Coyote Mentoring

Coyote Mentoring
July 25-27, 2008; lead instructor Sol Doran
6:00 p.m. Fri. - 4:00 p.m. Sun., Duvall, WA; $255 per course. Food, camping & airport shuttle included (see shuttle times). Call to register: 425-788-1301

(New - 20 Clock Hours available for teachers!)

The Coyote Mentoring weekend is a fantastic introduction to the basic principles of our nature-based educational approach. It is designed for educators, parents, and anyone interested in significantly expanding their teaching repertoire and mentoring skills.

This course provides the foundational tools for crafting powerful experiences of learning and deep connections with the natural world for your students, family, employees, or even yourself. We invite you to join us as we re-discover the sense of wonder for nature’s mysteries that all children share. (See background and more information for educators)

Participants in our mentoring workshops will receive an advanced draft copy of our new curriculum full of mentoring tips and activities to share with children.

Airport shuttle times for both the April and July dates of the Coyote Mentoring Weekend are the same: Pick-up: Plan your flights to arrive at Sea-Tac Airport no later than 3 p.m. Friday. Drop-off: You will be returned to the airport by 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Call our office for more assistance with making travel plans: 425-788-1301.

Background and More Information about Coyote Mentoring

Education used to be a very holistic endeavor--teachers and educators were charged with the development of young people into fully responsible adults. Many educators today, however, overwhelmed with large class sizes and increasing lists of information that must be covered, cannot devote much attention or energy to the holistic development of their students. Ironically, lack of attention to the overall development of students makes it much harder to teach even the basics, because students are less prepared to receive information, and much less engaged with the learning process.

Coyote Mentoring is a distinctive and highly effectivel educational approach developed by Jon Young and Wilderness Awareness School over the past 25 years that uses children’s innate enthusiasm for the natural world as a context to actively engage them in the learning process. This approach develops the capacities of students for learning, problem solving, and full expression, and re-awakens their natural sense of wonder.

Through a combination of lecture, storytelling, discussions, group activities, and peer teaching sessions, participants will learn:

NOTE: The Coyote Mentoring approach is appropriate to all educators, but will be especially helpful for school teachers and outdoor educators with a large amount of contact time with their students.

NEW - Clock Hours available!
Wilderness Awareness School is pleased to now offer clock hours for interested Coyote Mentoring participants through the Puget Sound Educational Service District. 20 clock hours are available for this weekend class. Please register by phone for Coyote Mentoring if you'd like clock hours, and mention this fact to Emily Gibson, ext. 41, upon registration.

Clock hours details:
Individuals will receive clock hour materials during the class. Payments for
clock hours are to be made at the end of the class by check, Visa or
Mastercard. Fees for clock hours are $2.00 per clock hour, (therefore the cost is $40 for 20 clock hours at Coyote Mentoring).

Puget Sound ESD Clock Hour transcripts are mailed twice annually.
Individuals completing a clock hour class through Puget Sound ESD during the
months of September through March will receive a cumulative transcript
mailed to their home address by July 1st.

Individuals taking clock hours during the months of April through August
will receive a cumulative transcript mailed to their home address by
December 1st.

Transcripts may also be purchased at other times during the year for $10.00
per transcript and must be requested in writing. To order a transcript send
written request and $10.00 to:
Puget Sound ESD, Attn: KR-01
800 Oakesdale Ave SW
Renton, WA 98057