Director, with any more questions about our staff and camps: 503-680-1508 or melissa@trackersnw.com
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