Summer Practicum

I am so excited for this summer. I will be taking my SPMT 241 credit with a summer camp I was able to work with last year. International Sports Training Camp is a beautiful, state of the art, sports training camp in the heart of the Pocono Mountains. I was able to attend for a week when I was younger, and my dream since was to be able to work there. I was given the opportunity to do so last summer, and honestly, I haven't stopped thinking about it since. I invited to come back shortly after the summer ended, and it ends up being a great deal because I will be able to complete my practicum credit with them as well. Every week, we greet around 300 kids to the camp, where they not only get to play all the sports they can imagine but create lifelong friends and learn life skills for post camp. It was definitely the best 12 weeks of my life, and I am honored to be able to enjoy it once more this summer. The difference between last summer and this summer, is that COVID as almost completely gone away, which means we are able to invite back multiple staff members from around the world. Last summer we only had about 10 international staff, this summer ISTC has hired over 100 international staff. Because I will be a retuning staff member I hope to engage in more leadership positions and get more experience in the recreation and event planning areas. This will be a summer to remember, and hopefully in a couple years I will be able to do it all over again.