Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School :: LEADERSHIP SEMESTER ITINERARY


8:16 am, Friday, May 9th

Leadership Semester "Instructor Training"
First Phase: Instructor Training Number of Days: 60 days Wilderness First Responder Course and Technical Rope Rescue Course (10-15 days): Goal is to prepare participants to recognize and deal with medical and traumatic injuries in a wilderness setting. Focus is on CR wilderness, but protocols are generally universal. American Red Cross/DOT standard curriculum for First Responders Additional curriculum focusing on wilderness settings with plenty of scenarios ARC CPR for the professional rescuer with oxygen administration 3 day Rescue 3 International Technical Rope Rescue Operations course White Water River Guide training (20-25 days) Goal is to prepare participants to be able to guide a 14-16 foot raft with paddling clients on class III white water rivers in Costa Rica or abroad. 3-4 day Swift Water Rescue Tech or WW Rescue Tech cert (Rescue 3 Intl.) 16 day river guide training with chance to certify with IRF Focus on mountain style tropical rivers Multi-Element Leadership training (8-10 days) Goal is to prepare participants with hard and soft skills to successfully lead multi element expeditions including backpacking, camp craft, climbing, rappelling etc. Backpack guiding with camp craft leadership Expedition planning and execution Instructor judgement training Working with Adolescent training Working with participants using psychotropic medication training Safety systems for expeditioning, rappelling, canyoning, climbing and rescues Village homestays and facilitating intercultural exchange Costa Rican natural & cultural history for guides Soft skills training/group dynamics Open water lifeguarding and SCUBA training (8-10 days) Goal is to prepare participants to safely assess swimming areas and oversee swimming and other aquatic activities for groups on lakes, oceans and rivers. Full certification course with Costa Rican Lifeguarding Association (CRLA) NAUI SCUBA certification course conducted in Bocas del Toro, Panama Rescues using surf equipment in open ocean setting Learn basic instruction on how to teach surfing
Second Phase: Internship(selected students only) Number of Days: 80 days This phase will be open for students of the Leadership Course to apply for internships as Lead instructors, Co-instructors or Assistant instructors. This second phase will include staff training and an opportunity to meet and learn with other instructors on staff. Marketing, administration and course logistics are some of the course topics that will be addressed during this phase. Students that have excelled in the first phase will be strongly considered for these internships. Although participation in the first phase of the Leadership Course does not guarantee acceptance in the second phase of the course it is strongly considered when accepting applicants. The number of students accepted into the internship phase will depend on the staff needs relative to course enrollment for the year.
Third Phase: Full Time Instructor(selected interns only) Number of Days: Open This phase will be open for interns to apply for full-time positions as Lead instructors. Students that have excelled in the first phase and second phase of the Leadership Course will be strongly considered for these positions. Although participation in the second phase of the Leadership Course does not guarantee acceptance in the third phase of the course it is strongly considered when accepting applicants.

Note: We reserve the right to alter our itineraries due to unusual water conditions, weather, other acts of God, or other cause. In all cases we will make every effort to substitute an activity or location with something comparable.