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Leadership Training Institute
The Leadership Training Institute offers programs
designed for those wishing to develop and enhance their leadership
skills, acquire extensive experience in outdoor activities,
and explore their own growth and potential. The core of our
leadership training programs is the OUTDOOR GROWTH AND
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR, which consists of three 8 to 10 week
sessions in the fall, winter, and spring. These sessions
may be taken separately or combined into our Five Month or Eight
Month Seminars beginning in January or September
respectively. During the spring, summer, and fall, we offer
five to eight week OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP INTENSIVES, offering
varied and condensed versions of our longer training in environments
and with activities that vary according to the season. Shorter
leadership workshops are offered periodically, including
training for whitewater guides, which are an opportunity
to be exposed to our unique program content and approaches
to outdoor learning.
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14- DAY OUTDOOR
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This course is designed for those individuals who are seeking exposure to a wide-variety of wilderness leadership skills and training in how to apply them. The remote wilderness of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado will serve as the container for our learning expedition. It is wonderful place to connect with nature, practice awareness and contemplative skills, be challenged, and discover your own unique leadership style.
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OUTDOOR
LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE |
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This five
week program is offered every summer and
occasionally during the fall and spring. You
will be exposed to the full range of skills,
activities, ideas and approaches that lie at
the core of our outdoor leadership training
process. The course will provide multi-day
intensive training in minimum impact wilderness
travel and camping skills, technical rockclimbing,
alpine mountaineering with peak ascents, and
where possible whitewater rafting. Activities
depend on the season and access to those resources
suitable for each activity. You will also be
introduced to our approach to building community
in nature, tuning in to the energy and rhythms
of the earth, nature rituals and celebration,
deep ecology, and the vision quest process.
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OUTDOOR
GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
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Since 1974, the 5 or 8 month Seminar has
been our primary vehicle for training "transformational" outdoor
leaders committed to building community in nature,
using a variety of natural environments and adventure
activities for personal transformation, and re-establishing
our bond with the "more than Human" world
in which we participate. From late September
through late May--in fall, winter
and spring sessions-- trainees meet in weekly
classes and group sessions to explore leadership
issues, group dynamics, learning models, and
skills for effective communications and conflict
resolution. Balanced movement and centering will
be explored through classes in yoga, Tai Chi,
visualization and meditation as well as applied
to outdoor pursuits. Topics covered during the
course include equipment, program design, logistics,
trip planning and wilderness travel in environments
that range from the canyonlands of Utah, desert
mountains of Arizona, and wild rivers of the
Rockies to high mountains, rockclimbing sites,
and backcountry ski terrain of Colorado. Weekend
training sessions will be complemented by longer
expeditions to put skills learned into practice
and where leadership responsibilities are shared
in settings where learning is frequently unexpected
and largely experiential. During this program, participants are encouraged
to explore personal issues and, with group support,
practice using
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communications, counseling, and
group facilitation skills that are taught as
part of the program. Participants are encouraged
to explore personal values, purpose and visions
for the future and explore self-imposed limitations--mental,
physical, emotional, and spiritual--and reach
beyond them. Setting goals for the training and
developing a "personal growth" contract
for the course to be shared with others is strongly
encouraged. The cost for this program covers
only tuition and use of group equipment. Trainees
need to find housing in the Boulder-Denver area
and provide their own personal backpacking and
winter camping/backcountry ski equipment. Food
and transportation costs on trips is shared among
participants. It is possible to work part- time
in flexible situations and there is a lengthy
break over the Christmas holidays.
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on 5 Month Seminar>>> | More
on Fall Seminar>>>
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