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Wilderness Education Instructor Profile

This document is a resume for Maya Corbett, who is pursuing a degree in Adventure Education from Prescott College. She has experience teaching wilderness skills to youth ages 12-14, including rock climbing, belaying, rappelling, and environmental education. Her skills include strong leadership, time management, computer proficiency, and effective communication in challenging situations. She is proficient in rock climbing up to 5.7 difficulty and is learning to lead climb and place trad gear. Her current employment is as a program instructor for Girl Scouts, and she is continuing to develop her skills in ropes course facilitation, counseling, and search and rescue techniques.

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Wilderness Education Instructor Profile

This document is a resume for Maya Corbett, who is pursuing a degree in Adventure Education from Prescott College. She has experience teaching wilderness skills to youth ages 12-14, including rock climbing, belaying, rappelling, and environmental education. Her skills include strong leadership, time management, computer proficiency, and effective communication in challenging situations. She is proficient in rock climbing up to 5.7 difficulty and is learning to lead climb and place trad gear. Her current employment is as a program instructor for Girl Scouts, and she is continuing to develop her skills in ropes course facilitation, counseling, and search and rescue techniques.

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Maya Corbett

220 Grove Ave


Prescott, AZ 86301
(224)-388-2195
[email protected]
Summary:
Highly motivated and passionate individual with hopes to help influence the minds and spirits of
young folks by guiding them through wilderness experiences. Adequate experience with teaching
young folks (ages 12-14) basic wilderness skills. Good time management and motivational skills.
Positive mentality for immersing oneself in wilderness experiences and the effort that is needed to be
fully involved in the experience. Believes in creating a safe and supportive environment for folks to
thrive in wilderness settings. Good team leader and team member. Has an openness with dialogue
that encourages openness and honesty throughout the group. Excellent interpersonal skills and is
able to communicate effectively with co-workers from all levels and varying perspectives.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrated basic climbing safety: how to put on a harness, (double-backing, and what that looks
like), how to fit a helmet well, how to tie in correctly (and what a dressed knot looks like)
Provided instruction for students to learn how to belay and climb well
Demonstrated correct communication between the climber and the belayer
Created a lesson plan for how to build a traditional anchor using natural features and gear
Encouraged a student to rappel down a wall using the munter mule hitch system as a assisted belay/
rappel
Conducted a lesson about a Sense of Place curriculum with activities and discussions to prompt and
engage students (students were asked to walk around a group of trees in which questions were
posted on each tree, then wrote responses to these questions silently)
Supervised and prompted students in a public school setting, encouraged their efforts while creating
projects about a watershed
Ongoing:
Will learn how to facilitate activities for young folks in Ropes Course Facilitation.
Will learn introductory communicative skills for how to counsel students in Counseling Skills
Search & Rescue techniques in climbing/high angle/cave scenarios as a four week intensive study.
Prescott College 2014-15:
Women's Topics in Wilderness Leadership, Introduction to Rock Climbing for Women, Fundamentals
of Environmental Education, Search & Rescue, Ropes Course Facilitation, Counseling Skills
Skills/Certifications
Strong leadership and active following attributes
Excellent time management skills
Proficient in computer skills
Able to communicate well in heated/conflicting settings
Able to create a dialogue that is productive and non-harmful when being constructive or
confrontational
Able to successfully climb an average at a grade of 5.7, with an occasional 5.9 (learning to lead climb
soon, first sport, then trad)
Able to teach good gear placement using ROCKSTARS and EARNEST Anchors
Able to teach movement, dialogue and safety in climbing environments
Able to backpack and carry heavy weight in pack
Able to canoe/portage longer distances
Able to teach basic knots/hitches for climbing or camp set up

Employment:
Program Instructor for youth (grades K-120 at Girl Scouts Cactus-Pine Council in Prescott, AZ
(2015-Current)
Education:
(Ongoing) Prescott College, creating a degree in Adventure Education with an emphasis in
Wilderness Therapy

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