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Adults

Veterans
Professionals
Outdoor educators

Struggling teens and young adults
Partnerships with schools and other youth-serving

organizations

Although programs vary broadly in student populations
served, location, and objective, they all contain elements

that are central to the development of effective and
compassionate citizens: adventure and challenge; learning

through experience; integrity and excellence; inclusion and
diversity; social and environmental responsibility; leadership

and character development; and compassion and service.

OUTWARD BOUND INSTRUCTORS

Outward Bound instructors are highly trained and qualified

educators and outdoor skills specialists. Participant safety is
a high priority—foundational to every program. Every course

is led by instructors who hold, at minimum, wilderness first-
responder-level certifications and who have completed

hundreds of hours of educational, safety, student, and
activity-management training.

Instructors are proficient in and passionate about the
specific wilderness skills of the activity they teach, whether
rock climbing, sailing, mountaineering, sea kayaking,

canoeing, or whitewater rafting. To help students along their
personal growth paths, instructors are trained in managing

groups and individuals. A vital component of every course is
the instructor’s ability to not only shepherd students