Teaching Leadership Growth Crews About Conservation

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By George Dodson


Individuals have a unique and exciting opportunity to refine their leadership skill by becoming part of Leadership Development crews. For the most part, these crews are smaller than other summer crews and are usually made up of young adults seeking leadership skills. Leadership is not an easy task, therefore, this experience challenges individuals to enter a realm of growth and discovery.

Leadership Development Crews work in a seven-week periods with a specialized rotating crews, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation so as to conserve Vermont?s natural resources. Projects in the past include maintenance of lakes, construction of 40-foot bridges and trail stabilization.

Aside from technical projects, Corps Participants are subjected to an intense, experiential curriculum, in which they learn skill and leadership theory, and analyze unique skills as a result of workshops. At the end of their training and training, Corps Member have a chance to lead their crew for a week. Holistically, these crews will impart emphasis on being responsible of all elements of leadership so as to train Corp Members for future Leading Positions. It is an intense learning opportunity based on instruction, discussion, action and reflection.

By the end of the summer, Crew Members in Leadership Development Crews will attain a lot of confidence, technical skills and a better understanding of themselves.

The VYCC offers two Leadership Development Crews: one comprised of both males and females, and one consisting of all females.

By means of all-female programs, female crew leaders will develop substantial self-confidence as well as discovering their own individual style of leadership in a supporting and encouraging environment. Female Leadership Development Crews are an example of such training programs. The fields of conservation are extremely dominated by males. Studies suggest that these programs are most effective in giving aspiring Female Crew Leaders to gain the necessary self-confidence and technical skill required for the job. Young women on this crew will be pushed to explore and learn together, and will expand their comfort zones to experience intense leadership and technical challenges. One of the support structures are highly trained female who will bring gender and empowerment focus to the curriculum in the form of discussions, workshops and sharing.

Young men and women have an opportunity to live and work together in the Co-Ed Leadership Development Crew where they can learn about their leadership skills and further explore the conversation field in a challenging and supportive atmosphere. Crew members will be expected to elucidate their respective take on the subject in thoughtful and clear manner. Working together safely and respectfully is a challenging experience Corps Members will take back to their respective communities.

Leadership Development Crew Leaders must train, manage, counsel, and educate the crew in both work and group living settings in the backcountry. It is essential that they have a strong drive to train other Crew Members in technical projects, effective group dynamic techniques and low environmental impact camping methodologies. In addition, they must be able to teach a rigorous leadership curriculum and give constructive feedback to individuals who are discovering their leadership style. Lastly, the Leaders will have to display proper judgment and handling of logistics, in addition to being extremely self-motivated.




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