WAEE Events

Spring Adventure Workshop

29th Annual Wisconsin Adventure in Outdoor Education

"Sills in a Natural World"
May 1-3, 2009
Wausau School Forest - Mosinee, WI

General Information

The first Wisconsin Adventure in Outdoor Education workshop was held in May 1980. Since that time, teachers, program leaders, administrators and adventure education practitioners have made the workshop an annual trek. Typically 100 people attend each year to build, renew and share expertise to enhance curricular/program offerings. A highly trained staff leads sessions aimed at hands-on experiences immediately transferable to on-going programs.

This extremely popular spring event is held in both formal and informal settings at the Wausau School Forest. Registration, dinner, games and challenge activities are scheduled for Friday evening. General sessions in biking, hiking, birding, fishing, wellness and curriculum design - to name a few - are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

This workshop is intended for practicing professionals (teachers, health promotion specialists, agency leaders, recreation specialists) as a means of enhancing their personal skill and group leadership abilities. The course further serves as an opportunity to design and implement adventure programs into a variety of worksites.

Course Objectives:

Provide participants with an opportunity to develop adventure education wellness programming skills through active participation in workshop activities.
Provide participants an opportunity to design formal instructional packages to implement in workplaces with clients in school, agency and corporation settings.
Provide participants information on facilitation skills, instructional skills, wellness philosophy, organizational skills, technical skills, safety skills and environmental knowledge as they relate to wellness and adventure education programs.

The workshop offers both undergraduate and graduate credits. 1-3 credits can be earned by engaging in the workshop and then creating teaching packages that can be implemented upon return to the work setting. Each student designs their own project, sets their own goals and identifies outcomes. Practical, immediately useful material and curriculum development is the focus of student projects. You may email John Munson for more information on the credit requirements. The coursework is handled through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Health Promotion and Human Development. Registration for credit takes place at the workshop.

Information:
Credit availability or workshop details contact:
Dr. John W. Munson, jmunson@uwsp.edu, 715-346-4614