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Friday Night: Join us at the Lake House Restaurant, 6pm!

Located along Cheat Lake and just minutes from the WVU Outdoor Education Center, the Lake House offers Italian specialties, pizza, sandwiches and has a wide variety of seafood, beef and pork entrees. The restaurant is equipped with indoor and outdoor seating and has a great selection of beer and wine. Reserved seating will be available for AEE attendees. The social begins at 6:00 p.m. Reservation under the name Colleen Williams Address: 165 Sunset Beach, Cheat Lake, WV, 26508

Evening Campfires! Both Friday and Saturday evenings there will be a campfire at the Westvaco Pavilion. All Welcome! There will be fire starters, firewood, & skewers available. BYO S’mores.

Where do we eat? All meals and Featured Guests will be at the Westvaco Natural Resources Center.

AEE Mid-Atlantic WELCOME! Inspired by the apple of the AEE logo, the 2018 Conference theme, “The Apples Never Fall Very Far from the Tree,” is intended to remind us all of the diverse “fruits” that grow from the “tree” of AEE, and encourage us to celebrate

each other and our advocacy of experiential education. What apples will you harvest this weekend? The Mid-Atlantic Region encompasses the following U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Our region unifies individuals from a variety of fields: including schools and colleges, museums, therapeutic recreation centers, camps and conference centers, and outdoor recreation venues. We, as the Mid-Atlantic Region, strive to promote and support the vision of AEE. This vision connects a global community of educators and practitioners, and it expands their capacity to enrich lives through experiential education. AEE is currently leading the way in experiential education nationwide and they will need our continuous support and efforts in making a difference in the lives of many. We hope that you will join our AEE family in webinars, local events, and more. This is an incredibly valuable opportunity to create a wider network, grow as a professional, and spread the word about AEE. We are so glad you’ve joined us for this event, and we look forward to seeing you as often as possible!

Colleen Williams, M.Ed AEE Mid-Atlantic Regional Chair

The Core

Thursday, March 22nd Appalachian Aerial Symposium

Friday, March 23rd Pre-conference events 9am-5pm

Check-In open 1:30pm-8pm Social at the Lake House 6pm

Saturday, March 24th Breakfast 8am

Opening/Playnote 9am-10:30am #1 Workshop Session 10:45am-12:15pm

Lunch/Keynote 12:30pm-1:45pm #2 Workshop Session 2pm-3:15pm

#3 Workshop Session 3:30pm-4:45pm Dinner 5:30pm

Social/ Musician 6pm Sunday, March 25th

Breakfast 8am #4 Workshop Session 9am-10:15am

#5 Workshop Session 10:30am-11:45am Silent Auction Closes 12pm

Lunch/Closing 12:30pm-1:30pm Departure 1:30pm

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The Science Behind the Sport – Teaching STEM Based Curriculum Related to Adventure Activities 3 hour workshop presented by Andrew Hoover 9 am-1 pm Location: Meet at RED Yurt The significance of science and engineering careers in an ever-growing technological world is irrefutable; yet encouraging today’s youth to pursue STEM education is a challenge. On a related note, health and wellness is of increasing concern as childhood obesity rates continue to have an upward trend. WVU has created the Science Behind the Sport initiative to address these contemporary issues. Using the excitement of outdoor adventure sports like cycling, zip-lining and rock climbing, this workshop will explore practical applications of STEM and how these concepts apply to each respective adventure activity. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in learning experiences that will help translate these activities into real, relevant and hands-on experiential activities for students. In this workshop, you will learn how to make fundamental principles of math and science fun!

Aerial Adventure & Captive Audiences 3 hour workshop presented by Adventure WV & WVU Outdoor Education Center Staff 2pm-5pm Location: WVU Outdoor Education Center The aerial adventure industry is rapidly growing. To help differentiate between experiences, many operations have begun incorporating interpretive talks as a core component. Join the WVU Outdoor Education Center Staff as we zip among the trees and explore our approach to natural resource interpretation and presenting this unique learning environment. Believed to be the only university owned and operated zip-line canopy tour course in the world, the WVU Zip-Line Canopy Tour will serve as our classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to go zip-lining and experience our interpretive curriculum as we progress. Forest resource management, sustainability and other information about the WVU Research Forest will be discussed as we zip. Once the activity is complete, time will be spent answering questions and exploring how an interpretive curriculum can be utilized in other aerial adventure activities. This is a great opportunity for anyone seeking an unique experience as

part of their conference stay. To learn more about the WVU Zip-Line Canopy Tour, please follow the link below. Information and statistics regarding our facility are provided. *Participants are encouraged to explore the WVU Zip-Line Canopy Tour website to learn more about the tour - and our conditions barring participation* https://adventurechallenge.wvu.edu/our-facilities/zip-line-canopy-tour.

Climbing Site Management: A Roundtable Discussion 3 hour workshop presented by Kevin Shon 2pm-5pm Location: WVU Cooper’s Rock State Forest Adventure WV’s own Kevin Shon, climbing programs manager, will host a tour of nearby climbing resource Cooper’s Rock. Participants will see the prominent climbing program areas within the State Forest, engage in meaningful discussion with peers regarding best/accepted practices for their outdoor climbing programs, and have the opportunity to review and brush up on basic climbing rescue systems including rescues and lowers. You are encouraged to bring a copy of your climbing programs manual or any other administrative resources to facilitate sharing and learning among colleagues.

*WVU can provide climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets and other PPE and will supply all ropes and other hard/soft goods. Your own PPE and climbing shoes are encouraged.

Special Thanks to Adventure WV for offering the Appalachian Aerial Symposium concurrently with the AEE Mid-Atlantic Conference. If you missed it in 2018, don’t worry! You will be able to catch it in 2020. Check in with Kevin, C.J., or a member of the hosting facility to be sure you get on the mailing list!

Do YOU have suggestions or ideas for pre-cons or

events for the 2019 AEE Mid-Atlantic Conference?

Join the Convening Committee, or let members of

the Regional Team know!

Your input is key to our growth!

Keynote Speaker: Greg Corio

Saturday March 24, 12:30 pm

West Virginia University - Student Recreation and Outdoor Education Greg Corio is the Executive Director for Student Recreation and Outdoor Education at West Virginia University

in Morgantown, W.Va. Corio is responsible for all of campus recreation at WVU including a 177,000 square foot recreation center, a large intramural and club sport program and Adventure WV, an outdoor program at WVU. While pursuing his master’s degree, Corio developed the Adventure WV program as part of his graduate work. This project focused on creating an outdoor orientation program that addressed students’ transition to college through experiential outdoor education and adventure experiences. In 2017 it was the largest Outdoor Orientation Program in the country. The program has grown to include leadership and adventure travel experiences for students at all levels in college at WVU. Corio’s creativity also gave way to an earlier development. In 1999 he invented an artificial ice-climbing wall. He sold the product to Entre Prises. Corio has also worked in adventure tourism where he was able to use his business management education, a degree he almost completed before changing his major to Recreation, Parks and Tourism Resources and earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees in this field at WVU. He also holds an associate degree in Adventure Sports Management from Garrett College.

As the frontman and primary songwriter for The New Relics, Michael J. Arbogast has written and recorded over 50 songs since 1998. His catalog crosses genres from jam-band to

singer-songwriter, rock, country and Americana. He has written entire albums of songs for up-and-coming regional talent and Nashville recording artists alike. His true passion is in creating emotionally resonant stories and weaving them into well-constructed musical arrangements. While touring the East Coast and sharing stages with groups like Zac Brown Band, Sawyer Brown, Craig Morgan, 311, Blessed union of Souls, The Alternate Routes, Wyclef and Pat McGee Band, Mike wrote and recorded 4 studio albums and 2 live albums with The New Relics. The band found commercial success in 2010 with the single release of “Beautiful,” charting as high as #54 on Billboard’s country music chart. Though many of The New Relics’ arrangements and instrumentation lean more toward Mike’s Texas Country idols like Pat Green and Randy Rogers Band, Mike found his voice by blending his favorite aspects of artists as varied as Amos Lee, Zac Brown, Train, Jason Isbell, John Mayer, Brad Paisley, and David Gray. At any given performance, audiences might experience heartwarming love songs, hard-hitting rock tunes, introspective ballads, and covers that range from obscure Americana tracks to unique arrangements of modern pop hits from Britney Spears and OutKast. The truth is: you never quite know what’s in store.

Musician: Michael Arbogast

Saturday March 24, 6:00 pm

Playnote: Alice Morgan

Saturday March 24, 9:00 am

Alice has been working as an outdoor educator since her freshman year of college at Berry College. After earning a Masters degree from the University of Edinburgh, she is currently a PhD

student in WVU's Forest Resource Science program. When she's not studying or working as a graduate assistant for Adventure WVU, Alice enjoys spending time outdoors and gardening.

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Garrett Weigel

Garrett is a current senior at West Virginia University who will be graduating in May with his degree in Theater Design and Technology with an emphasis in

Technical Direction. He has spent the past three years working as an Orientation trip leader, Lead facilitator, and Lead guide with Adventure West Virginia. Garrett spends a lot of his spare time woodworking and expanding his knowledge of Theater/Outdoor rigging and knot tying.

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Katy Pompili

Katy is a Junior at West Virginia University studying Public Health. A proud West Virginia native, she is excited to be a part of this conference hosted in her

home county. She works for Adventure WV as a student leader and as a canopy tour guide. After graduation she hopes to continue her education and work in the field of Wilderness Therapy. In her free time you can catch her and her dog, Gobi, hiking wherever Gobi’s nose leads.

Check out the awesome stuff in the Silent Auction and the AEE-MA Book Store! Hand painted

commemorative bowl, professional resources and more! A great way to fund

regional events.

Don’t miss Mike after dinner Saturday at 6pm!

GREEN Yurt RED Yurt YELLOW Yurt

10:45 am- 12:15 pm

STEM at ACE Adventure

Resorts

Structure, Schedule, and

Style: How the 3 S's Might

Improve Your Collaborative

Leadership

Mousetrap Trust Sequence

2:00- 3:15 pm

Welcome Week -

Programming on a BIG

Scale

The Humble Trainer- The

Importance of Self

Reflection and Humility

When Training Staff

Morgantown,

DIY Outdoors

3:30- 4:45 pm

Neurodiversity and

Sensory processing:

Embracing Differences

STEM Up Your Next

Adventure

Leadership in Experiential

Learning: Perspectives and

Practices.

9:00- 10:15 am

Uncommon Portable

Initiatives

Documenting the PPE

Inspection - Are You Doing

YOUR Part?

STEAM LARPing

10:30- 11:45 am

Poisonous River Space

Peanut Butter Crossing

Odyssey Pit

Know Your Audience: Tips

and Tricks to Programming

for Specific Populations

The WVU Outdoor Education

Center - Facility Tour and

Program Highlights

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Mid-Atlantic

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R RED Yurt AKA North Classroom Yurt

Y YELLOW Yurt AKA South Utility Yurt

W Westvaco Natural Resources Center

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STEM at ACE Adventure Resorts Heather Murphy Location: GREEN Yurt

ACE offers STEM programs in hydrology and geology that incorporates white water rafting, rock climbing, zip-lining, and hiking. Lessons include activities like testing water quality, fossil hunting, and ecosystem exploration. This workshop will provide the audience with a closer look into the program opportunities available at ACE adventure resort.

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Structure, Schedule, and Style: How the 3 S’s Might Improve Your Collaborative Leadership

Kevin Shon Location: RED Yurt The three S’s: Structure, Schedule, and Style are arguably the very fabric behind what we do as experiential professionals. The dynamics of these three elements often go unnoticed in scenarios where we are left to teach alone. When it comes to team-based leadership, or co-instructional relationships, any one of these three elements can make or break the overall picture if left out of balance. We will take an hour and fifteen minutes to define, understand, and explore these three elements as they pertain to your leadership/ teaching paradigms. Whether you might be a classroom teacher, outdoor trip leader, or university administrative professional this workshop will give you new language for positively enhancing your ability to collaborate with others.

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Mousetrap Trust Sequence Jessica R. Rothe, David M. Stump, Aster S. Minehart

Location: YELLOW Yurt Mouse Trap Trust Sequence is a non-traditional team-building experience that requires partners to come together to accomplish a simple goal that can be both challenging and intimidating. Starting with a beginner’s level difficulty, the participants aim to first work with a partner to achieve a goal of trust and team building with one another. On completion, participants advance to an intermediate level challenge that entails communication, leadership, and cooperation. The goal is to develop strong group dynamics, roles within the group, and trust between participants. Are you up to the challenge of not getting snapped by the trap?

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Presenter Bios Heather Murphy Heather is the current STEM Director for ACE Adventure Resort, White Water Rafting Company in Oak Hill West Virginia. In conjunction with this position I work for Oak Hill High School as a Science teacher, teaching Biology and A.P. Physics. Prior to this position she has worked at a School Farm composed of a 97 acre working farm that is integrated into the school district’s curriculum. She has also worked as a quality control manager at an analytical laboratory. She has completed a BS majoring in Biology and Minoring in Science, and a MS in Applied Science education. Kevin Shon A Virginia native, Kevin has spent a large portion of his career in the Mid-Atlantic. Kevin holds a bachelor of science in recreation, parks, and tourism resource management focused in both sustainable tourism development and experiential ed. and a Master's of Social Work focusing on clinical mental/behavioral healthcare, both from WVU. After over a decade of working for the North Carolina Outward Bound School, he then took a pause from the field serving in administrative roles at both Princeton's Outdoor Action program and currently as climbing programs manager at WVU's Adventure WV program. Jessica R. Rothe Jessica is a senior at Radford University majoring in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism with a concentration in Outdoor Recreation and Leadership. She plans to continue my education eventually earning my PhD. She would love to have the opportunity to teach future outdoor professionals the importance of experiential adventure education. She sees it as a crucial element for development as a part of a team or as an individual. She thinks it is critical to stress the importance of going beyond your comfort zone to accomplish goals that may not have previously been attainable if you had not pushed yourself. David M. Stump David is a graduate of Radford University with a major in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism with a concentration in Outdoor Recreation and Leadership. He currently work for Radford University Adventure Based Learning Experience, where the focus of the organization is on building teamwork through communication; both verbal and nonverbal. This element focuses mainly on verbal communication. As this element expands and increases in complexity, participants have to trust each other and rely on teammates to guide them in the right direction. Aster S. Minehart Aster joined Radford University Adventure Based Learning Experience (RUABLE) her Sophomore year when she joined the Outdoor Recreation Department. Switching over has been one of the best decisions she has made so far in her 21 years. The knowledge and skills she has gained from RUABLE has been essential in her growth as a leader. She hopes to spread her love for the outdoors to others in an environment where others can enjoy themselves and grow.

Morgantown, DIY Outdoors Brett Hagerty Location: GREEN Yurt

This workshop will look at the idea, creation, and maintenance of “Morgantown DIY Outdoors”, a web based guide to outdoor activities and locations that are found near the WVU Campus. Time will be spent going over the site and brainstorming ideas about how to utilize a similar resource in other locations. We will also look at examples of other similar resources.

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The Humble Trainer– the Importance of Self-Reflection and Humility When Training Staff Scott Gray

Location: RED Yurt Humility is sadly becoming a lost virtue. It is not surprising that in an age when we are taught to “sell ourselves” and to curate our lives on Facebook, humility is not a valued attribute. We are conditioned to not let others know about our mistakes and to always feel good about ourselves. We often want to appear hyper competent and knowledgeable when we interact with new staff to show we are worthy of the title “trainer.” It is important for our trainees to have a high degree of faith in our ability to teach them. However, we also need to humanize ourselves to our trainees, making sure they are not intimidated by us and feel connected to us as trainers. Trainers need to avoid looking down on new staff and appearing as “gods” of their field of expertise. Otherwise, the trainer can become elevated to something they are not and can leave the trainee feeling inadequate or overwhelmed. Through this workshop, we will attempt to explore techniques to practice humility while still maintaining a high standard during training. By participating in various activities and exploring our mistakes in an emotionally safe environment, our attendees will evaluate their ability to practice humility in the training they lead.

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Presenter Bios Nathan Harlan Nathan serves as the Director of Adventure WV working with a team of colleagues to steer the department toward fulfillment of its mission to serve the WVU community through adventure based learning opportunities. He believes that reflection based experiential learning opportunities provide a dynamic and effective compliment to traditional learning methods. As such, his passion is to enhance WVU’s mission through creatively partnering Adventure WV’s resources and talent with departments across the institution. Nathan enjoys facilitation learning experiences through a variety of outdoor activities, but has spent the most time working within the aerial adventure industry. Scott Gray Scott Gray currently serves as Challenge Course Manager at Genesee Valley OLC. There he leads staff training and builds/maintains the challenge course. This winter he started teaching at York College PA, as adjunct faculty instructing challenge course facilitation and theory. He got his start working for the Boy Scouts of America as a Project COPE Director, Assistant Camp Director and in other capacities. Scott believes in the power of outdoor experiences to play a critical role in the education of both children and adults. Brett Hagerty Brett has been in the field of environmental education, adventure recreation & experiential education since 1988. He has worked as a wilderness ranger in West Virginia and Washington State, a teacher in Tennessee and Georgia, a trip leader/guide in West Virginia and an instructor for Outward Bound in North Carolina. Brett has worked for WVU since 2001 and has put his passion and effort into the Climbing Wall, Outdoor Recreation Center, Adventure WV and the Student Rec. Center over the past sixteen years.

Welcome Week—Programming on a Big Scale Nathan Harlan, Location: GREEN Yurt

From our perspective, Welcome Week at WVU came roaring out of left field. We didn't help create it at a conceptual level and we didn't push to be involved. If anything we tried to stay out of it... Yet here we are entering our 3rd year of it. Many institutions use adventure programming to help welcome their students to campus. Not everyone welcomes 5000 students at a time. Programming on such a large scale and with such cross campus collaboration has brought great opportunities and serious challenges. This session will look at both the successes and failures that we've encountered along the way. Specifically, we will address: -Institutional Context: WVU and Adventure WV -Welcome Week as a WVU Initiative: History, evolution and outcomes -Structures and Systems: How we've managed (and sometimes failed) to herd the cats -Lessons Learned: Transferable Lessons Learned

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Neurodiversity and Sensory Processing: Embracing Differences Lorilei Dreibelbis

Location: GREEN Yurt With activities, personal insights, and discussion let’s build vocabulary and empathy to open windows to advocacy and inclusion. Too often modern traditions fail to create spaces (emotionally or physically) that support the body's neurological and sensory processes. Looking though the window of Neurodiversity gives us invaluable insight into the infinite variability of people’s experience with their environments, and understanding Sensory Processing provides new vocabulary and perspective from which to interpret and understand behavior. How will you be inspired to build stronger communities?

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Leadership in Experiential Learning: Perspectives and Practices Stuart Levy

Location: RED Yurt Experiential learning in post-secondary business education is growing rapidly in popularity and acceptance. Stuart will review some of the most popular experiential approaches used in business schools. Then, Stuart will discuss and demonstrate a variety of techniques (i.e. simulations, role-plays, video case studies) he applies to assist students in their

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Presenter Bios Lorilei Dreibelbis >30 years Girl Scouting + >12 years parenting autism and dyslexia + >1200 hours challenge course facilitating + 10 years as a classroom educator + 9 years as an aquatics instructor + 7 years homeschooling + 5 years leading day camps = thorough experiential education teaching all kinds of learners at all kinds of ages in all kinds of environments. Dave Erbe Dave Erbe is currently a Professor of Adventure Sports at Garrett College in McHenry, MD and an Instructor for the Colorado Outward Bound School in Moab, UT. Veronica Sheriff, Kaitlyn Yerger, Mary Zook Kaitlyn, Veronica and Mary are students at Garrett College studying Adventure Sports Management. They spend their time climbing, skiing, biking and traveling throughout the country and have a wide range of teaching and leadership experiences . Stuart Levy Stuart Levy, MBA, PhD is an associate professor of management and Tourism Studies at George Washington University School of Business. While Stuart has two decades of experience in teaching, consulting, tour operations and research, he is particularly passionate about experiential learning and educational travel.

After dinner tonight join us

right here on the WVU

Outdoor Education Center

inside the Westvaco Natural

Resource Center to hear Mike

Arbogast and The New Relics!

Live music, light refreshments,

and a fire will be available to

all attendees! Mid-Atlantic Region

STEM Up Your Next Adventure Dave Erbe, Veronica Sheriff. Kaitlyn Yerger, Mary Zook

Location: RED Yurt This workshop focuses on integrating science, technology, engineering and math curriculum into outdoor education lessons and courses. An emphasis will be placed on natural history, GPS use, survival skills and climbing/rescue systems through a series of hands-on workshops. The workshop will also discuss how to effectively frame activities and lessons to maximize STEM curriculum outcomes and will discuss appropriate implementation of these lessons into adventure-based course curriculum.

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Uncommon Portable Initiatives Chuck Constantine, Madeline Constantine Location: GREEN Yurt

Object retrieval, marble tubes, magic carpet, and diminishing square getting old and tired? Then Uncommon Portable Initiatives will restock your toolbox and add some easily constructed, inexpensive initiatives to your program. As a facilitator or a challenge course facility, adding fresh new challenging initiatives should always be key. Utilizing new activities helps keep staff as well as students/ clients wanting more. These great “junk initiatives” are easily constructed and are very inexpensive, or even free. The workshop is 100% interactive. Participants will have an opportunity to experience all initiatives presented, have a working knowledge of safety precautions and storylines, have an opportunity to discuss the construction of presented initiatives, and have fun while learning.

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Documenting PPE Inspection— Are you doing YOUR part? Mark Taber-Miller

Location: RED Yurt This workshop will explore methods for documenting PPE inspections, with a particular focus on Periodic Internal Monitoring and Daily Pre-Use Checks. This workshop encourages participants to: 1. Question their process for PPE inspection documentation. 2. Look at options. 3. Leave empowered with strong choices and the educated

critical thinking mind to make a sound choice.

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STEAM LARPing Lorilei Dreibelbis, Dr. Diane Schnoor

Location: YELLOW Yurt We are going to Experience Learning with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math and Live Action Role Playing. That's right! Inter-curricular, engaging, experiential, multi-sensory, and downright rocking awesome - we think we've pretty much nailed the best way to learn & funnest way to teach. Come immerse yourself in learning with us!

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Presenter Bios Chuck Constantine Chuck Constantine is Facilities Director at Stony Acres, a 119-acre recreation facility/ wildlife sanctuary affiliated with East Stroudsburg University. The property offers a 40 element challenge course, cabins, lodge and several types of outdoor recreation. He has both a BS and M.Ed in Movement Studies and Exercise Science from ESU. Chuck is Co-Director of the Stony Acres Challenge Course and Climbing Tower has been a lead instructor on the course for 34 years. Madeline Constantine Madeline Constantine is the Program Director for Stony Acres the recreation facility affiliated with East Stroudsburg University. Madeline is Co-Director of the Challenge course and has more than 30 years of experience working with a wide variety of participants on challenge courses and as a classroom guest facilitator. She has a BA in Environmental Studies and an M.Ed in Health and Physical Education. Mark Taber-Miller Mark Taber-Miller is the Founder and Owner of Spirit Adventures. Mark brings over 30 years experience in the challenge course and adventure education field. Mark currently serves on the ACCT's Inspector Certification Panel. Lorilei Dreibelbis >30 years Girl Scouting + >12 years parenting autism and dyslexia + >1200 hours challenge course facilitating + 10 years as a classroom educator + 9 years as an aquatics instructor + 7 years homeschooling + 5 years leading day camps = thorough experiential education teaching all kinds of learners at all kinds of ages in all kinds of environments. Dr. Diane Schnoor Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor is Lead Museum Educator at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, where she creates programs that spark curiosity through play and hands-on activities. She brings 15+ years of classroom experience to the museum, including her time as founder and lead teacher of an experiential education preschool in New York. Dr. Schnoor is also adjunct faculty for the University of Virginia, where she teaches children’s literature for teachers and librarians.

As you visit the Westvaco Natural Resources Center for meals, be sure to check out the

vendors sharing their time to help make the learning and fellowship of this event possible!

Poisonous River Space Peanut Butter Crossing Odyssey Lorilei Dreibelbis

Location: GREEN Yurt Yeah, you know this game. But do you really know this game? Let’s compare notes on when, where, and how you’ve used this game—and I’ll share why it’s my Go To Activity for all ages & abilities of persons… like the time I played it for an hour and a half with 5th graders. You’ll find out why hula hoops and blind folds are my Weapons of Choice, and how this game relates to the Colombian Exchange.

G Presenter Bios Lorilei Dreibelbis >30 years Girl Scouting + >12 years parenting autism and dyslexia + >1200 hours challenge course facilitating + 10 years as a classroom educator + 9 years as an aquatics instructor + 7 years homeschooling + 5 years leading day camps = thorough experiential education teaching all kinds of learners at all kinds of ages in all kinds of environments. Alice Morgan Alice has been working in the outdoor field since her days as an undergraduate challenge course facilitator at Berry College. Since then, she earned her Master's degree in Outdoor Education from the University of Edinburgh, headed up the outdoor program at Shenandoah University, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism at West Virginia University. When not thinking about her dissertation, Alice enjoys working as a Graduate Assistant for Adventure WVU, gardening, and making paper flowers.

Know Your Audience: Tips and Tricks for Programming Specific Populations Alice Morgan

Location: RED Yurt Have you ever struggled to connect with participants that come from different walks of life than you? This workshop can help. For this session, you will be introduced to the characteristics of groups of participants that may be outside of the programming norm for many outdoor educators and facilitators, including: different ages and stages of human development, English as a Second Language, non-Western/ American cultures, at risk youth, inner city youth, and differently abled. Afterwards we will go over teaching tips and adapting lessons and activities for each of these different populations and share tricks for helping your participants to make the most of their experience with you.

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Following Best Practice, we will DEEbrief this

weekend of learning at lunch today! Join us!

The WVU Outdoor Education Center - Facility Tour and Program Highlights

Coy Belknap, Shannon Arbogast Location: YELLOW Yurt Join the Assistant Director and Program Coordinator for a full facility tour of the WVU Outdoor Education Center. Learn about the history of the facility how it has developed. Explore the various high, low, zip-line canopy tour and yurt facilities scattered across campus. This session will also include discussions on program facilitation techniques - and how elements are used in conjunction with various populations. This walking tour will cover approximately 1 1/2 miles, and will allow attendees the opportunity to not only see the facility - but also explore, discuss and brainstorm various ways they can facilitate adventure activities back home.

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AEE Mid-Atlantic Regional Committee

Chair Colleen Williams, M.Ed. colleen.miller154@gmail.com

Past Chair Fred Pierson, MS jkpierson@radford.edu Secretary Lorilei Dreibelbis DEE.lorilei@gmail.com

News Letter Editor Peter Aron peteraron@aol.com Membership / Schools & Colleges David Heath dheath@gmu.edu Conference Brochure Lorilei Dreibelbis Member at Large Al Rock alrock@centurylink.net Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group Vacant

Treasurer Vacant

2018 AEE Mid-Atlantic Conference Committee

C.J. Belknap, WVU

Kevin Shon, WVU

Colleen Williams, M.Ed. , Old Orchard Beach

Fred Pierson, MS, RU

Lorilei Dreibelbis, Dreibelbis Experiential Education

David Heath, GMU

Please note the vacancies in our regional team. Volunteers are always welcome! If you are interested in serving as a leader in the advocacy and growth of

experiential education, please contact a Regional Committee member.

Special thanks to the RUABLE program for funding

the costs of printing this Conference Program.

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