2016-VOC Crew Leader Training - 5/21/2016

Start Date-End Date: 05/21/2016-05/22/2016 Land Manager Office: Land Manager Contact: Funding Partner: Programmatic Partner: Summary: This exciting training is a must for anyone interested in leading VOC volunteers! Description: This training is exclusively for those interested in crew leading volunteers on VOC projects. In addition to learning thefundamentals of successful volunteer crew management for the construction and maintenance of sustainable trails, participants will gain an understanding of how VOC projects function and the role in which a VOC crew leader plays. Through classroom sessions, field exercises and role playing, you'll learn leadership strategies and techniques, tool use, and safety. The training will be held at the Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab in Evergreen. All trainees will receive a crew leader manual, a set of quick reference cards, and other materials that make for a fun and rewarding experience. Experience:This workshop is best for individuals that have had experience working on trail projects or previous crew leadership experience.It is intended for volunteers interested in becoming a VOC Crew Leader. If you'd like to take a Crew Leader Training on behalf of another organization, please see our Outdoor Stewardship Institute(OSI) opportunities. Payment and Discount Information: The cost of this training is $80; however, volunteers who participated in 3 or more VOC projects in 2015 will receive a $20 discount. Note: Discounted payments cannot me made online. If you qualify for a discount, contact Dan at 303-715-1010, ext. 112 or Emma at ext. 115 to make your payment or for further questions. Latitude/Longitude: Additional Information: Camping Available: Yes Physical Difficulty: High Altitude Project: Desired Number of Volunteers: 25 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 21 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0 Total Volunteer Days: 21 Total Unique Volunteers: 21 Total Volunteer Hours: 348 Staff Hours: 46 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: On May 21-22, 18 trainees participated in the VOC Crew Leader Training @ Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab. Through classroom, role playing and field work sessions, Trainees practiced the skills necessary to lead other volunteers on VOC projects. We're excited for this new group of trainees to get started on projects this year! Successes and Challenges: Overall, a pretty good reboot of the VOC CL training. Using the OSI curriculum melded with VOC institutional info. Steve West has done an especially good job melding past with present in regards to this training. We should focus on finding more instructors to participate in this. Lessons Learned: Crew Leader Role Playing during field session (Day 2): This seems to be generally well received, though some folks prefer a more technical focus. If we're going to do this make sure it's consistently applied in all the groups and that everyone gets a chance to play leader. Breaking up the classroom time: This is starting to become consistent feedback from OSI trainings as well. I think the added role playing around Assessing your Crew was a nice touch to help relieve a little of the classroom monotony that sets in over a full day. I'd like to explore additional options ahead of the July session, (providing content ahead of time, making time for trail walk and talk on day 1, having a mix of indoor/outdoor both days etc.) that would help get people up and out of their chairs. Course Organization (Synching between manual and presentation): A couple folks brought this up. Some frustration with the order of info presented in the manual being different than the standard outline/agenda for the OSI modules. Not much we can do about it now, but will be reorganized in the next edition of the OSI manual. VOC CL Dropbox: I'll link you guys into this when I send it to the rest of the group. Please let me know anything else you want to add to it once you've had a chance to check it out. Glenn and Steve A. also wanted the opportunity to provide some feedback on the trainees in their groups, and I'd be glad to have this on file so we can share with mentors, CLMs and staff going forward. I've broken out the field groups here. From your groups, let me know strengths/weakness, who's most ready to be a CL and who needs more time and/or attention as you see it. Also, let me know if you need help remembering who's who. Steve A. (Group 1) Christine Amoresano Ryan Durham Fab Garcia Mike Matice Terry Miller Gary Williams Glenn (Group 2) Jeanetta Bachand Geoff Frazier Sara Hammond Arthur Knapp Martin Herz Roger Mutz Steve W. (Group 3) Erick Gallager Steve Juergenson Erin King Will Mateo Emma Walker Nate Wieland Special Notes: I think we have a viable training option going forward that's going to please a lot of the old hands who became disgruntled by OSI implementation. Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: