Turnkey Camps for ELO-P: How STEMfinity Makes Summer Learning Effortless
Implementing a successful educational summer camp comes with a variety of challenges for ELO-P programs. Some of the most daunting of these challenges include finding exciting hands-on educational resources that students will engage with, and more importantly, making sure that those resources can be used effectively by your staff with little or no direction. Many summer camp programs do not have full-time staff, and sites often rely on volunteers that do not have a formal background in education. It is critical that ELO-P programs select appropriate resources that won’t intimidate or overwhelm their staff while balancing the need to provide exciting educational content to their students.
Fortunately, STEMfinity offers a large selection of turnkey summer camp solutions that are designed to meet the needs of ELO-P programs. When we say “turnkey” summer camp solutions, we really mean it! All of our turnkey summer camps come with an instructor guide, schedule, discussion topics, subject background information, standards alignment, and all of the materials needed to run a camp for up to 30 students. These turnkey packages are designed to remove all of the stress that comes with planning and running a summer camp so you can focus on having fun with your students - just open the box and follow the instructions!
Depending on the goals of your ELO-P program, there are turnkey packages that contain long-lasting durable materials like building bricks that pretty much last forever (BrickLab Brainbuilders Camp, for example), while other turnkey camps have consumable materials like construction paper that will need to be restocked once they have been used by students (Science of the Human Body Camp, for example). There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to selecting either of these, and the best choice is always going to be the one that makes the most sense for your ELO-P. STEMfinity offers refill packs for the turnkey summer camps, but you are also welcome to refill the consumable materials using a local source if that works better for your program.
While these turnkey summer camp packages are designed to be “plug-and-play”, there are many situations where programs need to adapt a camp to meet their unique schedule and circumstances, along with providing training to their staff to make them feel extra comfortable with their new materials. STEMfinity provides STEM 101 Professional Development training for ELO-P programs that want a custom implementation for their summer camp, as well as providing extra support for staff. Our team will send “Mr. Science” himself, Jason Lindsey, (or a Hooked On Science associate depending on the dates requested) to your site and conduct a full day training (up to 8 hours) for up to 30 educators. STEMfinity will customize the training to meet your ELO-P program's needs and get your educators prepared to successfully implement your brand new summer camp resources.
Are you ready to implement a turnkey summer camp program at your ELO-P program? We can’t wait to help you! The best way to get the process started is to use one of the links below:
