LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR TEENS IN GRADES 7 - 9 Is your ‘teen’ ready to explore some leadership development opportunities and grow as a young leader, developing their skill sets along the way? Our 3-Tier Leadership Development Program will surely take your teen’s interest and passion around self-development and ‘making a difference' to the next level! Our leadership development programs are a great opportunity for them to learn a combination of leadership and facilitation skills all while making new friends and strengthening the existing bonds between other familiar faces and staff alike. SUMMER 2025 PROGRAM DATES & RATES TBA: Pathfinder & Trailblazer - Co-ed Leadership Development programs Teens going into grade 7/8 (Sept 2025) The Pathfinder & Trailblazer is a program for emerging leaders who wish to strengthen their leadership skills and experiences in participating in activities ‘with’ children, for those young leaders who are interested in growing their leadership skills and learning what it means to be a great leader and someone to look up to. This program will allow young leaders to still participate as a 'camper', participating in all the camp activities that they know and love as well as develop relationships with campers that will have a tremendous impact on their lives & make new friends! This is the 1st and 2nd tier of our 3-tier leadership development program and the roles as a Pathfinder & Trailblazer camper will allow these individuals the opportunity to participate for half of their day in the traditional camp activities such as archery, team initiatives, orienteering, water sports etc. with a ‘leadership twist’ on how to facilitate, look for opportunities to create lasting impacts with campers as well as develop a sense of ‘risk management’ to keep our younger campers safe during camp activities. The other half of their day will place them with a Camp Counsellor who will guide them throughout the morning/afternoon and provide them with tips and helpful hints on how to be an influential leader when participating with younger campers. All of our leadership programs will be directly supervised by a ‘Leadership Director’ who will observe their ‘experiential’ involvement with their cabin groups to provide feedback to assist in their leadership growth. Our Leadership Director will also run our leaders through a workshop each week which will also compliment their leadership development here at camp helping them to grow into the best versions of themselves. LIT (Leader In Training) Program: Teens going into grade 9 (Sept 2025) The Leader-In-Training (LIT) program is a leadership development program in which budding leaders have the opportunity to employ the leadership skills they have developed through the camp/leadership programs, and specific LIT workshops. Each Week LITs are paired with a cabin group leader and are given the opportunity to ‘learn through example’ from that leader. LITs also receive group and one-on-one training from their Leadership Director to assist in their continued growth throughout the program. Each morning will begin with a ‘family meeting’ with their LIT Director and then with their cabin group leader to discuss the day ahead and plan for ‘initiative opportunities’ for our LITs to take on when they feel ready. The absolute best way to learn and grow as a young leader is to learn by ‘doing’ and through the experiential guidance they will receive as LITs they will grow in leaps and bounds! Leadership campers (LITs) who show a keen interest in working with their peers and younger children are encouraged to apply to become ‘leaders in training’. LITs are encouraged to participate in a min. of 3 separate weeks throughout the ‘calendar year’ as we believe that by the 3rd week, they really get a great sense of what it might feel like to be a cabin group leader. *LITs who complete the program (3 weeks min) may have the opportunity to earn their position on our Camp staff team as a ‘Cabin Counsellor’ where they will have their very own ‘cabin group’ of children to guide and nourish throughout their specific program for the following school year/summer.