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Outward Bound for Educators
Philadelphia Outward Bound School partners with educators, school leaders, and youth-serving professionals to support learning through experience.
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Educators as Learners
Our programs invite educators to step into the role of learner, strengthening professional communities while exploring practical approaches that deepen student engagement and growth. Through intentional challenge, reflection, and collaboration, educators gain tools they can apply directly in classrooms, schools, and learning communities.
Learning Through Experience
Outward Bound programs for educators are grounded in experiential learning. Participants engage in shared challenges that strengthen communication, trust, and leadership while creating space for reflection and insight.
By participating fully in the learning process, educators develop greater self-awareness and a clearer understanding of how experience, feedback, and reflection support growth. These insights translate into stronger facilitation skills and more connected learning environments for students.
Programs Designed for Educators
We offer a range of professional learning opportunities, from single-day programs on our challenge courses to immersive, multi-day wilderness experiences. Each program is developed in collaboration with partners and tailored to the goals of educators and their learning communities.
Our annual Educators Expedition is a multi-day canoe wilderness course created specifically for teachers and school leaders. The experience is fully funded, aside from an application fee, and provides time to step away from daily responsibilities, engage deeply with experiential learning, and reflect on practice alongside peers from across the region. Participants leave with renewed perspective and strategies they can carry forward into their work.
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What Educators Gain
Across all programs, educators develop skills and perspectives that strengthen both professional practice and learning communities, including:
- Stronger facilitation and communication skills
- Increased confidence leading groups through challenge
- Deeper understanding of experiential and reflective learning
- Practical tools for fostering resilience, collaboration, and leadership in students
- Stronger professional relationships and shared learning culture
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“To use what I’ve learned on an Outward Bound course and bring that into the classroom has clearly made me a better teacher.”
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