"Our senses are more keenly involved in the learning process as we are pushed out of our comfort zone."                                                                               -Ashley Denton

 
Our partner organization, Outdoor Leadership International provides training and assessment for potential outdoor leaders who seek certification.  OLI's certification process is equivalent to international standards for Level I outdoor instruction.  Please click this link to get more information from the OLI website.

Click here to view the Outdoor Leadership International/WMI Wilderness Craft I Award Certification Program Syllabus

Why we invest so much in training outdoor leaders...

 
"The cutting edge of challenge, it seems, can and does make people stronger, particularly when the salve of social support is applied."

-James Neill and Katica Dias, "Adventure Education and Resilience." Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 2, no. 1 (2001): 41

"One of the most powerful outdoor teaching strategies involves motivating the participant to learn by creating the ‘need to know.’  Outdoor leaders can facilitate situations that motivate participants to seek knowledge and skills.  The leader does this by placing the participants in a situation where they seek knowledge and skills in order to accomplish the task."

-Bruce Martin et. al., Outdoor Leadership Theory and Practice  (Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2006), 182. 

"Any error about creation also leads to an error about God."

-Thomas Aquinas

"The mountain is not meant to teach us anything, it is meant to make us something."

-Oswald Chambers

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