Head Counselors

Head Counselors are the highest ranking counselors at FCDC, ranked above Assistant Counselors and CITs. Each activity at camp is managed and supervised by one Head Counselor (with exceptions). Nearly every Head is assigned to a tribe of campers (and are appointed an Assistant and CIT) and are responsible for their campers' well beings at specified times during camp hours.

Unlike Assistants and CITs, Heads remain with one tribe and one activity for the duration of a summer; oftentimes remaining for several years.

In counselor competitions, Heads battle against Assistants and CITs to win points for The Head Team.

Role at FCDC
Heads, being the eldest and most experienced rank of counselors, are nearly always directly in charge of activites. At times when the camp is gathered as one group Heads take charge engaging the crowd and ensuring that all activities and events transition smoothly.

Once the camp's Program Director shares with the Head Counselors the theme of the week, Heads assigned to a tribe will elaborate on the theme with their tribe and will commence brainstorming for the friday skits, as well as the tribe's friday cookout.

Attributes
Heads range in age from 18 - ∞ years old. The beginning of eligibility for head-counselorship is typically the college years.

Exceptions to the Norm

 * Video has two Head Counselors; neither have been assigned to a tribe of campers since the 1990's. Video Counselors are sometimes symbolically assigned to a tribe, but have no obligations to join in scheduled activities with them.
 * There have been other examples of "doubling-up" with Head Counselors, apart from Video, in otherwise standard activities that normally have only one Head. It is basic FCDC practice in these situations to combine the first names of both counselors when referring to "the head counselor of [activity]". For example: Brian and Jeff are the co-head counselors of Boating; therefore the Boating head counselor is "Breff."
 * The Pool Director is technically a Head Counselor, but has additional authority due to the significance of their role to the campers' safety.