Signature Offerings
Spotlight Offerings
Edge of Leadership
A New Book by Ryan McCormick
Guiding Educators and Students on a Journey of Meaningful Connection, Empowering Skill and Collective Leadership
Start your journey of exploring where the rules of traditional instruction begin to soften, replaced by a dynamic environment where curiosity leads action and mistakes are simply milestones.
With the Edge of Leadership Framework, you aren’t just teaching a curriculum—you are cultivating an ecosystem. You’ll find that the “perfect” lesson plan matters less than the authentic moment of discovery. Guiding Educators and Students on a Journey of Meaningful Connection, Empowering Skill and Collective Leadership.
Reset: Reflection and Community for Mid-Career Educators
A Professional Learning 2-Part Series
Designed for educators who work directly with students, this small-cohort experience unfolds across two full-day retreats grounded in adventure-based learning, facilitated dialogue, and structured reflection.
Educators from the same district explore topics that are universally relevant and often not addressed in Professional Development settings.
When in Doubt ... Give Them Your Heart
Stories about Connecting, Empowering & Leading
Jim Grout’s new book, When in Doubt … Give Them Your Heart demonstrates that leadership rooted in connection is leadership that lasts. Individuals and teams transform, not because of some magical formula or trendy leadership theory, but because someone chose to listen, to believe in another, to take a risk, and to lead by example. That’s the heart of this work.
What People Are Saying about When in Doubt
In "When in Doubt, Give Them Your Heart", Jim Grout has given readers the remarkable opportunity to explore one’s own life, and decisions made along the way regarding work environments, especially those that require teamwork and leadership. Jim’s own stories are courageous and deeply reflective. He also provides a plethora of group experiences for your use as a leader or participant that you can explore and try out. This book is a hidden treasure waiting for your discovery.
We’ve all seen the impact engaged and connected teachers have on student growth. For educational leaders looking to impact student learning, building community and maintaining connections is mission-critical work. Imagine a whole district where the focus is on building and maintaining educators’ energy and excitement for creatively supporting student learning. Jim Grout’s "When in Doubt... Give them your Heart" is a book every superintendent, principal, district administrator and teaching team can use to elicit practical and thoughtful reflection on what it means to be a leader and how, especially when answers are not certain, recognizing our shared humanity will lead us to solutions.
Our Mission
High 5 Adventure Learning Center is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to helping individuals, schools, teams and communities use adventure experiences as an effective tool for improving the way they live, learn, work and lead together. High 5 provides educational experiences for all ages that develop a sense of connection and community in a learning environment of discovery, challenge and fun.
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