How can I meet the staff-to-camper ratios when Im required to give my staff two hours off every day, as well as have staff meetings in the middle of a camp session? Do I have to hire extra staff?
You shouldn’t have to hire extra staff for this if you have enough staff to meet the ratios for the majority of the day. HR-9 part B asks for any exceptions to the general ratios that may occur during segments of the day. Use your creativity to balance the staff time off with the need for camper supervision. You may need to vary some of the time-off schedules to ensure appropriate supervision at all times. During staff meetings, you may need to assign some staff to supervise CITs leading the campers in singing, and then catch them up later. The point of this part of the standard is that you think through what some of these situations might be, then write down the policies! You may choose to make no exceptions to your ratios.
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