GROUNDED IN REFLECTION, GROWING THROUGH CONNECTION.
Professional Learning Offerings to Empower Educators
Today’s professional development in schools often focuses on what teachers can do for students, but rarely on what educators can do for themselves and each other to invigorate their passion for teaching.
High 5 Adventure’s professional learning offerings empower educators both personally and professionally through adventure education, social emotional learning, structured reflection, and community building.
By blending experiential learning with proven strategies, educators learn to model vulnerability and emotional awareness, ultimately transforming everyday classroom moments into opportunities for connection, empowerment, and collective leadership for themselves and their students
Experiential Learning Cohorts
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.
High 5 and its Professional Learning Cohort builds a foundation of trust, allows for self exploration and then supports growth. The cohort experience builds confidence in that we are not alone in our struggles and encourages us to bring our best every day knowing that others understand and will be there for us. I have watched this organization grow and expand over the years in the right direction. Slow, steady, consistent support is the hallmark of High 5. Without them I cannot accurately say where I would be as a human and as an education professional.
Edge of Leadership
Edge of Leadership
Guiding Educators and Students on a Journey of Meaningful Connection, Empowering Skill and Collective Leadership
The Edge of Leadership book and framework provide concrete tools and a powerful mindset shift, offering practical strategies to create inclusive, student-centered classrooms. With Ryan McCormick’s new book, you will 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. While the book offers the vision, language, and philosophy behind the work, it includes a digital Activity Guide where those ideas become lived experiences. It is designed to help educators transform everyday classroom moments into opportunities for connection, empowerment, responsibility, emotional awareness, and leadership.
Edge Of Leadership: Foundations Of Support
A One-Day Workshop Facilitated by Ryan McCormick
This one-day workshop facilitated by Ryan McCormick introduces the foundational principles of the Edge of Leadership (EOL) framework, with a focus on support as the base of connection and culture. Participants will explore how support is not just something we offer—it’s something we design, model, and activate within a group. This is for educators, facilitators, and youth development professionals to explore the intentional design, modeling and activation of support within student groups.
If you’re ready to move beyond good intentions and begin building a living, supportive culture, this workshop is your starting point.
Let’s Talk About Working Together
We’d love to share more about the benefits of High 5 Professional Development Programs, and discuss addressing your specific needs.
Email us: info@high5adventure.org
Call us: (802) 254-8718
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About High 5
High 5 Adventure Learning Center is a non-profit in southern Vermont who supports students, educators and beyond to develop a sense of connection and community in a learning environment of discovery, challenge, and fun. Check out our Success Stories.
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Email us: info@high5adventure.org
Call us: (802) 254-8718