What is a Field Instructor?
ODS Lingo
Sample Schedule
​How to Be a Mentor
How and When to Set Goals
Ways to Be on Field Study
Being a Guest at Meals
Meeting with Your SLs
                    on Field Study
                    ​on Monday Nights
Times to Check In with Your SLs
Feedback - What to Look For
Ways to Help Returnees Grow
Nice Things to Do for Your SLs
Breaks!
Niches
Recreation Ideas
FI Evaluations
A Week in the Life of a Field
                    Instructor at Eagle Fern ​        
                    Outdoor School

NICHES

• Field instructors are responsible for leading students in performing duties that help out the community at large. Many of these duties will overlap with Program Leader responsibilities.
• Some of these duties are centered around teaching and presenting a concept with a group of students, such as weather or conservation.

                     - Morning Weather Procedures
                                          - Weather Manual
​                     - Evening Weather / Conservation Procedures
                                          - Evening Weather Presentations
                                          - Evening Conservation Presentations

• The duties your field instructor team will be responsible for vary by site, and typically rotate week to week.
• ​Download an example of a field instructor niche schedule.​