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Nivonim Leadership Training Program 2013 ohbucb NIVONIM LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM In so many respects, the Nivonim experience is the culmination of one’s journey as a camper through the edot (divisions) here at Machaneh Ramah. But it is also the beginning of a new journey: that of one day coming back to camp as a member of our summer tzevet (staff). To that end, a key element of the Nivonim experience is the summer-long Nivonim Leadership Training Program. All of our Nivonimers will participate in the Leadership Training Program and will be considered Madrichim B’Nivonim (counselors that are Nivonimers) -- or MiNis for short. MiNis will be placed in one of the many Netivei Manhigut (Leadership Tracks) which will be led by our amazing tzevet (staff). We will dedicate several hours, each week, for training with our nativ (track) leaders, as well as time that each nativ will spend training “in the field.” We are very pleased to offer our Nivonimers eight different Netivei Manhigut (Leadership Tracks). Nivonimers will be able to sign up for one of the following tracks: Rikud (dance), Sports, Tech, Teva (nature/outdoors), Shira (song-leading/music), Camp Programming, Bunk Counseling, and Amitzim Bunk Counseling. Each track will be spearheaded by one member of our Nivonim staff (or another senior staff member from around camp), and each track offers exciting opportunities for the development of high-level skills and leadership experience in that particular area of specialization. Each track will offer opportunities for participants to spend time working with campers in younger edot over the course of the summer. Each track will help start our Nivonimers on the journey of transition from being a receiver of the Ramah experience to being a transmitter of that experience. We will be launching this Leadership Training Program with an intensive two-day workshop on June 27-28. We have invited a number of extraordinarily talented specialists to join us at camp for those two days to work with the participants in each of our leadership tracks. This workshop represents an exciting opportunity for our Nivonimers to get to know and learn from a variety of professionals working in their fields. In the pages that follow, you will find a description of each of our leadership tracks, including information on the structure of the program, what opportunities await the Nivonimers who select each track, bios of the visiting specialists, and more. We have also included bios and photos of our 2013 tzevet Nivonim (our staff of Nivonim counselors)! On the last page of the brochure, you will find a sign-up form. We ask that every Nivonimer mail or fax this form back to the Ramah winter office before June 3rd. We’ll see you soon, at camp!! Winter Office: 2 Commerce Way Norwood, MA 02062 ph: (781) 702-5290 fax: (781) 702-5239 Summer Office: 39 Bennett St. Palmer, MA 01069 ph: (413) 283-9771 fax: (413) 283-6661 www.campramahne.org www.ramahblog.org I. NATIV RIKUD (DANCE) II. NATIV SPORT Nativ Rikud is all about helping the ruach (spirit) Nativ Sport is perfect for anyone who plays sports, in camp thrive! Rikud is an important part of what loves sports, or just wants to try and learn how to be a makes Ramah so special, and participants in nativ coach and team leader! This summer, the nativ sport rikud will have the incredible opportunity to continue track will focus on running sport peulot (activities) for that tradition! Participants in this track will learn how Tzad Aleph edot, learning what it means to be a coach to teach and lead dances at camp, as well as experi- and how to lead a group of players, and playing sports ment with choreography. They will work alongside together and with other chanichim (campers). our tzevet rikud (dance staff), working with hanichim Particpants in this track will go through intensive (campers) in other edot, assist in coaching JV Berk- training in how to teach sports and how to coach a shires, and create other opportunities throughout the team. We’ll also have the opportunity to work as kayitz (summer) to fill camp withrikud and ruach, assistant coaches for JV Berkshires and help younger such as in the chadar ochel, during “mandatory fun Tzad Bet campers learn the skills of the game. time,” and during bechirot! Potential other projects include helping with the zimkudiyah, working with Visiting Specialist: Dorie Ain Ravick! other edot to learn the dances for their shabbatot, and working on the dance-related aspects of our Dorie Ain Ravick machazemer (play). Participants will have the is a proud Camp opportunity to leave their mark on camp by Ramah in New developing and teaching a brand-new Nivonim 2013 England alum, dance that will become a part of the camp tradition. having spent most of her summers Visiting Specialist: Rachel Arcus-Goldberg! from 1997-2005 in Palmer. After Rachel Arcus-Goldberg is the Associate Dean of Stu- many years as a dents at Gann Academy. Rachel camper, Dorie returned as a staff member for her is a long-time Ramahnik. She Junior Counselor summer but quickly found her was a member of Nivonim 1996, passion as a member of the Sports Staff. In the and she was on tzevet (staff) summer of 2005, Dorie was thrilled to serve as in 1998, 1999, and 2002-2004. Rosh Sport (and still proudly brags that this was the Rachel graduated from Brandeis summer that Palmer swept Berkshires!). While on University with a degree in sports staff, Dorie coached Girls JV and Varsity psychology, and she earned a Softball and enjoyed teaching campers of all ages the dual masters from Columbia/ fundamentals of sports and sportsmanship. The last JTS in social work and Jewish time Dorie was at camp was in 2009 for her Nivonim studies. She recently obtained 10 year reunion. Dorie currently lives in Gaithersburg, her LCSW (Licensed Certified MD and is the Assistant Director of College Guidance Social Worker) for the state of Massachusetts. Rachel at The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. She has has been teaching Israeli dancing for 20 years, work- worked for Hillel at The University of North Carolina ing with pre-school kids through adults. She was on at Chapel Hill and at The University of Maryland. tzevet rikud (dance staff) at Camp Ramah for two Dorie also has a background in higher education and summers, she teaches dance at Gann, and she has worked at The George Washington University Office danced with semi-professional dance troupes in of Undergraduate admissions for 4 ½ years. In her Boston, New York, and Jerusalem. She is thrilled to be free time, Dorie spends time with her husband, Jacob, back at Ramah for this program with edat ha-Nivonim! and their son Judah as well as their dog Gibbs. III. NATIV TECH IV. NATIV TEVA Participants in Nativ Tech will learn the fundamentals Participants in Nativ Teva will get to work with of how to set up a computer network and how to use younger campers, planning & running teva peulot basic security features for any home wireless network. (programs), helping to teach outdoors skills, and In addition, participants will get a chance to learn helping to run the Tzad Aleph overnights. In this how to set up sound and lighting systems. Since we track, we will be using nature and the camp’s teva all know that the best part is being able to see one’s (nature/outdoors) program to explore the different work actually pay off, participants in this track will meanings of leadership. We will learn how to get to utilize these skills while working with our tzevet create fun, meaningful programs with clear goals. tech (tech staff) running and operating this equipment We will work with the teva chug and develop skills during camp-wide events such as our plays, zimkudi- in teaching others about nature, the outdoors, and the yah, etc. Everyone in this track will have a chance to environment, through fun outdoor activities. learn skills in other areas as well, such as audio editing Participants should get excited for some great times (learning how to cut and edit existing songs, etc.). All outdoors working on a variety of exciting projects the skills learned in this track will be very useful for around camp! any intro tech position, whether in a future summer at Camp Ramah or in any other job position. Visiting Specialist: Visiting Specialist: Av Harris! Noah Slovin! Av Harris is a veteran of Camp Ramah in New England, having started out as a bunk counselor in Bogrim, Magshimim, Nivonim, and as S’gan Rosh Magshimim from 1994-1997. Av went on to have a 10-year career in broadcast journalism as a radio reporter, producer, news anchor, and talk show host at several National Public Radio member stations in New England. Av also provided live on-air political analy- sis for radio and television stations such as FOX news, MSNBC, SKY news in Britain, and Reuters News. Av worked on assignment in Jerusalem and the West Bank to produce a nationally distributed radio documentary about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in 2001. Av also regularly filed radio reports and provided political analysis in Hebrew for the international desk of Kol Yisrael in Jerusalem from 1999-2005. Av now works as Director of Communications and chief spokesman for Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. His technical skills include recording, editing and mixing sound, writing for broadcast/announcing, tech setup for live events, photography and videography. After a 14 year hiatus, Av Harris returned to Ramah Palmer during the summer of 2011 to work on Tech staff.
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