When working as an instructor at the community sailing center, the need for proper positive feedback is always present. With help from US Sailing, experienced instructors, and newcomers, our staff is fortunate enough to have gained many options for positive feedback when teaching camps. There is of course, the obvious feedback, such as a nice “good job” or even a high five to boost confidence, but there are definitely many other options here at the community sailing center. We seem to have a never-ending flow of “freezie pops”, and are always ready to have a sweet frozen water-and-sugar party at the end of a week. Our last, and probably most inventive source of positive feedback, are the awards. Given out at the end of the week, we provide small cards with specialized awards for each student, such as “master crew” “super skipper” and “fish in the water”. These awards definitely help to remind kids how well they did at their camp.
