CIT camp, or Counselor In Training camp, is aimed toward young teens ages 13 through 17, who want to learn leadership skills to allow them job opportunities as counselors in summer camps or who want to become more active leaders in their communities. These leadership camps teach teens not only vital leadership skills, but also how to be more responsible, how to guide and encourage children without pressure as well as basic safety and first aid skills. By the end of any of the CIT camps, campers will be armed with the necessary prerequisites to apply as a full counselor to any of the many summer camps.

Levels of Expertise: Campers come to CIT camp with a variety of leadership experiences or none at all. Each camper will finish camp armed with the experience they need to be successful leaders.

Highlights: Many CIT camps offer the teen campers a chance to work hands-on with younger, neighboring campers, as they assist the full-fledged counselors in a kind of on-site training.

Learning Skills: CIT campers will learn how to work with children, how to plan activities, coworker relations, how to deal with difficult children and many other vital skills a camp counselor needs.