2025.4.19-21@Hong Kong

▼What's COE Clinic ?

The 3 day intensive course to challenge Certified Outdoor Educator which certify WEA COL, OLTC, and OLE. The course would be targeted highly experiential outdoor educator and focused only on WEA curriculum, instruction and teaching method, and how to run the each WEA course.

▼What's COE?

✔️ The global standard for those who will instruct outdoor leadership.

✔️ Can provide WEA COL, OLTC and OLE course.

✔️ the organization which COE belong in can apply WEA accreditation.

▼Outline

Date：from 9am on 19th of April to 6pm on 21th of April, 2025
Locate：Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp
Fees：
Cert：Certified Outdoor Educator (COE)
※In order to register the certification, you need to apply WEA membership.
Instructors：Taito Okamura（CE/Japan）and Chen Zimiao（COE/Taiwan）
Participants：Maximum 8 - Minimum 3
Deadline：31th of March, 2025
Condition：Need following condition and those artifacts
①Have a field instruction experience for 100 days or more.
②The breakdown for 100 day has to include following.
　・Leading field trip for 30 day or more including 3 or more over night trip (※1).
　・Leading day trip within 21 days or less（※2,3）, or of those, leading challenge course is within 7day or less (※4).
　　※1：Must include one overnight at least one night.
　　※2：One day leading includes instruction of skiing, rock climbing, environmental education, or wilderness medicine.
　　※3：3 hours or more is counted one day. 3 hours or less is counted half day.
　　※4：Challenge course included ROPES course, initiative game, etc.
③Practice of teaching such as Leader Of the Day, and Student Teaching for 30 days or more, or have attended WEA Outdoor Leader Training Course(OLTC). For those who have not done either, we would recommend to attend OLTC after the completed the clinic.
Schedule:

Saturday, April 19	Sunday, April 20	Monday, April 22
900 Course and Day Framing 930 Outdoor Living Skill Workshop 1100 WEA History 1300 SPEC Challenge 1500 WEA6+1 & Credential Program 1600 Student Teaching Administration 1700 Portfolio Artifact and Design 1800 Day Closing HW:OLTC Course Design	900 Day Framing/ HW Feedback 1000 OLS Teaching1 1100 OLS Teaching2 1300 OLS Teaching3 1400 OLS Teaching4 1600 Journal Writing 1700 360 Evaluation 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 1700 Wrap up 1800 Course Closing

※The schedule will be changed by the number of the candidates.

▼Teaching Assignment

Each student have to create lesson plan ahead and teach specific topic below with in 20-30 min. You have to submit lesson plan with proper format (Title, Goal, Task, Procedure, Assessment etc., see Manual) to the committee until April 18. 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.

▼Supporting Resource

There so many books and online information about outdoor leadership in the world. The almost is based on the some evident came from past research and theory, but unfortunately there are so many wrong information in such a resource as well. I hope you to have "good eyes" to see the accurate resource based on fact as professional outdoor leader. Your information you taught will create Hong Kong outdoor industry in the future. In according to searching Chinese book carefully, there is few book to cover WEA 6 +1 in China. However you have to be evaluated your skill and knowledge based on WEA standard beyond your teaching topics. I organized some English and Chinese information to help you to ready for the clinic. If you felt you have a lack of accurate information about WEA 6+1, please access those information.

　

▼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. Writing in Chinese 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：
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 "Portfolio Folder" you can download below and send "office@weaj.jp" using WeTransfer or alternative proper data transfer software. DON'T put them the folder on the drive directly. You MUST down load first. Please complete and send it until April 10. Once checked by WEAJ CE reviewer, you will get feedback; 1)Pass, 2)Need additional artifact or revise. or 3)Fail (means not to attend COE Clinic) until April 14. If you are required additional artifact, you should add them and resend it until April 18.

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:

▼Contact Information

HK Office: Jun Leung（E-mail:　）
Provider：一般社団法人Wilderness Education Association Japan
Instruction: Taito Okamura (office@weaj.jp)