Glossary
Recreation Manager Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential recreation manager terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key recreation manager vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in recreation manager training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Cost recovery
- Fees covering costs.
- CPRP
- Recreation credential.
- Day camp
- Summer program.
- Facility rental
- Renting spaces.
- Inclusion
- Programs for all abilities.
- League
- Organized sports.
- Lifeguard ratio
- Guards per swimmers.
- Master plan
- Long-term parks plan.
- Playground standards
- Safety rules.
- Program guide
- Catalog of classes.
- Registration
- Sign-ups.
- Risk management
- Reducing liability.
- Scholarship
- Fee assistance.
- Seasonal staff
- Summer hires.
- Waiver
- Liability release.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Recreation Manager practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Recreation Manager training.
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