School Programs
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
The Leadership
School offers three programs for schools: residential, outreach, and
educator-in-residence.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
The Leadership
School offers three programs for schools: residential, outreach, and
educator-in-residence.
Residential
Our residential program — which runs from September through November and from mid-April through May — is housed on our Kieve campus. Program options range from a full day to an entire school week. Students and their teachers explore our curriculum and world-class challenge course facilities. Activities promote challenge by choice in an environment that allows participants to safely push their comfort zones and grow.
Challenge Course
The challenge course is a series of high- and low-elements where students push comfort zones, have fun, and learn how to be a collaborative and effective member of a team, all while pushing their limits and building resilience.
The challenge course is a series of high- and low-elements where students push comfort zones, have fun, and learn how to be a collaborative and effective member of a team, all while pushing their limits and building resilience.
- High Elements: Whether up in the trees or on the indoor climbing wall, students practice being aware of their boundaries, the boundaries of others, and how to make responsible decisions in real-life situations.
- Low Elements: On cables or wooden structures no higher than two feet off the ground, students rely on each other to accomplish a group challenge using critical thinking skills and collaboration.
SAMPLE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
7-7:50 a.m.
Wake Up
Hot showers, brush your teeth, get dressed, and layer up
7:55-8 a.m.
Flag
Raise the flag and reflect on the day
8-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast in Cabin Groups
Pancakes, cereal, eggs, fruit, and more
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Community Meeting
Environmental stewardship in practice – sweep the cabin, pick up sticks, take out the trash, and more
8:45-9 a.m.
Morning Meeting
Warm-up activity for the whole group
9-10 a.m.
EASEL Block
Self-management classroom style activity
10-11 a.m.
EASEL Block
Self-awareness classroom style activity (rolling snack)
11 a.m.-noon
EASEL Block
Nature activity from environmental stewardship curriculum
Noon-12:40 p.m.
Lunch in Class Groups
Tacos, pizza, salad bar, and more
12:45-1 p.m.
Afternoon Meeting
Warm-up activity for the whole group
1-2 p.m.
Climbing Block
Indoor rock climbing wall or outdoor high-ropes course
2-3 p.m.
EASEL Block
Low ropes element at outdoor low-ropes course
3-4:15 p.m.
Snack & Sign-Up #1
Indoor rock climbing, gaga ball, arts & crafts, and more
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Sign-Up #2
Soccer, improv, fort building, and more
5:15-5:30 p.m.
Flag
Lower the flag and reflect on the day
5:30-6:10 p.m.
Dinner in Cabin Groups
Hamburgers, french fries, salad, and more
6:10-7:45 p.m.
Evening Activity
Air guitar, egg drop, campfire, and more
7:45-8 p.m.
Snack
Shared in dining hall
8-9 p.m.
Cabin Time
Debrief the day and get ready for bed
9 p.m.
Lights Out
Read by flashlight and sleep
SAMPLE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Hot showers, brush your teeth, get dressed, and layer up
Raise the flag and reflect on the day
Pancakes, cereal, eggs, fruit, and more
Environmental stewardship in practice – sweep the cabin, pick up sticks, take out the trash, and more
Warm-up activity for the whole group
Self-management classroom style activity
Self-awareness classroom style activity (rolling snack)
Nature activity from environmental stewardship curriculum
Tacos, pizza, salad bar, and more
Warm-up activity for the whole group
Indoor rock climbing wall or outdoor high-ropes course
Low ropes element at outdoor low-ropes course
Indoor rock climbing, gaga ball, arts & crafts, and more
Soccer, improv, fort building, and more
Lower the flag and reflect on the day
Hamburgers, french fries, salad, and more
Air guitar, egg drop, campfire, and more
Shared in dining hall
Debrief the day and get ready for bed
Read by flashlight and sleep
Read by flashlight and sleep
Outreach
Explore the same experiential social-emotional learning and environmental stewardship curriula as the residential program, instead using the participating school’s classroom and indoor and outdoor school spaces rather than KWE’s challenge course and campus.
Schedules look different depending on the needs and structure of the school. They can range from a full day to a full week during normal school hours from September through November and from mid-April through May.
Educator-in-Residence
From late November to mid-April, our Educator-in-Residence program partners with local schools to put TLS educators directly into the classroom, providing an outstanding role model where it is needed most. The program expands each school’s capacity and enables more students to receive individualized support. Our educators serve multiple purposes including:
- assisting in core curriculum instruction and/or student teaching hours;
- after school extracurricular programming;
- mentoring; and
- EASEL (social-emotional learning) instruction.
This program provides an invaluable expert in our experiential approach to social-emotional learning who will find a way to effectively support their school with the goal of helping each student they interact with become more socially and emotionally competent learners and community members.