Teen Leadership Camp
The BEST gift you can give your teenager is SELF-CONFIDENCE!
You can’t be there all the time. Give your teen the skills to be a LEADER!
Download and complete your registration forms today!Camp Taiwan’s two-week teen leadership camp is designed using traditional, proven methods to develop teens into responsible young adults. Character development is highlighted in the program because of the interrelatedness of the ecosystem and human character qualities in outdoor recreational activities. Using Camp’s unique setting and facilities, the leadership training culminates in the popular three-day camping expedition. The young leaders plan and lead the expedition with guidance from Camp Taiwan Staff.
This special camp combines Camp Taiwan’s core activities – ideally suited to teamwork — with daily leadership workshops. During camp, young leaders are instructed in how to give and receive feedback and encouraged to share personal reflections. Best of all, though … the camp is FUN!
Camp Taiwan Core Skill Activities
Our two-week program includes skills training in the following adventure/sport activities:
- Rock climbing and belaying
- High ropes course training
- River tracing
- Archery
- Kayaking
- Orienteering
- Expedition planning/cooking/packing
- Hiking
- Camping
We call these our “core activities” because they are the heart and soul of Camp Taiwan. Each activity is taught to international standards and entirely in English. They are dependent on teamwork, critical thinking and clear purpose, and therefore are the perfect complement to our Teen Leadership Camp.
Leadership Workshops
Each day of camp features a leadership workshop. The workshops cover:
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Peer Pressure
- Risk Taking
- Citizenship
- Trust
Our counselors lead the campers through a series of hands-on activities and initiatives –each presenting a problem that campers must solve. Groups need to think and act critically using a variety of leadership skills they have learned throughout camp. The activities pose real challenges and do not always offer a clear solution. Counselors guide the group and debrief the teams at the end of each workshop. This is the point where the real learning takes place as campers evaluate how they performed and how the leadership skills they are learning are applied in daily life.
Week One
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 | Rising Bell | Pack up camp | Rising Bell | |||
| 7:30 | Breakfast Bell | Leave no trace debrief | Breakfast Bell | |||
| 8:30 | Buses leave Taipei | Cabin Clean Up | ||||
| 9:15 | Check-in | Assembly | ||||
| 9:30 | Counselor Welcome | Skills Activity 2 | Skills Activity 4 | Skills Activity 6 | River Tracing | Kayaking |
| 11:30 | Debrief | |||||
| 12:00 | Lunch | Lunch on Beach | ||||
| 1:00 | Rest time and make beds | Rest time and mail | Prepare for Climbing Falls | Kayaking | ||
| 2:00 | Full Value Contract | Leadership Workshop | Climb Falls, then hike back to camp | Kayaking | ||
| 3:30 | Skills Activity 1 | Skills Activity 3 | Skills Activity 5 | Wide Game | Kayaking, return to camp | |
| 5:30 | Showers | |||||
| 6:30 | Dinner then debrief | |||||
| 7:30 | Opening Campfire | Night Game | Night Hike | Night Game | Puzzlers | Movie Night |
| 9:00 | Prepare for Bed, Journal Writing, Quiet Time with Counselor | |||||
| 10:00 | Lights Out | Stargazing | Lights Out | |||
Week Two
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 | Rising Bell | |||||
| 7:30 | Breakfast Bell | Breakfast Prep | Breakfast Bell | |||
| 8:30 | Cabin Clean Up | Lunch / day hike prep | Decamp, hike back to camp | Cabin Clean Up | ||
| 9:15 | Assembly | Depart | Assembly | |||
| 9:30 | Shelter Building Workshop | Hike out of Camp to Luguping Trail | Hike to Sulfur Mouth Mountain | Free Choice Activity | Free Choice Activity / Documentary | |
| 11:30 | Expedition cooking workshop | Return to Camp | VIdeo Story Boarding | Wide Game | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 | Rest time and mail | Hike to Meadows | Lunch | Unpack | Rest time and mail | Pack |
| 2:00 | Expedition Prep | Hike | Peak Debrief, Hike Down | Clean and Sort Equiptment | Free Choice Activity / Documentary | Final Debrief / Journal, Documentary |
| 3:30 | Expedition Packing | Set up camp, divide into teams | Hike – return to base camp by 4pm | Showers then rest time | Leader Workshop | Buses Leave |
| 5:30 | Showers | Dinner Prep | Debrief | Showers | ||
| 6:00 | Dinner then Debrief | Dinner / Murder Mystery | Dinner then Debrief | |||
| 7:30 | Clean Up, Showers then Debrief | Leadership activities and Debrief | Evening Activities and Debrief | Murder Mystery | Closing Campfire | |
| 9:00 | Prepare for Bed, Journal Writing, Quiet Time with Counselor | |||||
| 9:30 | Lights Out | |||||