Leadership Programs

Our leadership programs provide life skills, resume-building experiences, and have proven to develop strong leaders. Participants gain valuable leadership experience in preparation for a variety of employment opportunities, including working at Circle R Ranch. Circle R’s leadership programs are designed to assist participants in the preparation to successfully manage many of life’s challenges. Our programs emphasize team building, communication, critical thinking, and personal growth.

Goals 

• Provide a space where participants are inspired to explore who they are and who they want to be, not just as a leader, but as a person.
• Explore personal values and relationship to intentional actions.
• Inquire about leadership theory and put into practice.
• Develop areas such as responsibility, awareness, compassion, empathy, and more.
• Design and implement recreation programs
• Discover strategies for working with emotions in order to have resilient attitudes.
• Build connection with each other, themselves as individuals, and the natural world around them.
• Have fun!

For participants completed Grade 9 by summer, 2 week overnight program
Start Date: July 4, 2021
End Date: July 16, 2021

Highlights:

• Open and accepting environment allows participants to explore who they are and who they want to be.
• Leadership sessions introduce topics such as problem solving, inclusion, stress management, personality, trust, motivation, empathy, communication, ethics, values, and more.
• All core camp activities including western riding, archery, boating, swimming, gardening, crafts, team-building, string games, nature connection activities, and much more.
• LAP campers work together to take care of the farm animals morning and evening (goats, pig, sheep, and chickens)
• Overnight on-site
• Shadow Day: campers spend time shadowing a group as assistant counselor

Leaders in Training (LIT)

LIT Sample Schedule (based on pre-COVID)

For participants completed Grade 10 by summer 2020, 2 week overnight program
Start Date: July 18, 2021
End Date: July 30, 2021

Highlights:

• Open and accepting environment allows participants to explore who they are and who they want to be.
• LIT sessions cover topics like behavior management, group dynamics, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and much more.
• Shadow each LIT “shadows” a counselor.
• All core camp activities including western riding, archery, boating, swimming, gardening, crafts, team-building, string games, nature connection activities, and more. In addition, time during these activities is spent teaching campers how to instruct these skills that they would need to know as staff.
• Overnight on-site
• Shadow Day: campers spend time shadowing a group as assistant counselor
• Day time activities spent mostly with LIT group and evening time includes riding and activities with the rest of camp like wide games and campfires.