This session has two parts beginning with an indoor presentation on trail safety considerations for outdoor education. What are safety concerns when taking students on trails? We all want our outdoor education experiences to be safe. This session will examine ways educators can help keep your students safe and ready to head out onto the trail. What equipment can be useful? What knowledge can help the educators and students?
For the second part of the session, participants will carpool to Pine Knob Mountain Bike Park. This park was built in collaboration with Russellville Recreation & Parks Dept and the River Valley Ozark Off-Road Cycling Club (RVOORC). Now ATU Tourism students have used this park as an outdoor classroom for trail management. How would you use similar spaces for your students? In the event of inclement weather the outdoor portion will be canceled.
Target audience: Classroom teachers, PreK-higher education, School administrators, Non-formal educators, Program directors
