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NWP Global Registry of Apprentice Ecologists - Corbett, Oregon, USA

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Corbett, Oregon, USA
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EOsborne



Registered: December 2009
City/Town/Province: Portland
Posts: 1
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In Multnomah County, Oregon, all 6th grade science classes spend a week learning about the environment at Outdoor School. I have participated in the program four times as a high school Student Leader. Each Student Leader teaches one of the Outdoor School subjects during the day (Plants, Animals, Water, and Soil), in addition to being responsible for a cabin of 6th graders for the entire week. We teach the students the importance of the environment in their lives, so when they return to the city, they are more educated about the preservation of the earth.
When I arrived for my second week of Outdoor School, I learned that we had a special needs class coming. In addition to most of the students having forms of autism, a few were completely non-verbal, and one student was confined to a wheelchair. When the class arrived to my field study, their enthusiasm was evident. They were excited to learn, and focused on our pelts station right away. I went over to help a girl named Sunday. We immediately bonded over rabbit and skunk pelts, and I gained the chance to work with Sunday for the rest of the morning. She was, just like the other students in her class, ecstatic to be at Outdoor School, and to have the chance to feel like any other 6th grader. Students from bad homes, English language learners, and special needs students all benefit from Outdoor School, because they often have had few “normal” childhood experiences.
Since that week of Outdoor School I have known that I want to continue to help students learn. I am confident in my ability to lead students to success, even if the student does not think so. I use this confidence when teaching other students who have trouble learning. I am determined to help those kids understand the material, and to help them find a way they can be successful, because I know it is possible.
Date: December 31, 2009 Views: 5673 File size: 20.0kb, 57.1kb : 600 x 450
Hours Volunteered: 1200
Volunteers: 30
Authors Age & Age Range of Volunteers: 18 & 16 to 20
Native Trees Planted: 4
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