BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
Gateway Summer Camp Our staff, while discouraging inappropriate behaviors, focuses on providing positive reinforcement for acceptable behavior, and encourages learning as a natural part of growth and development. We want each camper to have a positive experience at camp, and to experience as much as the camp session as possible.
We use a color chart to promote good behavior and for children to work toward receiving an incentive at the end of each week. Children start out on yellow each week and move to green by displaying good behavior. All children ending the week on green will participate in the end of the week incentive.
Accordingly, the following actions will be taken when addressing behavior that is unacceptable in a camp environment and their color will be moved by following the system below. Camp staff has the discretion to skip colors and move straight to purple or red based of the severity of the offense.
1. Reminder/Correction. “Please ask before….” (Yellow)
2. Verbal Warning. Counselors will be sure the camper understands why they are receiving a warning. Parents may be notified via the ABC log. (Yellow)
3. Timeout from their group/activity. Timeout length is equal to the camper’s age (a 6 year old will sit in timeout for 6 minutes). Parents are notified via the ABC log. (Orange)
4. Timeout with the Camp Supervisor or Camp Director. Incident is documented and parents are notified via phone. (Purple)
5. Camper is sent home for the remainder of the day. Parents will be notified and required to pick up their child immediately. (Red)
6. Camper is sent home for the remainder of the week. If a camper returns to camp, and the problem persists, they will be sent home for the rest of the week with no refund. (Red)
7. If a child is sent home for the week twice during the camp season, they will be removed from camp for the remainder of the season with no refund.
8. Fighting will not be tolerated! Children will be removed immediately for fighting and will be asked not to return. The safety of students and staff are our number once concern.
*Camp Director has the discretion to suspend/expel participant depending on the severity of the offense at any level.
Acknowledgement Form Behavior Management
I have read the rules, regulations and behavior management to my child. My child understands that they must follow these rules and strictly adhere to the policies to help make camp a safe program for everyone.