courses:
Outdoor Leadership Training
Upon course completion, you can receive free outdoor gear loans for your group.
Learn how to use wilderness as an extended learning space to open hearts and minds! Our unique Train-the-Trainer model provides teachers and youth workers with the confidence and skills needed to take youth on multi-day backpacking adventures, overnight car-camping trips and day hikes.
Course Offerings
Wilderness Leadership Training
The WLT is an immersive backpacking course that delivers a comprehensive outdoor leadership experience and the tools needed to lead youth on multi-day backpacking adventures.
Frontcountry Leadership Training
Our FLT is an entry-level one-night “car camping” course that covers all the basic skills and resources needed to take youth safely and successfully on overnight trips.
Hiking Leadership Training
1-day course for novice and experienced hikers provides leadership and facilitation skills for planning, organizing and leading fun and safe hikes with youth.
Trip Planning workshop
If you are having difficulty setting aside time to plan your first camping trip or feel overwhelmed by all the possibilities, then this workshop is perfect for you.
Camping at the Presidio Leadership Training (CAPLT)
2-day course at the Presidio’s Rob Hill Campground is a Crissy Field Center program, run in partnership with BAWT, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust and National Park Service.
Gear Orientation
The Gear Orientation (GO) is an evening classroom session designed to give you access to our gear libraries. The Gear Orientation also supplements the weekend Frontcountry Leadership Training and Camping at the Presidio Leadership Training. It’s a fun evening that will supply you with useful information about our gear!
courses:
Wilderness Medicine
HAVE THE SKILLS FOR BACKCOUNTRY MEDICAL SITUATIONS.
Wilderness medicine is the practice of medicine when professional care is more than an hour away – sometimes even days. This can be due to environmental extremes, such as those found on backpacking or hiking trips. In order to ensure that you are confident when taking youth outdoors, BAWT offers the Widlerness First Aid course which is essential for any backpack trip leader or wilderness professional.
Course Offerings
Wilderness First Aid
WFA is a highly experiential 2-day class for everyone who wants to learn how to handle medical situations in the backcountry. You’ll gain the confidence and the skills to handle a first aid emergency.
courses:
Winter Courses
HAVE THE SKILLS FOR SNOW TRIPS.
Learn how fun and easy snowshoeing can be. It is a safe, easy-to-learn and inexpensive way for your youth to experience snow – much more so than taking them to a ski resort!
Course Offerings
Snowshoeing
This experience-based class teaches you the skills you’ll need to take kids out in the snow through the easy and inexpensive activity of snowshoeing.
EARN UNIVERSITY CREDIT
BAWT is pleased to bring you the opportunity to earn graduate-level university credit for completing our trainings. You may earn three graduate-level semester units for completion of BAWT outdoor leadership courses.
What Our Trained Leaders Say
“BAWT has been instrumental in helping me accomplish my goal of exposing youth to nature… On top of the wonderful experience of bonding, sharing, and laughing through thoughtful engaging activities, I learned that for years I had been doing things wrong (at least not the most organized, effective, and time saving way). My planning, preparation, and organizational skills increased two fold, minimally. The impact my new skills had on the next youth camping trip….priceless. I was so much more competent and confident. This relieved a huge amount of stress associated with the trip and made it far more enjoyable for staff and myself.”
Zotunde Morton
Youth Worker
Ujimaa Foundation
So excited to continue the growth of our club. This was our 5th completed trip this year, and I feel so grateful that it’s beginning to feel like a real institution and space respected in the school! Thank you BAWT, for your dedication to supporting all humans in experiencing the healing and power of Mother Earth. Excited to continue our partnership!
Mira Stern
Leadership High School
Exerpt from 2018 Wild Club Trip Reflection