School of
Outdoor Leadership

Outdoor leadership, safety & teaching skills and environmental education.

School of Outdoor Leadership

Our foundational offering! Teaching should be as fun and inspirational for the teacher as it is for the students. The school of teaching arts focuses on teaching skills that encourage unique, insightful and imaginative thought through transformative outdoor activities.

Teacher Continuing Education Courses

Outdoor Classroom

Define & Design

Module 1 - By the end of this course, outdoor instructors will be able to recognize and modify natural outdoor classroom areas to facilitate safe and effective learning. They will understand many features to look for and how these features can enhance learning in the outdoors. Students will also learn how to evaluate an area for its effectiveness and appropriateness as an outdoor learning area. They will also learn...

Teaching methodologies

30 Contact Hours

3 CPE Credits

$350.00

Course Outline

Outdoor Classroom

Group Management

Module 2 - By the end of this course, instructors will be able to confidently and proficiently plan for and manage a group for outdoor learning activities. The successful student will be able to mitigate outdoor distractions, disruptions and hazards through conscientious planning. Students will know how to Identify and utilize natural spaces, resources, events, situations and tools which may be...

Teaching methodologies

30 Contact Hours

3 CPE Credits

$350.00

Outdoor Classroom

Maximizing Lesson Plans

Module 3 - By the end of this course, instructors will be able to confidently and proficiently create creative and meaningful lesson plans suited for outdoor learning. The successful student will be able to plan for and capitalize on unique as well as unexpected natural features as well as mitigate and possibly exploit outdoor distractions and disruptions to benefit the learning process and to...

Teaching methodologies

15 Contact Hours

1.5 CPE Credits

$150.00

Outdoor Classroom

Strategies & Tactics

Module 4 - By the end of this course, instructors will be able to confidently and proficiently execute creative and meaningful lesson plans suited for outdoor learning. The successful student will be able to plan for and capitalize on unique as well as unexpected natural features as well as mitigate and possibly exploit outdoor distractions and disruptions to benefit learning. Avoid damage to and...

Teaching methodologies

30 Contact Hours

3 CPE Credits

$350.00

Outdoor Classroom

Emergency Preparedness

Module 5 - By the end of this course, instructors will be able to plan and implement solid emergency contingency plans for a variety of situations in an outdoor education setting. Students will have a better understanding of potential hazards, how to prepare and respond to them and gain insight invaluable to making important judgment calls critical to the safety and wellbeing of their...

Teaching methodologies

15 Contact Hours

1.5 CPE Credits

$150.00

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Teaching methodologies

Contact Hours

CPE Credits

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School of Outdoor Leadership

School of Outdoor Leadership

Teacher Continuing Education Courses

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School of
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