QUALIFICATIONS
- Experienced Classroom Teacher, Outdoor Trip Leader/Educator, Day & Resident Camp Counselor, Whitewater Rafting Guide.
- Wilderness First Responder, CPR/First Aid, Food Handlers Certified
- Decade of work experience with adolescents, children, and adults
- Backcountry Trip Logistics coordinator, food packing/planning, transportation, risk management, etc. for groups of 20-30 participants and guides
- Paddle raft guide, class II-V, day trips
- Experience with schools, city, and non-profit educational programs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Organized, confident, reliable, and professional
- Experience managing staff and budgets
- Extensive experience with parent communication
WORK HISTORY
Outdoor Trip Leader, Adventure Treks, 2010-November 2011, California/North Carolina
Outdoor Trip Leader for students ages 11-17. Led 16-25 day expeditions: backpacking, rafting, mountaineering, mountain biking, sea kayaking, caving, rock climbing. Lead food coordinator for group of 30.
Homeschool Educator, fall 2010 – spring 2011, Big Sur, CA
Created curriculum, lesson plans, and taught all subjects in a Waldorf method for an independent family with two girls, 1st and 4th grade.
Movement Teacher, Wilderness & Service-Learning Coordinator, & Athletic Director
Portland Waldorf High School, fall 2006 – spring 2010, Portland, OR
Movement Teacher, Wilderness Education Coordinator/Trip Leader, Athletic Director, and Service-Learning Coordinator for grades 9-12. Developed curriculum and taught PE courses; including various team sports, canoeing, orienteering, circus arts, acrobatics, capoeira, partner dances, and yoga. Created and implemented a grading scale and wrote reports for each student. Created Service-Learning curriculum with a committee of teachers and planned and implemented projects with students. Coordinated eight extra-curricular sports teams’ seasons, each participating in a 1A league in the Portland Metro area. Created, coordinated, and led all aspects of week-long outdoor expeditions for each grade; including all logistics for travel, food, parent meetings & communication, faculty participation & collaboration, program review and articles for school & community newsletter.
Afterschool Program Leader
Asheville Parks and Recreation/Montford Center, 2004, Asheville, NC
Created and implemented afterschool curriculum and programming for area kids, K-5th grade.
EDUCATION
Southwest Baptist University, graduated winter 2003, Bolivar, MO
Bachelor of Science, Community Recreation, Outdoor Education Concentration
Castle Rock Institute, spring 2003, Brevard, NC
Semester Study Program, Outdoor Adventure, Humanities, Community Living
Oregon College of Art & Craft, 2005-2006, Portland, OR
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Printmaking/Book Arts
Spacial Dynamics Institute, graduated 2011, Mechanicville, NY
Level I Movement Educator & Practitioner, including curriculum/experience in: various sports, acrobatics/tumbling, circus arts, therapeutic techniques, and other movement experiences. Spacial Dynamics is the movement education training/certifications for Waldorf Schools across the world.
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEER
Hill of the Hawk Farm, summer 2009 & October 2010-May 2011, Big Sur, CA
Co-taught week-long outdoor & nature based field trips for 4th-6th grade classes from San Francisco & Westside Waldorf Schools. Including gardening, animal care, primitive skills, geology, building, and craft.
Taught art & gardening projects for Family Retreats. Primarily, printmaking, papermaking, & craft for children ages 3-12; as well as leading family hikes and composting & harvesting garden projects. Also engaged in many conversations in projects with parents about childhood, education, and parenting.
INTERESTS
Whitewater rafting/kayaking, yoga, acrobatics & trapeze. Writing, printmaking, independent publishing, cycling on the road and the dirt. Backpacking, leading outdoor trips, gardening, community service, singing, and off-road bocce ball.
TRIP LOG
Lead Guide: weeklong backpacking trips in Olympic Peninsula Coast (WA), Trinity Alps (CA), Lost Coast Wilderness (CA), Mount Shasta (CA - mountaineering), Pisgah National Forest (NC). Day and Expedition whitewater trip Guide: Middle Klamath (CA), Upper Klamath (OR/CA), Trinity (CA), Ocoee (TN), Chattooga (SC), Nantahala (NC), Tuckaseegee (NC), French Broad (NC), Lower Green (NC), Clackamas (OR). Sea Kayaking guide: Intercoastal Waterway, Sewee, SC.
Personal Backcountry/Expedition Trips: Multi-day River: Rowed the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon from Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek – 22 day expedition at 21,000 CFS, November 2011. Backpacking: Mount Hood Wilderness (OR), Bull of the Woods (OR), Trinity Alps (CA), Pisgah NF (NC), Shining Rock Wilderness (NC), Point Reyes Seashore (CA), Yosemite (CA), Ventana Wilderness/Los Padres NF Big Sur (CA), Olympic Peninsula Coast (WA). Sea Kayaking/Canoe Multi-day: 9-day Sea Kayaking Expedition Everglades (FL), 3-day Congaree Swamp Canoe Expedition (SC). Bicycle Day/Multi-day: Cycled 850 miles of the Pacific Coast Highway from Astoria, OR to San Francisco, CA. Extensive mountain biking in Moab, Southern California, Marin County, all over Oregon, Pisgah NF and other locations in Western NC.
Excellent References available upon request after initial contact.
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