Baltimore Cheasapeake Bay Outward Bound
Baltimore, MD, United States
http://www.hurricaneisland.org/

Educator Expeditions

Short expedition courses designed for teachers and school administrators from the Mid-Atlantic region. Professional educators experience a full expedition while exploring the curriculum of Outward Bound and the teachings of its founder, Kurt Hahn. Educators may choose to participate in a 7 day backpacking or canoeing Wilderness Expedition which takes place in Western Maryland or a 5 day Urban E......
 

14-day summer expeditions combined with post-course activities, which bring together a diverse group of urban/suburban students (ages 15 to 17) from communities across the Mid-Atlantic region. Participants will join a dynamic and talented group representing their community based on the merits of their application and their leadership potential. To qualify for these competitive awards, students ......
 

Five-or-seven day expeditions offered to middle or high schools across Maryland and in the city of Philadelphia during the spring or fall semesters. Peer Leadership courses are uniquely designed to engage students with their peers in challenging environments and to develop leadership and personal skills applicable to everyday life at home and at school. One or two educators from each participat......
 

Daylong courses offered at Outward Bound¡¯s campuses located in Baltimore¡¯s Leakin Park and Philadelphia¡¯s Fairmount Park. Participants spend the day engaged in problem solving exercises and challenge themselves and each other while climbing high ropes and the 40-foot wall. As they tackle their fears they build self-confidence and develop a sense of trust and teamwork. Teams from schools come to......
 

Accelerating the pace at which new employees become effective teams while integrating corporate culture, values and expectations. ...
 

Creating effective and productive teams faster while learning how to integrate members, meet unique challenge and manage change. ...
 

Developing a shared vision, mission and culture, integrating organizational structures, managing transition and building trust. ...
 

Identifying successful traits and applying them in complex business related scenarios including executing strategic plans, resource allocation, project management, mentoring emerging leaders and complex problem anticipation/prevention. ...
 

Building successful teams while focusing on goal setting, work processes, improving communication, risk taking, change and conflict and building relationships. ...
 

Spend 20 days exploring the Everglades by canoe and sea kayak. Then participate in a 3-day urban expedition helping victims of the 2004 hurricanes and other communities in need, and learn valuable skills to take home by exploring career and academic resources and opportunities within a nearby city. COURSE DESCRIPTION Outward Bound Intercept conducts specialized 24-day multi-activity wilder......
 

Students learn the technical skills of canoeing and camp craft through the challenge of a 24- or 28-day canoeing expedition on the unique river systems of Central Florida or the Low Country Rivers of South Carolina. During the expedition, the instruction team works individually and collectively with participants as they address issues of personal limits, self-reliance, anger management and go......
 

The Intercept Program provides intervention services for families struggling with 14- to 17-year-olds beginning to demonstrate negative behaviors. Students learn the technical skills of canoeing and campcraft through the challenge of a 24- or 28-day canoeing expedition. During the expedition, the instructional team works individually and collectively with participants as they address such issue......
 

While on course the students are given extensive information to help them understand the relationship between freedom and responsibility; that as one goes up so will the other and vice versa. We want them to see that this is not some special teenager rule, but it is a rule of life. We believe most conflicts arise between teens and adults because of arguments about freedom versus responsibility.......
 

This is a real wilderness expedition. It will be physically and mentally challenging every day. Each student will be taught how to canoe or hike and eventually how to be part of a team. Each student will have to rely on him or herself to stay warm and comfortable. Camping is not about being miserable, the instructors will provide tips and expectations for self-care, but each student will be res......
 

Every Outward Bound course is challenging, but ever-changing weather conditions and the unpredictable nature of frozen terrain make winter expeditions particularly demanding¡ªand exciting! On a winter expedition, you will experience vast frozen lakes, towering forests draped in snow and ice, you will travel through deep snow and you will learn how to stay warm and comfortable in this rugged, for......
 

Skimming silently over the ocean, self-contained with your boat responding to your slightest movement, it¡¯s no wonder sea kayaking is rapidly becoming one of the world¡¯s fastest growing sports. Traveling through some of the East Coast¡¯s most pristine marine environments (past whales and seals and even towering icebergs) will be an adventure you won¡¯t ever forget. On these trips you will accumul......
 

Learn to sail in the longest-running sea program in the United States, and explore the spectacular Maine Coast where sheer, granite cliffs meet the rhythm of pounding waves. Come learn open boat seamanship, including sail handling, knots and navigation as you cruise the coast -¨C in and around islands, living aboard our 30-foot, ketch-rigged boats. Modeled after the 19th century whaling boats, H......
 

Explore the Florida Keys and their coral reefs, saltwater flats and mangrove islands teeming with life. You begin learning the skills of sailing and coastal piloting as soon as you board the legendary Hurricane Island sail training vessel (modeled after early nineteenth century whale boats). Consistent winds and shallow waters make this a technically demanding cruising area, which requires th......
 

If you¡¯re looking for intense rock skills training¡ªthis is your course! Learn everything from anchor and belay systems to the use of opposing pressures, mantel moves and jamming. Time is also devoted to ¡°chalk talks¡± on the physics of climbing, vectors and knots. Use of friction devices for belaying and rapelling is studied along with fixed anchor climbing and rescue techniques. Our Mul......
 

An Outward Bound canoeing or rafting expedition is a series of rapid changes. A morning may find you paddling across a pristine lake in water so quiet you can hear the moose foraging in the marsh 100 yards away. In the afternoon, you may be negotiating whitewater so intense that you can barely hear yourself think beyond the sounds of the rushing water and the feel of the adrenaline coursing thr......
 

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