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Translating Outdoor Education and Recreation Theory into Practice & Performance

Coaching E. Badams Fall 2017, Delaney Wo

Having designed hundreds of outdoor education and recreation programs and led thousands of individuals, these core values define me as a professional consultant and trainer. It would be my pleasure to partner to strengthen your current program!

Supported Growth

Supported Growth

Curriculum that allows and even calls for practice to failure. Feedback looping for positive growth

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

World-class leadership and decision-making training takes real-world learning. Using a 5-day student-led Vermont bike tour as "classroom," decisions were analyzed in depths unreachable by traditional training

Attention to Detail

Attention to Detail

Training using scaffolded learning. Many small wins lead to substantial growth

Innovation

Innovation

When the outdoors was frozen, bring the river indoors!

Inclusivity

Inclusivity

Providing space for varied perspectives and life experience

Immersive Experience

Immersive Experience

Travel courses to remote settings to contextualize out-of-the-box thinking

Collaborative Community Engagement

Collaborative Community Engagement

Off-site partnerships and creative training assignments allow students to make a visible contribution to the community. Here, bicycles were prepared for donation to an at-risk group

Profound Learning Laboratories

Profound Learning Laboratories

Outdoors as a teaching and learning environment provides endless possibilities. This waterway is one of my favorite laboratories

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