Full time housing, meals five days per week, and weekend food staples are provided. A health care fund has been established for minor medical care and prescriptions. A formal schedule of assignments is individually tailored to the needs of the intern. These assignments include the completion of a major project of professional quality that enriches the program and the intern's professional growth. Interns serve as dorm counselors for one week in order to better understand the important role counselors serve in the outdoor school.
Interns also rotate through duties as recreation leader, health coordinator, and evening naturalist.
These non-teaching roles serve as breaks from the demanding teaching schedule and allow interns to gain a more wholistic understanding of resident outdoor education. We try to maintain an atmosphere of open communication about what's going on at our site and in our field. References Departing interns know exactly what kind of reference to expect. If someone has proven themselves unsuitable for hiring in our program, they'll know it. Likewise, a recommendation from our program means that the person has attained a fairly high level of skill for a first-year educator.