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Leadership and Team Skills

School: National Outdoor Leadership School
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Outdoor Educator - Backpacking and Sea Kayaking
Course Format: Else
If you’re a practicing or aspiring outdoor educator, you know that learning to lead groups in two different skill areas is a professional advantage. This course will prepare you to do just that, giving you the chance to learn how to lead on land and sea. Your classroom for the sea kayaking section is Prince William Sound with its plentiful wildlife and booming tidewater glaciers. Using ...
 

Denali Mountaineering
Course Format: Else
The highest peak in North America—known as Denali or “Great One�by Alaska Natives—is the site for this expedition designed for qualified NOLS graduates. Denali offers extremely challenging glacier travel and some of the most difficult weather in the world, so this course is one of the most physically and mentally demanding NOLS offers. In short, Denali is as unforgiving as it is beauti...
 

Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking
Course Format: Else
Our 23-and-over courses paddle in Alaska’s world famous Prince William Sound, past towering tidewater glaciers that moan and crackle, crystal-blue icebergs bobbing on the ocean’s surface, and wooded coves perfect for camping. The sea teems with various forms of life, and you’ll have the ideal vantage point to view it all. Sea birds wheel in the sky overhead while tidal pools with starfish, ...
 

Brooks Range Backpacking
Course Format: Else
North of the Arctic Circle and aptly dubbed Land of the Midnight Sun, much of the landscape in the Brooks Range lies above tree line and elevations range from sea level to over 9,000 feet. Designed especially for students ages 23 and older, this 14-day backpacking course packs in backcountry travel lessons in the steep shale mountains and expansive tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref...
 

Brooks Range Backpacking and River
Course Format: Else
The Brooks Range is one of the wildest mountain ranges in North America. Stretched across the tundra north of the Arctic Circle, this Land of the Midnight Sun is defined by big open river bottoms, steep mountain slopes and expansive tundra. After flying into the area with an experienced Alaskan bush pilot, you’ll spend the first 10 days of this extended Arctic expedition on foot, moving acr...
 

Mountain Instructor
Course Format: Else
Come explore the wilderness of the American Southwest on your Mountain Instructor Course. While the focus will be on fine-tuning your teaching and leadership skills, you’ll also have ample time to experience both the Gila Wilderness and the desert beauty of Cochise Stronghold. You and your coursemates will have outdoor experience already, so we’ll focus our time on going over the fundamentals o...
 

Southwest Outdoor Educator - Backpacking and Rock Climbing
Course Format: Else
Are you an active or aspiring outdoor educator? If so, we’ve designed this course for you. This is your opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching and leading field-based wilderness education programs. While in the desert, you’ll learn “hard skills�such as backcountry travel, adapting minimum-impact techniques to an arid ecosystem, first aid, and map reading. W...
 

Gila Range Backpacking
Course Format: Else
New Mexico’s Gila Range is the birthplace of the American concept of wilderness, protected by Congress 40 years before the Wilderness Act was passed in 1964. The Gila today remains the same as it was then, a wild place of amazing contrasts and abundance. You’ll live here for 28 days, hiking beneath the same tall pines and up the same deep canyons that inspired the wilderness concept. On...
 

Southwest Lightweight Backpacking Workshop
Course Format: Else
Leave your hiking boots and water bottles at home; trail shoes and hydration bladders are all the rage these days. Partnering with GoLite and BackpackingLight.com, we are proud to offer this cutting-edge course in the deserts of the Southwest. Your adventure starts in the equipment room as NOLS instructors outfit you with the latest in lightweight gear and pull together a specialized rat...
 

Sea Kayaking Instructor Workshop
Course Format: Else
The waters of coastal British Columbia provide a dynamic and beautiful environment for this Sea Kayak Instructor Course. The travel here will prepare you to work in the rest of NOLS�sea kayaking course areas, from Alaska to Baja. The expedition will focus on teaching, as well as learning, the NOLS curriculum: You and your coursemates will provide each other feedback on your teaching techniques...
 

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