140Tuesday, April 1, 2003
This is a Ticketed Event. Fee: $$35/$45 on-site
8:30 AM-4:30 PMThomas Middle School
AAALF/Council on Outdoor Education
Teaching Adventure Skills in the Gym
A one-day workshop designed to teach participants to perform and teach basic adventure skills with an emphasis on safety. This includes: · Adventure without ropes activities. · Climbing skills on gym ropes with Prusik slings. · Belaying techniques and their application. · Climbing wall skills. · Traversing skills. · Rope swinging activities. · Skills on innovative equipment. This session offers you an opportunity to examine a variety of equipment for teaching adventure in the gym. Curriculum materials for use in conducting programs will be distributed. Certificate of completion and CEUs offered. Fee: $35/$45 on-site. Fee does not include public transporation to Thomas Middle School, Philadelphia, PA. **Participants meet in the Convention Center in front of the registration area at 8:30am.
Keyword(s): outdoor ed/recreation, safety/injury prevention
Speakers: Brian Beaton and Robert Hawkinson, School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Arnold Dort, Philadelphia Public Schools; 1997 EDA Teacher of the Year, Philadelphia, PA; Jeff Gehris, Greenwich Public Schools, Greenwich, CT; Stephanie Buchen, Bucks County Technical High School, Lancaster, PA; Arnold Dort, Philadelphia Public Schools, Philadelphia, PA; Tom Evaul, , Merchantville, NJ; Kimberly A. Fox, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ; Bob Lyerly, Hacket School, Phila, Huntington Valley, PA; Gerry Rooney, Bucks County Technical High School, PA, Yardley, PA; Margaret Tieman, Lewis Mills High School, Burlington, CT; Nafis Taalib-Din, Neshaminy School District, Edinboro, PA; and Charles Williams, Wing Speed Adventure, PA

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