Joe Mendes
Owner / Director of Camp Roosevelt-Firebird
- Role
- Owner-director at Firebird Camp
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Owner-director
Nov 2015 — Present · Bowerston, OH, US
I am the owner and director of an inclusive residential summer camp located in south east Ohio on picturesque Leesville Lake in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. Camp Roosevelt-Firebird was founded in 1918 and has a long and storied history. I was fortunate enough to buy this camp recently and will carry on the traditions started by \"Dub\" Lorimer and his family. Roosevelt-Firebird will continue to be a traditional summer camp hearkening back to the best of its long established traditions but adding in some new twists such as community service, a wilderness trip and outdoor education program, more arts, and a sustainability focus throughout all parts of the camp\'s infrastructure and programming. Sustainability will be highlighted in our farming and animal care programs and in the camp infrastructure - sustainable concepts will be imbedded in camp and clearly seen in the food we eat, in our water treatment system and by the way the camp community uses energy. Campers and counselors alike will learn to interact in a respectful way recognizing that the whole is more powerful than the individual. Camp is really a vehicle for personal growth. The activities are simply the context for such learning. Campers will become more confident leaders and well balanced people. Camp helps us go out into the world and accomplish good things, something lasting, and something - no matter how small - that will enrich others lives and the world. These are lofty goals for a place that may seem to have the goal of \"just having fun\". Camp is a silly and joyful place. But Roosevelt-Firebird is also place where serious work is done. We believe we are preparing youth to confront the complicated ever changing world. And our kids will be prepared and armed with skills and values that will make a difference for us all.
Education
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Master's degree, American History (United States)
1987 — 1990
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History with a Teaching Credential in Secondary Social Studies
1980 — 1984
Skills
- Tutoring
- Making Up Songs
- Eating Worms to Motivate Kids
- Differentiated Instruction
- Public Speaking
- Having Fun with Kids
- Educational Technology
- Classroom
- Student Engagement
- Sustainability Education
- Classroom Management
- Camping
- Curriculum Design
- Se Habla Espanol
- Lesson Planning
- Teacher Training
- Experiential Learning
- Curriculum Development
- Teaching
- Youth Advocacy
- Outdoor Education
- Educational Leadership
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