How do the Outdoor Educator Blocks differ from most semesters at Northland?
Both the fall semester and the winter semester blocks begin and end when the regular semester does. However, in the block programs, you take a specified grouping of courses. Typically block students are in class about 8 hours each day studying and applying the skills of teaching and programming. Along with class instruction, the students act as a de-facto outdoor education program designing and delivering programs to the community. Also, the atypical schedule allows the professor to choose a variety of options for study. Examples include working in Colorado with an internationally recognized outdoor education program serving diverse populations or spending a week traveling in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area studying ecosystem interpretation. Students in both professional development semesters spend anywhere from 4 to 15 weeks off campus. How do the Outdoor Educator Blocks compare to other field programs? That depends on what field program you are comparing the Outdoor Education Professi
