Coyote Mentoring

Coyote Mentoring
April 17-19 or July 10-12, 2009; 4:30 p.m. Fri. - 4:00 p.m. Sun.; Duvall, WA; Lead instructor; Nate Summers. Price $290; Food and camping included. Airport shuttle available (details upon registration).
Call to register: 425-788-1301

(20 Clock Hours available for teachers)

The Coyote Mentoring weekend is a fantastic introduction to the basic principles of our nature-based educational approach. It is designed for educators, parents, and anyone interested in significantly expanding their teaching repertoire and mentoring skills.

This course provides the foundational tools for crafting powerful experiences of learning and deep connections with the natural world for your students, family, employees, or even yourself. We invite you to join us as we re-discover the sense of wonder for nature’s mysteries that all children share. . (See background and more information for educators)

Participants in our mentoring workshops will receive a copy of Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature - our new curriculum book full of mentoring tips and activities to share with children.

Lead Instructor Biography

Nate Summers: Nate coordinates the Earth Mentor Program, and has been mentoring adults and youth in the outdoors since 1995. In the past he has served as both Youth Programs Director and Adult Programs Director for Wilderness Awareness School, and has worked with such organizations as King County Parks and Recreation, Seattle Parks Department, and Outdoor Connections/WildLore. He is the founder of Pathfinder Outdoor School, an internal martial arts enthusiast, a practitioner of Chinese Medicine, and a new dad.

Background and More Information about Coyote Mentoring

(especially helpful for Educators)

Education used to be a very holistic endeavor--teachers and educators were charged with the development of young people into fully responsible adults. Many educators today, however, overwhelmed with large class sizes and increasing lists of information that must be covered, cannot devote much attention or energy to the holistic development of their students. Ironically, lack of attention to the overall development of students makes it much harder to teach even the basics, because students are less prepared to receive information, and much less engaged with the learning process.

Coyote Mentoring is a distinctive and highly effective educational approach developed by Jon Young and Wilderness Awareness School over the past 25 years that uses children’s innate enthusiasm for the natural world as a context to actively engage them in the learning process. This approach develops the capacities of students for learning, problem solving, and full expression, and re-awakens their natural sense of wonder.

Through a combination of lecture, storytelling, discussions, group activities, and peer teaching sessions, participants will learn:

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
As a result of taking this course, participants will:

NOTE: The Coyote Mentoring approach is appropriate to all educators, but will be especially helpful for school teachers and outdoor educators with a large amount of contact time with their students.

NEW - Clock Hours available!
Wilderness Awareness School is pleased to offer clock hours for interested Coyote Mentoring participants through the Puget Sound Educational Service District. 20 clock hours are available for this weekend class. You must inform us of your intent prior to the course – a form will be provided with your letter of confirmation.

Clock hours details:
Individuals will receive clock hour materials during the class. Payments for clock hours are to be made at the end of the class by check, Visa or Mastercard. Fees for clock hours are $2.00 per clock hour, (therefore the cost is $40 for 20 clock hours at Coyote Mentoring).