Voyageur Outward Bound School I Educators Guide

Your students: unlocked.

Outward Bound courses help students discover they can do more than they ever thought possible.

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More than you can imagine.

What can your students learn from carrying a heavy backpack along the Superior Hiking Trail, portaging through the Boundary Waters, trying to locate a campsite at night, or building a shelter when it is raining? They can discover that there is more in them than they ever thought possible—a realization that will change the student returning to your classroom.

Since our creation in 1963, Voyageur Outward Bound School has led thousands of students into the wilderness and to the streets of the Twin Cities to experience education in a non-traditional setting. Giving your students the opportunity to face challenges in these settings allows them to develop their ability to lead, discover the strength of their character, and realize a determination to make a difference in the community around them.

Our proven education model focuses on learning THROUGH rather than FOR expedition, because outdoor expedition challenges are the perfect metaphor for life challenges: “If I can overcome the challenge of that portage, I can do difficult things at home, too.” Suddenly, more is possible. Come and see how we can unlock your student’s potential.

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Philosophy.

Outward Bound is an international education movement dedicated to the idea that people are capable of far more than they know. Our programs help people discover transferable skills—like the strength of their character, an ability to lead, and a determination to serve their community—all with newfound confidence.

These skills are strong predictors of success in school and home.

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This is no ordinary camping trip; it’s a journey with a purpose. We create experiences that extend far beyond the course, and leverage the power of symbolic “mountaintop” moments. Pairing Outward Bound experiences with a student's classroom experience educates the whole person, catapulting them towards success.

Our courses utilize a progression of leadership and responsibility, tooling students for success in other challenging life circumstances. Our course progression:

Training phase

Main phase

Final phase

Learn technical and interpersonal skills Practice decision-making skills Experience results and rewards

Face adversity Coaching and feedback Solve real problems

Increased responsibility Collaborate and lead together Apply skills and succeed together

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Values.

We teach and work by the values of compassion, integrity, excellence, inclusion and diversity. Our staff lead by example through being one’s best self, pursuing craftsmanship in one’s actions, and living a healthy and balanced life.

Design Principles.

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Learning through Experience.

Facilitate engaging, relevant, sequential experiences that promote mastery and incorporate reflection and transference.

Challenge and Adventure.

We use unfamiliar settings to impel students into mentally, emotionally and physically demanding experiences.

Supportive Environment.

Design experiences that support a student's physical and emotional safety. Staff create a caring and positive group culture.

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Integrity

We control quality each step of the way, ensuring that we deliver the education we promise. We work hard to maintain our legacy of expertise in the field.

Support

We provide for your students needs — including backpacks, sleeping bags, food, and specialized gear.

Leaders

Our hiring, training and performance management programs are second to none, and it shows. “Our clients rank our instructors among the best.”

Expertise

Our team has numerous veteran instructors. They receive extensive training and hold many certifications.

Reach

With two bases in Minnesota, we are able to run courses throughout the best natural areas in the Upper Midwest.

Group Size

Our small-group process ensures the individual experience stays the same, even when we work with large groups.

Safety

Outward Bound is an industry leader when it comes to safety.

All of our instructors are Wilderness First Responders.

Experience

Outward Bound has been in business worldwide since 1941.

Locally, we’ve served over 50,000 students in the past 50 years.

Value

Our level of unsurpassed quality promises you a transformational experience.

See pages 16-17 for our measured impact.

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Transformative Experience.

It's not just about the thrills. A zip-line is not a life-changing experience on its own. But a program designed to develop character through deliberate challenges by some of the world's greatest experiential educators certainly is. We strive to work in close partnership with schools and organizations, so that the experience can be holistically integrated in the curriculum and program design.

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Each Voyageur Outward Bound School experience is individually tailored to meet your goals. Participants learn the skills to orient their futures and their roles in the world. Perseverance, creativity, compassion, confidence and critical thinking cannot be learned only in the classroom. These skills are learned through experience — experience that we provide.

Adventure that Matters.

We are different than other outdoor organizations. Your students won't just go on a trip. They will be on an expedition. They will be crew members, not passengers. This results in gained confidence by solving real problems, leading their peers, extending a hand of support to other crew members and attaining goals they set. We give your students a trip filled with memories—and more importantly, skills—they can take back home and glean for the rest of their life.

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Our instructors are our greatest asset — they are highly trained experiential educators and outdoor professionals. All instructors are Wilderness First Responders (WFR). This isn’t just outdoor first aid; acquiring the WFR certification takes 80 hours. This certification is recognized by medical professionals worldwide. Additionally, we require all of our staff to pass state and federal background checks.

We hire experienced staff from a highly competitive pool and then build on their knowledge base. All courses are staffed with a Lead Instructor and an Assistant Instructor. Becoming a Lead Instructor requires many seasons of course leading and demonstrating consistent decision making skills, exceptional judgement, and extensive annual training.

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Outward Bound instructors receive extensive training in:

Wilderness First Responder Group facilitation Diversity & inclusion Communication skills Expedition leadership Wilderness water safety Conflict resolution Technical wilderness skills Safety management THIS PAGE: INSIGHT ROCK CLIMBING

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One Big Family.

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Your students don’t just get two highly skilled instructors, they get a whole team of support.

Our entire staff is dedicated to ensuring your course is an exceptional experience.

Our process starts with a one-on-one consultation to create a specialized experience for your students. Our Course Advisor handles all the details and coordinates with the Course Director who acts as the link between home and the field. Our logistics staff will ensure that your students have all the food, gear, and supplies they will need from the start to the finish of their expedition.

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Poppy Potter

James Hancock

Jasper Hunt

Poppy is an educator at heart. She is passionate about helping people discover the confidence needed to achieve their dreams. As an experiential educator of 25 years, she’s worked for many youth serving organizations and held a teaching position in St. Paul for 10 years. Poppy holds a BS in Outdoor Recreation from UW La Crosse, a Master’s of Science in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University Mankato and a Special Education Teaching License from Bethel University. Earlier in her career she served VOBS as an instructor and course director, and now serves as the Director of Operations in our Twin Cities Center. She works hard to establish program partnerships with schools and organizations to create a collaborative strategy, resulting in real change.

A Minnesota native, James grew up loving the outdoors, exploring any woods he could find; always with a trusty stick in his hand and a cape on his back. He has been working in outdoor education for 14 years, first as wilderness guide for Colorado College and the YMCA. Though he earned a BA in biology from Colorado College, his extracurricular pursuits are what landed him his first job after graduation as the Program Director for the college’s outdoor program. In 2006 James started working with Outward Bound, working in Montana and Colorado before returning to his Minnesota roots as the Associate Program Director at our Twin Cities Center. James believes deeply in the transformative power of wilderness expeditions, and has logged many weeks paddling whitewater and snowboarding in the backcountry. Back in civilization, James loves listening to music, photography, writing, filmmaking, exploring restaurants, and playing soccer.

Jasper Hunt’s involvement in experiential education began in 1969 when he took an Outward Bound course. That course sparked his professional career, and in 1970 he joined the Sherpa training program directed by Karl Rohnke. He’s worked for Northwest Outward School, the Darrow Hall “Operation Breakout” Juvenile delinquency Program, and most recently, Voyageur Outward Bound School.

Since 1983 he’s influenced the field of experiential education as a Professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he studied educational theory and philosophy.

One of his proudest accomplishments is starting the University’s Adventure Education Program where he served as the founding Director for 25 years. He has an extensive scholarly record and has done work on theoretical and professional ethics, risk management, character education, philosophy of education, environmental ethics, leadership theory and practice, and theology.

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Alisa Hoven

Mollie Thompson

Bud Aherns

Alisa grew up in Minneapolis and didn't discover the wilderness until she was 21 on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters.

Little to say, she took a roundabout journey to return to the same wilderness as an instructor with VOBS. After earning her Bachelors in Social Work she set off on a bicycle trip along the 2,300 miles of the Mississippi River and published a book about her journey. The lessons of the road inspired her to influence young lives with the Montana Conservation Corps as a Youth Crew Leader. With VOBS, she continues to work with youth, handle sled dogs on a rustic homestead in the Northwoods, and lead canoe and dogsled expeditions. She holds Master’s Degree in Experiential Education.

A small-town gal from Southeast Wisconsin, Mollie grew up discovering the forest behind her childhood home, climbing trees, catching toads and counting satellites. She had a healthy imagination and a knack for storytelling, always dragging her older sister on backyard camp-outs and writing tales of their adventures. Guided by curiosity, Mollie developed a love for conservation literature and a stong connection to the natural world that led her to pursue a Bachelor's in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. While enrolled at the University of Minnesota, Mollie spent time on campus and abroad mobilizing communities to take small steps toward a sustainable future. After graduating, she led experiential education courses for international students and outdoor adventure programs for various populations. She joined the VOBS instructor team "to serve, to strive and not to yield" and empower others to do the same.

Bud’s first taste of Outward Bound was as a teenager when he graduated from a 22-day course in Baltimore. That experience helped steer him to Ohio University and a degree in Adventure Recreation. Through his work as a wild land firefighter in California and an EMT-B in Cincinnati, he has rescued men from a wrecked helicopter in a burning forest, cleared a baby’s airway, and worked hard to change people’s lives. Bud came to VOBS on an 8-day dogsled course. Bud recalls, “as we rounded the first corner on the frozen river a bald eagle flew overhead, our dog team trudged through the snow, and I instantly fell in love with the beauty of the Boundary Waters.” That was 2010 and Bud has been here ever since doing everything from instructing courses to training sled dogs.

In his downtime Bud enjoys disc golf, photography, mountain biking, ski-jouring, kite boarding and canoeing, and anything else that keeps him outside and moving.

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Our instructors made this experience more than I ever expected. I couldn’t ask for better leaders. Not only were they effective, but two of the most kind, patient and respectful people I have ever met. [ Katie ]

Impact.

With 50 years of experience, Outward Bound provides facilitated emotional and physical challenges in outdoor environments for groups and individuals. During the experience of being on course, participants discover that perseverance leads to success, through exemplifying GRIT, DETERMINATION, CREATIVITY and COLLABORATION. In 2011, Outward Bound released the results of a one year longitudinal research study.

Students who completed an Outward Bound course said they were more likely to:

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Accomplish their goals | 93% Believe in their ability to succeed | 93% Be a leader in their school or community | 80% One year later, the same students reported they were: More successful at school or work | 79% More of a leader | 88% Believe in their ability to succeed | 93%

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Case Study: River’s Edge Academy partners with Outward Bound.

This experiential program is designed to augment the school mission and values, resulting in improved academic performance. The Outward Bound experiences are designed to physically and mentally challenge students so as they face similar challenges at school and home they are able to transfer their skills and knowledge to their own lives. Overview of program outcomes: 75% of parents acknowledged their children’s ability to take on leadership roles and to believe in their ability to succeed increased after he or she participated in Outward Bound programming.

99% of teachers acknowledged they noticed their students ability to take on leadership roles increased after Outward Bound programming.

83% of teachers further acknowledged the students ability to collaborate on a team and listen to others increased after Outward Bound programming.

Students acknowledged growth in all aspects of Outward Bound’s Outcome Instrument (OBOI) including: self-confidence, goal setting, resilience, empowerment, problem-solving, effective communication, group collaboration, compassion and environmental awareness.

74% of students who participated in 2 full years of Outward Bound programming increased their grade point average from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012, and 58% increased their attendance from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012.

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Course Summaries: Launch Ahead

Insight

Peer Leadership Expeditions

Educators Courses

Length: 1-2 hours in-school or agency settings

Length: 1-2 days, stand alone or in succession as a package

Length: 4-7 day expeditions are standard, or longer

Length: varies from half day workshops to multi-day expeditions

This custom leadership program pairs a school or agency with Outward Bound on a regular basis. Curriculum can include environment, team-building, or leadership. This is perfect for student leadership teams, service learning groups, or out-ofschool-time programs!

Insight programs do just that—they give students insight into what is possible when they taste achievement. Each student deserves to experience the power of “I did it.”

The program can take place in local parks, trails, activity centers or even your school.

Peer Leadership Expeditions are challenging experiences that build strong teams and strong individuals. On our unique Urban Expeditions they also learn about their community as they explore leadership through the lens of topics like homelessness, the environment or even the arts.

These career development experiences are for anyone who is an educator or youth development professional. Each customized program is designed to help educators and youth workers implement experiential techniques with their students, and get invigorated in your career!

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Launch Ahead.

Length: 1-2 hours in-school or agency settings

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This custom leadership program pairs a school or agency with outward Bound on a regular basis. Outward Bound’s staff apply their experiential expertise over time enabling us to reinforce the student’s critical thinking, communication, collaboration and other 21st Century Learning Skills.

Curriculum can include themes like the environment, team-building or communication. This is perfect for student leadership teams, service learning groups or out-of-school-time programs!

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Insight.

Length: 1-2 days, as stand alone activities or in succession as a package

When I was on the rocks I thought that I was going to give up. But then I thought NO, I am not going to stop, I will find my way.

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Insight programs do just that: they give students insight into what is possible when they taste achievement. Each student deserves to experience the power of “I did it.”

When a person discovers success is possible, they seek it in other aspects of their life.

The program can take place in local parks, trails, activity centers or even your school.

Course Types: High Ropes Course Orienteering Team Initiatives Urban Adventure Canoeing Skiing/Snowshoeing Rock Climbing

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For the past six days I’ve explored my inner self along with the beauty of wilderness.

I have discovered the strong potential I’ve stored inside me. My skills have improved throughout this course and so has my self esteem. Today I know that anything in life can be possible, but to achieve it you must believe in yourself and have the desire. This was the best experience a teen can receive—I am a proud and transformed city girl. [ Diana ]

SAMPLE ITINERARY:

DAY 1 Arrive on banks of the upper reaches of the St. Croix River, the only river in Minnesota designated Wild and Scenic by the US Department of the Interior.

Learn how to set up your camp and cook over an open fire or camp stove.

Peer Leadership Canoeing Saint Croix River | Boundary Waters

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Wake up with the sun, cook a hardy breakfast, break camp. After paddle school, get to know your canoe partner, load the canoes, and paddle downstream. This day focuses on river safety and communication. Camp at Little Yellow Banks. Mileage: 7 mi.

DAY 3

Begin to master the paddle strokes and coordination with your paddle partner. The river picks up speed as it gains volume from its many tributaries. Raft the canoes together and enjoy a floating lunch. Watch for great blue herons, bald eagles, and kingfishers. This day focuses on expedition skills and perseverance. Camp at Norway Point. Mileage: 9 mi.

DAY 4

Voyageur start. Pack up camp by headlamp. This will be a push day.

Students take a lead role in planning today's route. Paddle skills are tested as the crew navigates the Heart of the Rapids, a series of playful class 1 rapids and swift water. This day focuses on goal-setting and collaboration.

Camp at Sandrock Cliffs. Mileage: 15 mi.

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One last morning on the river. Paddle a short distance to the boat landing and take off the river. Head back to the Twin Cities for a course end banquet and celebration.

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Peer Leadership Backpacking Superior Hiking Trail

SAMPLE ITINERARY:

DAY 1

Arrive at the largest edge of the largest body of freshwater in the world, Lake Superior. Start hiking from a trailhead of the Superior Hiking Trail, which parallels the rugged coastline from Duluth, MN to Ontario, Canada. After gear issue, hit the trail with your packs and expedition gear on your backs and make your way a short distance into the forest to your first camp. Learn how to set up wilderness camp and cook your first meal on the trail. Camp at Caribou River. Mileage: 1 mi.

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Push to the high point within the park, have lunch with views of Lake Superior.

This day focuses on problem solving and decision-making. Build a fire from scratch and debrief the day over the glowing coals. Mileage: 6.5 mi.

DAY 3

Hike through the rugged landscape of dense forests and granite outcrops, as the trail leads up through the gorge carved by the Manitou River. Learn the basics of map and compass navigation and efficient group travel. This day focuses on teamwork. Camp within Manitou State Park. Mileage: 4.5 mi.

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Rise early and hit the trail as the sun comes up over the Lake. After hiking to the night's camp location, spend the afternoon on solo, reflecting on the journey. Celebrate the last night in the field. Mileage: 4.5 mi.

DAY 5 Hike a short distance to rendezvous at the pick-up spot. Celebrate with a BBQ.

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Peer Leadership SAMPLE ITINERARY:

DAY 1

Arrive at Outward Bound’s Twin Cities Center, in the historic West Side of St. Paul. Get geared up to spend a week backpacking in the wilderness, but instead of heading to the trailhead, just head out the front doors and begin your expedition through the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Make camp at our partner Dodge Nature Center.

Urban Expedition Theme-based | Minneapolis | Saint Paul

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Wake up early and reflect about how art is a part of your life. Learn to navigate through the mazes of buildings and city streets as you make your way towards the Walker Sculpture Garden, your first destination on your Arts and Culture themed Urban Expedition. Then hop a bus to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Finally, stop by the Russian Art Museum to finish out the day.

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Learn the bus and train schedules, and lead your group across town to Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater in Midtown. Learn the history of the Twin Cities and social activism through theater arts. Experience the delicious side of challenge as your group completes an initiative involving global foods and culture (and eat lunch) at Midtown Global Market.

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Catch the light rail to the American Indian Cultural Corridor. Meet one of our expert urban guides and interview residents in one of the most vibrant urban American Indian business and arts districts in the country. Make camp at The Basecamp at Historic Fort Snelling.

DAY 5 Wake up at dawn, cross the footbridge and follow a wooded urban trail along the Mississippi River. Launch canoes and float back to the Outward Bound base in St. Paul, the urban landscape passing on either side as you paddle.

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Peer Leadership Skiing | Dogsledding Boundary Waters

SAMPLE ITINERARY:

DAY 1

Arrive at the Ely basecamp and get outfitted for the snowy winter conditions.

You will spend a good portion of this day learning to dress, stay warm, and get out on cross-country skis with your crew for the first time. After a hearty dinner your instructors will teach you everything you need to know to have a warm and comfortable night sleeping out somewhere near base.

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In the morning you’ll pack your bags and meet the dogs for the first time.

You will learn the basics of how to work with the dogs and collaborate with team members before heading into the Boundary Waters wilderness. You and your team will work to set up camp and find firewood for your evening meal around a roaring fire.

DAY 3

Wake up to a beautiful sunrise over a snowy landscape, then make a hot breakfast and get ready for a full day traveling across the lakes and trails of the Boundary Waters. You will work as a team, both skiing and running the dogsleds to get to the next campsite.

DAY 4

This day focusing on giving you and your team more responsibility for finding your way as you continue on the last full day of travel for your expedition. You’ll make camp one last time on the frozen lakes and sit around the fire to reflect on the day. Once you and the dogs are fed you’ll sleep out under the stars, or if you’re lucky, the northern lights!

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Mush and ski your way back to base and finish the course with a sauna and a hot meal prepared by the staff. Before departing there will be a graduation ceremony for your group to celebrate the accomplishments of a tough winter expedition.

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I learned that many of my fears, limitations, and dislikes are all mental. Anytime I believed I would not be able to push harder to complete a goal, it was my mind that held me back, and eventually pushed me even farther as I learned. [ JosĂŠ ]

Educator’s Courses.

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Join VOBS in creating an experiential professional learning community. These courses investigate theory and practice surrounding the educator/learner relationship through our experiential programming and discussion. Programs can be custom designed for your team, or you can register for our regular course offerings.

Courses vary from half-day workshops to 7-day expeditions.

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What an adventure, personally and professionally. This newfound sense of confidence will serve me well in the classroom. [ Monica ]

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Give us a call to set up your program dates and work with our staff to design your custom program. Prior to your trip, an Outward Bound staff will visit your organization to provide an overview of your program, discuss the specific outcomes you desire, and understand your unique students.

What is the partnership process?

We strive to build strong partnerships with schools and nonprofits, and will take time to fully understand your unique group. Each program we deliver is customized to address the outcomes you are seeking for your participants. Whether you’re interested in a one-time course or a fully-integrated program design, our staff will work with you every step of the way.

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What will my students be learning and doing?

How is safety demonstrated?

Outward Bound’s Educational Framework uses challenge and adventure to allow people to learn through experience. A supportive environment of peers and instructors make it okay to try new things, to speak your mind, to listen, and to be heard – all elements of todays most successful leaders. We value compassion, integrity, excellence in craft, inclusion, and diversity, and we teach through these ideals. Your student will return having practiced the skills of a leader, and they will know their strengths and areas for growth.

Outward Bound has been instructing expeditions for 50 years in Minnesota. We are a network of schools that run annual safety audits and reviews. We are certified by our national safety department which is internationally renowned for Wilderness Risk Management and Safety. Every instructor must be Wilderness First Responder medically certified and trained in Student Management Skills, Multi-Cultural Competency, and Instructor Judgement.

Besides knowing how to respond in the case of an emergency, we proactively strive to prevent emergencies from occurring.

How can I help prepare my students and their families?

Why does it take 5 days to build leadership and self-confidence?

Be excited for them! They have an amazing opportunity ahead of them.

Outward Bound is an excellent addition to college applications and resumes because it is generally understood that it takes a very strong person to complete an expedition. They CAN do this course and WILL be successful. We will help deliver an informative parent/guardian session where all necessary information is covered in detail.

Like any great art, leadership must be practiced. The more practice the better the performance. We have longer expeditions if you are interested!

Will the students have cell phones?

NO. The students will be in the next best environment to their family or school. They will have two (or more) supportive and responsible instructors as well as a peer group. Additionally, the instructors carry emergency phones. Each student will be a supportive member of a team, some days a leader, some days a navigator or cook, but every day they will be growing. We believe that ‘no news is good news’ because that means the students are immersed in their surroundings and with the task at hand. They are learning and growing through experience–which is a priceless opportunity.

Why Outward Bound instead of other similar programs?

Simply put, Outward Bound is the ORIGINAL experientially-based character development program. Our program and its educational components were born out of the necessity to prepare young people for the challenges of life, without which one would face dire consequences. Today’s world parallels this reality in many ways. Outward Bound training translates into more capable and resilient young people, and the most well trained adults guide students through the solid foundation of experience. When students face and overcome the challenges inherent on an Outward Bound course, they are then unable to settle for less than their best self.

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Why schools love us.

“As an educator, my exposure to the expeditionary learning experience has confirmed my belief in the power of relevant challenges followed by reflective processing.

I hope to apply the concept of expedition to every lesson plan and professional development experience.” [ Arlene ]

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“Outward Bound brings together collaboration with ways to address deep cultural issues to make K-12 education better. The group facilitators were outstanding. Their inner calm and patience coupled with deep self-assurance was inspiring and engaging.” [ Rewan ] “This course is helping my school community and other educators work together to find ‘our way’–to figure what we need to build an extraordinary education system that will allow ordinary educators to provide outstanding educational experiences for all students.” [ Lizzie ] THE EDUCATOR’S GUIDE | GET STARTED

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