AN ADVENTURE EXPERIENCE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.

High 5® Adventure Learning Center is recognized worldwide for its brand of adventure and experiential education programs that are productive, engaging, and have a lasting impact. For 25+ years we’ve been bringing high-quality learning experiences to schools, businesses, therapeutic agencies, and recreation programs.

The High 5 Difference: We Listen to Your Unique Needs

We are committed to developing engaging and effective experiences that are specific to your needs and result in measurable success. No two client programs are the same; each client requires their own goal or outcome. Some clients come to us with a vague idea about building a better culture. Others are already working to achieve a new milestone, but need something extra to take them over the line.

Our team development offerings are centered around two important concepts: adventure learning as a modality and customization of program design to best fit the needs of our customers.

Whether we’re facilitating a workshop, retreat, or a one-time learning session, we’re designing your program to serve your priorities. By listening to you, we’re able to craft the most effective program for your team.

High Quality, Engaging Team Experiences

K-12 schools, colleges, sports teams, government institutions, therapeutic agencies and businesses turn to us to help them improve the way they live, learn and work together.

At High 5, we design and facilitate team development experiences that will be meaningful and relevant for the people on your team. They will learn to perform at their personal best while contributing to a healthy culture. The teams that work with us, regardless of their goal or needs, leave our programs committed to connecting, empowering, leading and being the example of what it takes to achieve success.

High 5 Specialties

Drawing upon our 25+ years of experience and expertise, we’ve developed a collection of themes and specialty topics that have proven exceptionally effective at helping teams overcome obstacles and achieve new levels of success.

Here are a few examples:

Creating a Connected Team

Ideal for new teams or those reconnecting after time apart. Through facilitation, build trust, strengthen communication, and establish a foundation for effective collaboration.

Navigating the Unknown

Your team learns to better respond to change and uncertainty. Build awareness, adaptability, and resilience through experiential learning grounded in risk, control, and decision-making.

Pace, Presence, and Attention

This is a facilitated space where you reflect on pace, attention, and presence in the workplace. Explore what disrupts your plans and pacing, and how increased awareness can support clarity, connection, and more intentional action.

Supportive Leadership

Equip leaders with practical strategies to meet diverse team needs. You’ll explore and practice proven skills and frameworks that improve effectiveness and reduce workplace tension.

Emotions at Work

Learn to recognize and navigate the emotions that shape team dynamics. Strengthen empathy, communication, and adaptability through reflection and interactive tools.

Navigating Challenging Dialogue^®

Build skills for engaging in honest, productive conversations, even when it feels risky. Focus on reducing drama, increasing clarity, and strengthening relationships.

Managing Ourselves and Others [DiSC^®]

Deepen understanding of behavioral styles to improve communication, leadership, and team effectiveness using the DiSC framework.

We’d love the opportunity to discuss your team’s specific needs and develop a program that fits your needs.

Team Workshops & Offerings

High 5’s Communication Workshop

Navigating Challenging Dialogue® Essentials

In every organization, moments arise when difficult topics need to be addressed—conflict, feedback, change, uncertainty. Too often, these conversations are avoided, mishandled, or cause unintended harm. At High 5, we believe courageous communication is a teachable skill and a shared responsibility of your entire team. As a certified provider of Beth Wonson’s Navigating Challenging Dialogue framework, we help equip individuals and teams with the mindset, tools, and practice needed to lean into hard conversations with confidence, clarity, and compassion.

High 5’s Leadership Book

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.

Offerings For Schools Districts & Educators

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.

Edge of Leadership

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. To address this gap, High 5 offers experiential professional development programs focused on rejuvenation, reflection, and building meaningful connections — all grounded in the principles of adventure education and social emotional learning.

Let’s Talk About Working With Your Team

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

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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