Thursday, November 5, 2009

Adv. Fundamentals of Outdoor Eucation Course Added

The outdoor program is happy to announce the addtion of the new Advanced Fundamentals of Outdoor Education class. This course is specifically designed for students who have completed the OEPR 2250 Outdoor Leadership class and are looking for additional experience facilitating, leading, and teaching outdoor programs. It is also offered for current DELTA facilitators who are faciliting on the challenge course to provide additional training and challenge course leadership skills.

Students enrolled in the course will assist with basic level activity based courses and teach specific topics of certain activities. Students will get first hand experience in the outdoor setting planning, implementing, and evaluating lessons and other students.

Students will work with the course instructor to create lesson plans and design teaching methods approariate for the activity and/or topic. They will gain evaluation from the course instructor, instructor of the activity they are assiting with, and from the students and participants of the programs they are working for.

For questions about the course, please contact the Outdoor Education & Recreation Leadership Program Director at 307-754-6115 or keith.mccallister@northwestcollege.edu.

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