Making friends with a harbor seal, Anacortes, WA, 1998

Brad Moskowitz, M.A.

Associate Professor of Outdoor Education

Johnson State College
337 College Hill
Johnson, VT 05656
Office Phone: (802) 635-1423
Fax: (802) 635-1461
Email: Brad.Moskowitz@jsc.edu
Web Page: http://moskowitz.jsc.vsc.edu/

Classes fall semester

o INT 1710 FYS: Deep Survival: Wilderness Lessons For a Complex World (a new freshman year seminar!)
OER 3070 Adventure Education Theory & Practice

o OER 2050 Rock Climbing Instructor

o OER 1131 Rock Climbing

o OER 2062 Advanced Backpacking

Classes spring semester

o OER 4030 Wilderness Leadership Techniques – click here for photos from 2006!

o OER 3150 Winter Expedition: Idaho – Backcountry Ski & Avalanche course

o OER 3010 Learning in the Outdoors – syllabus for this unique class, which involves the delivery of a one-week school-based outdoor education program to VT 6^th graders

o OER 1030 X-C Skiing

Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30 – 4:00 PM & Thursday 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, additional hours by appointment

Advising Links:

Blackboard Portal enables you to look up your schedule, check the status of open and closed classes and access other VSC information. Login, and click on the Web Advisor tab and proceed from there.
OE Curriculum (coming soon!)
OE Curriculum and Recommended 4-year Plans (outlines sequence of coursework):
Adventure Education & Wilderness Leadership Focus, Environmental Education Focus, Combined (double track) Focus
OE Leadership Requirement (for Adventure Education majors)
OE Leadership Documentation Form to document your leadership experiences
See Guidelines for Teaching Assistantships if you are interested in teaching and assisting with the OE field-based classes.
Outdoor Education Plan of Study Form
Internship Requirement and Application Process
Internship Application Part 1
Internship Application Part 2

Other Links:

JSC Outing Club Web Page where you can find out what's happening with the Outing Club
JSC Outdoor Education Web Page to learn more about the OER Program and find links to important information
JSC Library Home Page for library searches and other academic resources

• AEE Homepage – the Association for Experiential Education Homepage
• Outdoor Ed.com – Constantly updated and full of resources. Thanks to Rick Curtis at Princeton.
• Ropes Online
• Research Connections, a quarterly update of the latest research in outdoor adventure programming, leadership training, camping education, and outdoor experiential therapy.
• Adventure Research Cache, a web resource comprised of studies related to adventure recreation and education.
• Research Links from Roger Greenaway's website
  Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center – from James Neill. Great resources for activities, lesson plans and interesting theories.
• Family Pictures!

Job Search Websites:

• http://www.outdoored.com/jobs – OutdoorEd website
• http://www.aee.org – Association for Experiential Education, click on “Jobs Clearinghouse”
• http://www.ecojobs.com – click on “Outdoor & Environmental Education Jobs”
• http://www.theSCA.org – Student Conservation Association
• http://www.wilderdom.com/joblistings.html - Jobs & Career Opportunities in Outdoor & Adventure Education
• http://www.acacamps.org/jobs.htm – American Camping Association
• http://www.natwc.org/jobs.htm – National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camps
• http://nrpa.jobcontrolcenter.com/ – National Recreation & Park Association
• http://eelink.net/eejobsdatabase.html – Environmental Education on the Internet (NAAEE)
• http://www.backdoorjobs.com/ - short-term job adventures
• http://www.ecoemploy.com/jobs/ - environmental job listings