Growth

So much has happened in the time I started here at Alliance. I observed how some of the classes are ran here, then the next week I had a group of students who I taught while being observed by returning naturalist. Had my first outing in my car since being here. Learn their high ropes and the rescue bag (then pushed myself way out of my comfort zone with traveling over to the extreme side of the high ropes). Then I ended up being a life example of an emergency take down when I was coming back from the extreme side of the ropes course, it may of been scary and (personally for me) embarrassing at the time, but I pushed myself and grew from the experience.

I also have had the oppertunity to learned more about the camp they support in South Africa. I'm praying about whether or not I feel God is leading to apply to possibly have the oppertunity to be one of the team members who could go to South Africa.

Now this coming week will be the first week that I will be teaching students on my own. I'm nervious about it, but with the training we recieved and the notes and time talking about what they observed I feel like I'm ready. Fingers cross.

End of Training/ ACROS/ Exams

Well, training weeks are now offically over. Kidos will be coming to our grounds soon. Makes me a nervous wreck. Within these three weeks we learned pretty much everything that we need to know, plus more for the schools who will come to our grounds. I'm ready to get my feet wet and start teaching again. This will be so different then T-lee. Students are here for a week, so we will get to know them better and see many of them step out of their comfort zone and grow.

This past weekend we went to a conference called ACROS. It is a christian based organization that was created for those who teach outdoor ed. It was a fun weekend. The first seminar I attend was about why it is important for outdoor ed to be around. So, many students really enjoy getting to go to camp to have hands on learning. The second seminar was about classroom management. Many of the things mentioned during this seminar they do here. The third seminar I went to was about adding creative writing time to the week. I was really good. Seeing some of the students writings from the speakers camp were awesome. Then he gave us a chance to go out and spend 10 minutes to reflect and write. He gives his students a minimum of 30 mins to do this. The final seminar was on team building. That was fun, because we actually did a couple of team building activities.