Yates Leadership Challenge Mission Statement |
“Provide challenging and adventurous experiential learning programs for individuals to learn leadership, accomplish personal and team goals, and promote character development.”
Alignment and Assessment
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Introduction to the Yates Leadership Challenge Course < TOP > |
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Strategic Plan |
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Progress Evidence and Assessment
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Training Manuals < TOP > |
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Supplementary Reading Materials < TOP > |
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Yates Leadership Challenge Practitioner Facilitation Items < TOP >
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Knot Tying References |
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Animations |
Static Drawings |
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Other Knots |
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LEAD 2813 - Ropes Course Facilitation and Leadership < TOP > |
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Learn the Ropes! Join with others to gain skills in leadership and
facilitation while challenging yourself on the ropes course. This class will
also give you the experience and training needed to step into a Ropes Course Facilitator position at our
ropes course. Successful participants will earn a Certificate of Completion - a valuable
addition to your resume. No experience is necessary. |
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REASONS WHY LEADERSHIP EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL ADVENTURE PROGRAMING IS EFFECTIVE 1
Equality - Provides a unique set of projects and situations requires people to draw upon genuine team process skills.
Disequilibrium - A state of disequilibrium or disorder allows emphasis to be placed upon both task and process related themes as the group has to organize itself around the challenge.
Personal Projection / Meta Learning - The group projects their problem-solving skills, project management ability, and leadership style onto the experience. The learning arising from this is profound and revealing.
Kinesthetic Imprint - Kinesthetic imprint or whole body learning of cognitive principles because the learning is graphic as it involves physical, mental and behavioral dimensions.
Diversity of Strengths - Input from all team members will be required to produce outcomes from projects specifically designed not to suit just one team role style or behavior. One person cannot possibly succeed alone and so the interdependence of the team is highlighted along with the importance of diversity within the team.
Fun - The environment provides a highly enjoyable way to learn and develop team and management process skills. Fun is a powerful aspect of effective learning with participants becoming more open to the experience and creative whilst participating in it.
1 Reference: Luckner, J. & Nadler, R. (1997). Processing the experience: Strategies to enhance and generalize learning. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. |
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Prerequisites |
None. |
Credit |
Typically applies toward graduation requirements as an elective. |
Course Coordinator |
Questions? Contact...
Eric Evertson
evertson@nmmi.edu
(575) 654-8139 |
First Class |
Attendance at first class is required.
Bring a writing accoutrement and paper. |
Equipment Needed |
None. |
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Personality Assessments Links |
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Professional Development Plan |
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Professional Portfolio Links |
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| Ropes Course Web Resources < TOP > |
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Ropes Course Related Articles < TOP > |
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History of Challenge Courses (pdf)
Excerpt: As the challenge course industry continues to grow, it is important that we have a
clear picture of our roots. Understanding the history of our trade allows us to chart a more
intentional future...
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Excerpt: I remember being told once that challenge courses were not appropriate for parents to bring their kids and have fun playing on the elements for the day. But imagine how strong our communities could be if families, large and small, found a place where they could improve their communication while allowing... |
Erik Marter, Parallel Lines, Spring 2009 |
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Excerpt:
Over 20 years of Adventure programming has allowed us to record over 57 million participant hours. A total of 250 injuries were reported giving a overall injury rate of... |
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High Course Cut-Away
Rescue Technique Examined (pdf)
Excerpt: Despite the widespread use of high ropes courses in experiential education, research has not examined the safety and effectiveness of ropes course rescue strategies. The purpose of this study was to: (a) measure...
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from the Journal of Experiential Education, 2004 by Haras, Kathy & Lisson, Brian
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Zip Line Article (pdf)
Excerpt: For North Carolina's Baptist camps, cuts, scrapes and bruises are a part of everyday life. But a September zip-line accident at a non-denominational camp that led to the death of a high school senior...
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| Leadership Web Resources < TOP > |
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Leadership Articles < TOP > |
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The Praise Paradox
NEA Today March/April 2011 |
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Milgram Obedience Experiment (pdf)
Excerpt: At 75 volts, he grunts; at 120 volts, he complains loudly; at 150, he demands to be released from the experiment. As the voltage increases, his protests become more vehement and emotional. At 285 volts, his response can be described only as an agonized scream. Soon thereafter, he makes no sound at all...Yale undergraduates were used as subjects, and about 60 percent of them were fully obedient.
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Migram Video |
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From Hostage to Hero - How Ashley Smith with faith, smarts and courage, talked her way out of the hands of an alleged killer (pdf)
Excerpt: ..."He looked at pictures of my family," said Smith. "He asked me if he could look at them and hold them." By that time, he had untied Smith and had left his guns where she could have grabbed them. Despite those gestures of trust...She gave it to him straight: "I said, 'I think you should turn yourself in, If you don't turn yourself in, lots more people are going to get hurt and you're probably going to die." That did not quite get through. "Look at me, look at my eyes," he said. "I'm already dead." Smith replied: "You are not dead. You are standing right in front of me."..."He needed hope for his life."...
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Excerpt:
...Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself... |
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Cool Links < TOP > |
Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) |
ACCT Job Bank Link
List of PVMs
(Professional Vendor Members) |
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Project Adventure |
PA Job/Internship Link |
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American Camp Association
Summer Camp Jobs & Year-Round Camp Jobs |
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Association for Experiential Education |
AEE Job Link |
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Signature Research |
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Karl Rohnke |
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List of Universities with Ropes Courses < TOP >
(continually in development) |
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Degree Offered / If any? |
| Eastern Washington University |
Yes |
Challenge Course Management Minor |
| Georgia College and State University |
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M.Ed. Kinesiology: Outdoor Education Administration |
| Warren Wilson College |
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Bachelors in Outdoor Leadership |
| Minnesota State University Mankato |
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Masters in Experiential Education |
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Adventure Education |
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| Outdoor Wisconsin Leadership School |
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Northern Illinois University |
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Outdoor Teacher Education |
University of Akron |
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Master's Outdoor Education |
Alaska Pacific University |
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Environmental Education and Outdoor Education |
North Cascades Institute |
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Master of Education in Environmental Education |
Lesley University |
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Master's Ecological Teaching and Learning - Maine |
Prescott College |
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Adventure Education / Outdoor Education / Wilderness Leadership - MA |
Audubon Expedition Institute |
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Ecological Teaching and Learning |
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Experiential Education |
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Outdoor Ecological a& Experiential Education |
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Outdoor Recreation / Therapeutic Recreation |
| University of New Hampshire |
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Recreation Management |
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Outdoor Education |
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Outdoor Education |
University of Utah |
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Parks, Recreation & Tourism |
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Recreation |
Aurora University, George Williams Campus |
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Recreation Administration |
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Recreation Administration |
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Wilderness Therapy |
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| Thoughts to Consider < TOP > |
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of winter. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success." |
Classified Advertisement in the Times of London, December 1901, for the 1902 Expedition to the South Pole with Sir Ernest Shackleton. |
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To me, honor is the capacity to control the instinctive selfishness that lurks in all of us, the tough case-hardened ability to put morality ahead of expediency, duty ahead of deviousness, and to do this instinctively and every time.
~ General Mark Clark, 1956 |
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A Funny Look at Safety and Liability < TOP > |
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