Program Design

Summary: Starting a new youth writing camp at your site? Looking to infuse new ideas, writing activities, or approaches in your existing youth programs? Looking for creative and innovative ways in which other sites are using “out-of-school” spaces to engage young writers? If so, then this collection of youth camp resources could be a “go-to” resource.  In this collection you will find help with getting started (program overviews and orientation agendas), planning (camp outlines and descriptions), recruiting (invitations to TCs and potential partners), advertising (flyers and registrations), and successfully running (agendas, lessons, protocols) your youth program. Browse through the materials for an overview of possibilities or dig deeply into the collection for an in-depth look at what it takes to develop and host successful programs for young writers.

Download “Youth Camp Director To-Do List” (Greater Madison Writing Project)	Download “Letter to Potential Youth Writing Camp Collaborator/Funder” (Hudson Valley Writing Project)	Download “Youth Camp Orientation Agenda” (Hudson Valley Writing Project)
Download “Recruitment Letter to Teachers” (Greater Madison Writing Project)	Download “Camp Calendar for Facilitators” (Greater Madison Writing Project)	Download “Youth Camp Curriculum” (Central Connecticut Student Writing Project)
Download “Young Writers Camp Outline/Schedule”	Download “5th-6th Grade Young Writers Camp Outline”	Download “Writing Our Lives Camp Promotional Program” (CWP-Fairfield Writing Project)

Related Resources

• Planning for Young Writers Camps
• The Ubuntu Academy: An Immigrant and Refugee Youth Writing Camp
• Youth Camp Flyers

Original Source: Greater Madison Writing Project, Hudson Valley Writing Project, Central Connecticut Student Writing Project, CWP-Fairfield Writing Project