Hadwen Guides

SLUOP utilizes student instructors for staffing programs and facilities. Student instructors, called Hadwen Guides, are selected on the basis of expertise in a specific outdoor activity, leadership experience, safety consciousness, and teaching ability. All Guides have completed the semester long Outdoor Leadership Experience course which includes CPR, Wilderness First Responder, Basic Water Safety, and outdoor leadership. Many of our Guides are employed in the field of outdoor education during the summer and are professionally certified through special skills training organizations (NOLS, Outward Bound, Professional Ski Instructors Association, American Canoe Association).