Outdoor Leadership Outdoor Leadership Certificate Build a career around your passion for outdoor adventures with a GCC outdoor leadership certificate. Request Information Apply Now Program Contact Bob Tremblay (413) 775-1126 tremblayb@gcc.mass.edu Program Overview Degree Requirements Learning Outcomes Faculty Career Outlook Upcoming Events Adventure Education Info Session Friday May 9 - 2:00pm Accelerate your preparation for a career as a professional outdoor leader. You can earn GCC’s outdoor leadership certificate in one year of full-time classes. Our program will provide you with the knowledge and skills to lead entry-level or more advanced adventure programs and services. The certificate program prepares you to design and deliver experiences in five areas: backcountry travel, rock climbing, paddling sports, Nordic skiing and challenge course work. You’ll learn by doing: Activities are primarily hands-on and field-oriented. You’ll also develop your ability to be a leader, to work collaboratively, to foster teamwork and to respond to emergencies in the field. 35-37credits Certificate Certificates are typically completed in one (1) year and designed for immediate workforce entry Learn more What's Next?The competencies in this program meet nationally recognized standards of the adventure industry, making graduates strong candidates for positions in outdoor centers and organizations, human services organizations, and educational institutions. You’ll also be well positioned to transfer your OLP credits to four-year degree programs in adventure or outdoor education. Accredited by the Association for Experiential Education Learn More Plan, conduct, and evaluate a wide range of safe and educationally effective adventure experiences. Demonstrate personal and professional competency in leadership skills, techniques, and methods of instruction Demonstrate technical competency in a range of adventure sport activities and environments Assess and facilitate individual and group dynamics during field experiences with diverse client populations and peer groups Work effectively and collaboratively in co-leader and team situations Plan and prepare for personal and program wilderness rescue responses in a wide range of hazardous environments Identify and implement effective institutional risk mitigation methods Plan, conduct and evaluate a range of interactive, outdoor-based experiences for diverse populations Model professional and environmentally sound ethics and practices Identify and effectively utilize a range of information sources available to the adventure industry Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate professional organizations, certifications, memberships, and networking practices Richard Adamczyk Adjunct FacultyAdventure Education and Outdoor LeadershipN101 1-413-775-1128 AdamczykR@gcc.mass.edu Brent Arsenault Adjunct FacultyAcademic Affairs ArsenaultB@gcc.mass.edu Bob Tremblay Faculty, Department ChairOutdoor LeadershipB.A., M.A., Prescott College N101 1-413-775-1126 TremblayB@gcc.mass.edu Bob has dedicated his adult life to adventure education and has developed a wide variety of professional-level outdoor skills including backpacking, winter camping, whitewater canoeing and expeditioning, ice climbing, caving, dog sledding, skiing, wilderness survival, and even llama trekking. "Since I began working as an outdoor leader in 1982, I have been committed to connecting people of all ages to the natural world and to their inner selves. Through my career working with thousands of students and customers, I have been witness to the power our field has to affect change in participants. I am especially interested in using challenging outdoor activities as a modality for teaching students about environmental science and environmental issues. In addition, I am very interested in promoting the outdoor industry in New England as a whole and in western Massachusetts in particular". Bob acts as a mentor to graduate students at Prescott College in pursuit of graduate degrees and scholarly research in the fields of Adventure Education and Education, and brings entrepreneurship experience in the adventure industry as the prior President, Co-founder and Field Director for Mountain Lynx Outdoor Adventures in Ashburnham.