2024 WEAJ COE Clinic Outline

Greeting

COE Candidates

We have got three international and five Japanese candidates. The course will be run in English and followed up in Japanese because two candidates can't speak Japanese and English is global language. However, understanding the lesson exactly and feeling comfortable is essential for successful course. Please use Japanese language for your lesson, question, and conversation.

Hank Yap	Asia Camp Educators Academy		LNT Level 2 Instructor, WFA Instructor	mapscamptac@gmail.com
Brandon Chee	Wilderness Inspiration	Kuala Lumpur, Malysia	LNT Level 2 Instructor, WEMT, WALS, SWRT , Bushcraft Survival Instructor , Wilderness Medical Instructor	brandon@gacadventure.com
Toshiya Tsukahara	Kurikoma-Kogen Outdoor School	Kurihara, Miyagi	LNT Level 3 Instructor, WMTC-WFR, EFR Instructor JEEF Instructor, RAJ River Guide, RAC Trainer, CONE Risk Manager, Nature Game Trainer	1048tsukahara@gmail.com
Tatsuya Terada	Hino Social Education Center	Hino, Tokyo	NACJ Camp Director 1, NEAL Leader, WMA-WFR, JMGA Hiking Guide Level Ⅱ, LNT Level 3 Instructor, CONE Risk Manager, Rescue 3 SFR, Rescue3 TRRT, RAJ River Guide	terada-t@hino-shakyo.com
Yuri Sato	Kunitach Farm School	Kunitachi, Tokyo	LNT Level 1 Instructor, WMTC WFR	y_sato@hatakenbo.org
Junpei Ozawa	NOTS	Komae, Tokyo	NACJ Camp Director 2, CONE Risk Manager	aporo19861015@gmail.com
Kentaro Inamatsu	NOTS	Komae, Tokyo	NACJ Camp Director 1, NEAL Instructor	k_inamatsu@nots.gr.jp
Song Wei	Shanhai MingXin Outdoor Leadership Center	Beijing, China	WEA COL, LNT Level2, WMA WFR, AHA FA instructor, CMA CEI, ACA Level2 instructor,	sundos@wuxuzone.cn

Apprentices

We have two excellent apprentices who help your learning and creating portfolio. Feel free to contact them.

Logistics Information

Registration：is opened from 830 to 900 on March 11, 2024 at classroom.

Classroom Location：A-Flow（338-2 Mitake-Honmachi, Ome, Tokyo). 5 min walk from Mitake Station on JR Ome line. By car, you may park at Mitake Koryu Center Parking for 500 yen per day where is just beside classroom.

Lodging: A-yard（359 Mitake-Honmachi, Ome, Tokyo）. You will be needed extra 15,000JPY including 2 night bed, 2 breakfasts and 2 dinners (Not including lunch. you can ask lunch box or go restaurant around classroom). You will pay them to lodge directory. Credit card is available. If you wanna add one more night on March 10, 6,000JPY will be plus without any meals.

Cert：Certified Outdoor Educator (COE). For Japanese, you have to register either individual membership(15,000JPY) or organization membership(25,000JPY). For international, you need to apply WEA membership to register the certification. Either way, you need to be organization member to provide any WEA credential program (OLE, OLTC and COL).

Contact：WEAJ Training Committee：Masashi Tokuda, Shinsuke Shimazaki (dd@weaj.jp) and please cc WEAJ office (office@weaj.jp).

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Course Design

The course will be run in indoor classroom and riverside of Tama River. Bold letter will be run outside. Japanese March will be started warming but need to ready for cold weather. Through the three day, the program will be very tight, so a little chance to expand closing time to complete the curriculum. Hope you to be flexible.

Monday, March 11	Tuseday, March 12	Wendsday, March 13
900 Course and Day Framing 1000 WEA History(Taito) 1100 SPEC Review(Tokuda) 1300 SPEC Challenge 1500 WEA6+1 & Credential Program(Shimazaki) 1600 Student Teaching Administration(Taito) 1700 Portfolio Artifact and Design(Tokuda, Shimazaki) 1800 Day Closing HW:OLTC Course Design	900 Day Framing/ HW Feedback 1000 OLS Teaching1 1100 OLS Teaching2 1300 OLS Teaching3 1400 OLS Teaching4 1500 OLS Teaching5 1600 Journal Writing(Tokuda) 1700 360 Evaluation(Taito) 1800 Day Closing HW: 360 Evaluation	900 Day Framing/ LS Teaching 1 1000 LS Teaching 2 1100 LS Teaching 3 1300 LS Teaching 4 1400 LS teaching 5 1500 360 Evaluation Simulation(Taito) 1700 Wrap up 1800 Course Closing

Teaching Assignment

Each student have to create lesson plan ahead and teach specific topic below with in 20 min. You have to submit lesson plan with proper format (Title, Goal, Task, Procedure, Assessment etc., see Manual) to the committee (dd@weaj.jp + Cc office@weaj.jp) until March 10. You will be expected to plan and teach based on WEA6+1 knowledge and skill using SPEC model. While you can use basic stationary we prepare, you should prepare and take educational material you wanna use for your teaching. For more detail of SPEC and student teaching, please refer COE Clinic Manual above and supporting resources below. Don't use power point. Don't use big white board. We are outdoor educator.

OLS Teaching1 Backpacking: Sato
OLS Teaching2 Cloth Selection: Brandon
OLS Teaching3 Ration Planing: Ozawa
OLS Teaching4 Water Purification: Inamatsu
OLS Teaching5 Navigation: HK

LS Teaching1 Situational Leadership: Sundos
LS Teaching2 Group Dynamics: Ozawa
LS Teaching3 Communication: Terada
LS Teaching4 Collaboration: Inamatsu
LS Teaching5 Expedition Behavior: Tsukahara

Supporting Resources:
・Backcountry Classroom(EN)
・Outdoor Leader Digital Handbook COE Package(JP)

Portfolio

The portfolio is one of the biggest challenge to be COE. You have to prove how you can demonstrate, teach and evaluate WEA6+1 in professional tone. You will create document and prepare for artifacts below. Please read the module 5: COE in COE Clinic Manual carefully. Japanese is definitely fine.

Primary Documents:
・Cover Letter: Who you are? Why take COE? How use COE?(500 English words or 1200 Japanese letters)
・Resume: Professional career, training, certification and awards etc.
・Field Experience Log: 100 days or more, including field trip for 30 days or more with 3 or more over night. Day trip is less than 21 and Challenge course is less than 7 (see more detail in Manual).
・Wilderness Education Philosophy Statement: Your view, values, and insight for education in outdoor including student learning goal, your prefer teaching method and assessment. (500 English words or 1200 Japanese letters)

WEA6+1 Artifacts and Evidence(See Appendix D in Manual):
you have to create and organize your artifact for 6+1 educational components (outdoor living skill, plan&logistics, risk management, environmental integration, education, leadership and judgement) based on following categories.
・Curriculum Design and Instruction: Design and delivery of structured learning program and experience in outdoor.
・Assessment and Evaluation Tools: Assessment and evaluation tool used test, quiz, or feedback.
・Certification and Training: Certification card, certificate of completion etc.
・Additional Evidence: Degree, article, book, lector etc.

Once you completed the document, you will organize them into proper folder like below and put on Google Drive and share with "office@weaj.jp". Please complete to upload portfolio folder until February 10. Once checked by COE review team, you will get feedback 1)Pass, 2)Need additional artifact or revise. or 3)Fail (means not to attend COE Clinic) from COE review team.

As each candidate has unique outdoor professional career, so the portfolio should be accepted variety and diversity. You have a freedom in selecting artifacts. We would evaluate your professionalism form many types of document and media such as:

See you and brush up our outdoor leadership in Mitake .