EDU 259 Outdoor Education Leadership
Provides opportunities to explore teaching as a career choice in an outdoor setting. Topics covered from an outdoor educational perspective will include current educational issues, social trends, experiential learning. Students will explore multiple communication tools, as well as form and maintain relationships with the outdoor education staff, elementary school students, high school leaders, and visitors to an outdoor laboratory school, such as the Jefferson County outdoor laboratory school. Students will teach hands-on lessons, based on the Colorado Content Standards, with an emphasis on science, history, and environmental education.