Outings Leader Training: Boston, MA Register

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Sat, Feb 1, 20259:00 AM5:00 PM  (Eastern)

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Outings Leader Training: Boston, MA

Do you like spending time with people outside? Ready to take the leap towards building leadership and coordination skills? Come take outings leader training in person in Boston this winter!

50 Federal St 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA

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42.35588000,-71.05640100 Celeste Venolia celeste.venolia@sierraclub.org MM/DD/yyyy amOUuwqNAzpGSXwtHmnd12740

Organized By: Massachusetts Chapter

Location: 50 Federal St 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA

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Event Organizers:
Celeste Venolia
   celeste.venolia@sierraclub.org


Do you like spending time with people outside? Ready to take the leap towards building leadership and coordination skills? Come take outings leader training in person in Boston this winter! 

Participants on an outing along the Malden River

Outings Leader Training (OLT) is designed to provide participants with the knowledge required to lead day trips and/or overnight car-camping trips for the Sierra Club. The goal is to create trip leaders who lead safe and fun trips while inspiring their participants to become more involved in protecting their environment.

The OLT training is comprised of 8 modules covering the following topics:

Commitments to Equity Goals

History and Structure

Planning Outings

Participant Evaluation

Conservation and Connections

Conducting an Outing

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making

Risk Management

The Basic First Aid Certification is through Health Safety Institute (HSI); this course takes approximately 3 hours.

The training does not cover “hard” skills like how to set up a tent or specifics on gear for a particular outdoor activity. The OLT will orient you to policies and procedures, best practices, our existing structure, and skills related to leading a group in an outdoor setting. There is a lot of content to cover so there are some pre-readings and pre-watching materials so that we can fit first aid and OLT requirements into the same day. We will break up spending time on covering and discussing content inside with time getting outside along the Rose Kennedy Greenway to demonstrate some of the principles covered in the training. 

 

Read more about the leader requirements here: https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/become-leader

 

Please email Celeste with any questions: celeste.venolia@sierraclub.org

Snowy drop off with conifers
 

Cost: Free

Carpool: This location is public transportation accessible, but for those coming from farther away there will be an opportunity to offer and ask for rides from others registered

Note: Carpool transportation is at the sole risk of the participants.

Cancellation Policy: Will need to reschedule if facilitator is unwell

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