ADV41002

This capstone course for adventure educators incorporates skills from the breadth of Adventure Education courses. Building specifically from AE I: Expeditionary Instructor Development, this course will provide students with a hands-on, experiential, and practical opportunity to lead adventure education activities. Students will implement an outdoor program for either peers or groups from the community. The focus will be teaching and leading basic backcountry living and traveling skills and top rope climbing or water-based expeditions. The stages of each experience, from programming and food planning to logistics and leadership and inclusive community building, will be student-led but instructor-facilitated. Finally, in this professional development experience, students will receive and respond to mentorship and specific feedback regarding their development as outdoor educators.

SPECIAL NOTES: Participation in this course comes with the opportunity (if all AmeriCorps requirements are met) to earn a $1,176 cash stipend and an AmeriCorps Certificate of Service. Contact the instructor or program leader to enroll in the Americorps internship.

COREQUISITE: ADV41000 AE I: Expeditionary Instructor Development

PREREQUISITE: ORI26002: Orientation: Desert, Mountain & Canyon Expedition; ADV22010: Introduction to Rock Climbing; ADV24202 River Guides Training or ADV24050 Environmental Perspectives & Whitewater; Or, equivalent experience granted through Permission of Instructor.