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The Dominion
Leadership Program at Saint Paul’s College completed their first
challenge together, an Outdoor Leadership Adventure in Kilmarnock,
Virginia. Through daily physical challenges, opportunities for
team-building, and reflective writing assignments, students grew to know
each other quickly.
One highlight of the course was the MBTI
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), completed by the students under the
direction of Mr. William Hines and Dr. Carolyn
Hines. The MBTI identifies personality types, giving people tools to
improve how they work both as individuals and in groups.
Another highlight of the weekend was the COMPASS course completed by the
students in small teams, under the direction of retired Green Beret
officer, Dr. Wesley Williams. Students used a compass to find markers
placed around the camp, an exercise in teamwork and a metaphor for
life. The COMPASS course, along with other physical activities
completed that weekend, allowed students to use their Outdoor Adventure
credits to satisfy the General Education
physical education requirement at the College.
Reading requirements included The
Servant and Who Moved My Cheese,
and writing requirements included a paper and a journal. As a charter
class, students drafted contracts for the future leadership program, and
even came up with a class song. Feedback about the weekend was
positive, with participants already asking when they can go back. Plans
are underway for the next Outdoor Adventure, tentatively scheduled for
August 16-19, 2006. Qualified charter class
members will return to Kilmarnock as mentors. |
