Outdoor Leadership Training

UPON COURSE COMPLETION, YOU CAN RECEIVE FREE OUTDOOR GEAR LOANS FOR YOUR GROUP.

Learn how to use wilderness as an extended learning space to open hearts and minds!
Our unique Train-the-Trainer model provides teachers and youth workers with the confidence and skills needed to take youth on multi-day backpacking adventures, overnight car-camping trips and day hikes.

Courses

We offer a wide variety of courses for leaders looking to immerse youth in nature. Our courses provide the leadership and facilitation skills necessary for a successful outing.

View the courses we offer and schedule for the year:

Courses

Gain the confidence to lead

Learn by doing, our expert leaders will teach you the skills needed to lead successful outdoor outings for your youth

Get free or low cost gear

Finishing our trainings gives you access to our outdoor gear library, with clothing, backpacks, tents, shoes and equipment you’d need.

Make lifelong friends

Meet other people working in your field, share ideas and experiences

Become "part of the family"

A true community of peers and experts, there to support your program

Give your group the experience of a lifetime

Experiencing nature is life-changing for youth. These are memories they will remember always. Let’s give every kid the chance to see the stars.

Become a part of the solution

Experiential learning to give context to environmental studies, team building and confidence and trust building exercises outside the classroom

EARN UNIVERSITY CREDIT

BAWT is pleased to bring you the opportunity to earn graduate-level university credit for completing our trainings. You may earn three graduate-level semester units for completion of BAWT outdoor leadership courses.

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