Our Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School is in the New York Times for their students' involvement in the City Council's participatory budgeting process, which garnered the school and its 45th district $450,000 to dramatically increase safety by placing lights in the district’s parks and in the field behind the school's Tilden Educational Campus in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Train-the-Trainer
- Our staff are experts in facilitation, relationship-building & safety management.
- Our programs are highly regarded for their quality & customization.
- Our programs promote trusting & caring student/adult relationships.
Overview
If you would like your teachers to learn how to lead experiential learning activities, a NYC Outward Bound Train-the-Trainer program is the perfect choice for you. These workshops delve into structured group activities, experiential learning theory, sequencing, needs assessment, program planning, framing and debriefing. It includes the essential resources so that your staff can return to your school or organization and put these skills into practice.
Typical Learning Targets
- I can demonstrate “reading the group” and can help boost energy levels by running dynamic activities and energizers
- I can safely lead a group through several low challenge activities.
- I understand key elements of facilitation such as framing and debriefing, and begin to reflect my own facilitation style.
- I can participate in activities fully and role model energy and enthusiasm for younger students
- I can reflect on my experiences and think critically about what I can do to improve as a leader
- I can give and receive feedback
CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: GREATER RIDGE YOUTH COUNCIL, QUEENS
- “The goal is to have at least one person from each of our after school program trained to start the New Year. At some point we would like to add more adventure training to our curriculum so that we can expand on the adventure education service we are hoping to have at each site.”
- How does this program fit into the larger goal for your groups?
This program would fit into the our new program design that we are hoping to implement, which is to offer each of our elementary and middle school student be involved with adventure education. Through our adventure education design we want to help each student to develop self-esteem, develop life skills and to teach our student how to overcome challenges that they may face in their life. - These teachers were selected because
They are the instructors in our program that work with the children in our program on a daily basis during recreation time. We felt they are all best suited to carry out the type of program that we would like to implement. - Specific activities or outcomes to focus on during the program
Low organizational games, games that can be done in an indoor setting. We would like the instructors to know how they can best implement the activities that they will learn, we would like for them to learn how important adventure education can be for young students. Most importantly we would like for them to learn the other aspects of adventure education that can be done after this training over, so they have something to look forward to if we should do
more advance training in the future.
—Walter Welsh, Greater Ridge Youth Council, Glendale, NY
Recent News
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NY Times Covers Kurt Hahn Students City Council Involvement April 9, 2012 -
NY Daily News Features Kurt Hahn Senior Expo April 3, 2012Mark Morales of the NY Daily News covers Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School senior exit projects at their public Senior Expo. Students presented their findings and educated their peers on a diverse array of real-world problems endemic to the high school’s East Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn such as gang violence, teen pregnancy and immigration issues.
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Univision/Telefutura Explores NYC Outward Bound Schools January 10, 2012Univision's sister television network Telefutura has produced an in-depth, Spanish-language segment on our network of public Expeditionary Learning schools, our mission, and our unique approach to education. "En Tu Comunidad" features NYC Outward Bound's Strategic Sponsorship Officer Deborah Castillero, our Validus Preparatory Academy's Principal Javier Ocampo, and our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School's Assistant Principal Jenny Rodriguez.
