Not everyone will be at the same learning levels, name a time you adapted an activity to meet the participant's needs.

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As a Recreation Worker one of your goals is to be able to run group events, unfortunately if someone is not able to or isn't understanding an activity it makes your job a little harder. Sometimes during activities you'll need to adapt or adjust parts for different participants. The interviewer wants to make sure you are comfortable doing that and are able to recognize when things need to change.

For this question you should talk about a time where you had to adapt an activity for the camper/resident when you discovered they were struggling. If you haven't done this yet yourself you can talk about how you would adapt an activity once you've come across the situation or talk about a time you've seen an activity adaptive.

"I created a ropes course for my campers one year for a summer camp- I was super excited for my campers to do it. I had two campers that were scared to do it and one that did not to try at all. So I had three campers that didn't want to do the activity with another ten that did, I didn't want to force them to do it nor make them which everyone having fun. I came up with the three campers being my ropes course supervisors to make sure no one was cheating or cutting- they loved it. I was able to make everyone felt comfortable and had a great time."

"As you can see from my resume, I've been the director of previous centers before and I believe it is time for me to slow down for my family. Working as a recreation worker I would have less responsibilities- not that I can't handle more, I just want to make more time for my family at this time."

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How to Answer: Not everyone will be at the same learning levels, name a time you adapted an activity to meet the participant's needs.

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4. Not everyone will be at the same learning levels, name a time you adapted an activity to meet the participant's needs.

How to Answer

As a Recreation Worker one of your goals is to be able to run group events, unfortunately if someone is not able to or isn't understanding an activity it makes your job a little harder. Sometimes during activities you'll need to adapt or adjust parts for different participants. The interviewer wants to make sure you are comfortable doing that and are able to recognize when things need to change.

For this question you should talk about a time where you had to adapt an activity for the camper/resident when you discovered they were struggling. If you haven't done this yet yourself you can talk about how you would adapt an activity once you've come across the situation or talk about a time you've seen an activity adaptive.

Written by Cassandra Bates on January 20th, 2020

1st Answer Example

"I created a ropes course for my campers one year for a summer camp- I was super excited for my campers to do it. I had two campers that were scared to do it and one that did not to try at all. So I had three campers that didn't want to do the activity with another ten that did, I didn't want to force them to do it nor make them which everyone having fun. I came up with the three campers being my ropes course supervisors to make sure no one was cheating or cutting- they loved it. I was able to make everyone felt comfortable and had a great time."

Written by Cassandra Bates on January 20th, 2020

2nd Answer Example

"As you can see from my resume, I've been the director of previous centers before and I believe it is time for me to slow down for my family. Working as a recreation worker I would have less responsibilities- not that I can't handle more, I just want to make more time for my family at this time."

Written by Cassandra Bates on January 20th, 2020

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