Outdoor Leadership   RTM 452

Overall class purpose: increase effectiveness in leadership of outdoor programs.

• Class does include a weekend field trip to Joshua Tree National Park.

• Outdoor education is "education in or about the out-of-doors'".  Leadership of outdoor programs demand the execution of important skills and attitudes in order to provide safe outdoor programs that achieve indentifed outcomes.

• The greatest amount of time in this course will be spent on safety management. Safety mangement topics include:.
  • Decision making strategies that depend on thinking skills
    • the "good judgement" approach
    • the 'fast think and slow think' process
  • The 'procedures, protocols, and checklists' approach to safety will be extensively explored.
  • Though the focus is clearly on the outdoor setting - the skills and models are transferable to other leadership settings.

• The class is best with RTM 351 as a prepatory class but the prerequisite will be waived by instructor consent.
• RTM 452 is only offered one time a year in Spring semester.

• RTM 452 will focus on learn by doing (experiential ed) for some limited field experience but the balance of the class will need to be online. The key field experience is as an important application of the course. The weekend field class dates will be announced.

• The meeting time for the class will be Wednesday 7:00 - 9:45 (with some online sessions).

• The class is great for serious outdoor educator types but also valuable for anyone interested in leadership development in general (though clearly our primary context is outdoor leadership).
  

• This web page is your location for initial information for the course.  Lecture notes, detailed field trip information, and other class information will be accessed through the canvas site (canvas.csun.edu) as the semester gets close - for those enrolled in the class - sign up today by asking for a permission number. To GET THAT PERMISSION number contact

• Outdoor Coordinatora: Al Wright at alan.wright@csun.edu (who is not teaching the class)
  
  
• TO ADD THE CLASS JUST EMAIL the instructor for permission number as the computer is not allowing regular adds through your portal.
• Class Meeting Time Spring 2023 - Wednessday evenings 7:00 - 9:45 (some sessions online)

• P.S. - there is a fair amount of work in the class but with great rewards :).
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