Involve Me & I Learn; Staff Training 2023
"Tell me, and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me, and I learn." This quote lives in our Course Journal and comes up often when circled up. As Experiential Educators, we bring this quote to life whenever we work with folks, whether they are participants or staff, we educate through doing, experiencing, and involving. This past weekend, we held our second annual staff training overnight. We had fourteen participants ready and eager to learn, share, and prepare to work for Outside Perspectives this season. Our Program Director, Liza, and Lead Instructor, Aimee, assembled the perfect hiking and canoeing overnight for us! Everyone arrived on Saturday around 8 a.m. with bags packed and plenty of coffee on board. Liza gave new folks a tour of the office and our gear room before we headed outside for a few games. Aimee was ready with her endless bag of tricks and had us all acting silly and laughing within minutes. Nothing like Zoom-Mooz to break the ice. Liza and Aimee...