Leiby-Redden

Aslan Leiby-Redden 
1335 Whitemarsh Way. Savannah Ga 31410

301.514.3403 aslan.leibyredden@gmail.com

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PROFESSIONAL​ ​OUTDOOR​ ​EDUCATOR

Graduate of Georgia College and State University (GCSU) with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Outdoor Education ​upon completion of internship.

PROFESSIONAL​ ​DEVELOPMENT

● Wilderness First Responder​: ​Gives me the authority to provide a high level of medical
assistance to injured individuals in wilderness areas. ​NOLS Wilderness Medicine
Institute ( 2016-2018, recertification on Nov. 10-11, 2018)
● Leave No Trace Trainer​: ​I can​ ​educate others on LNT principles. ​Leave No Trace
(Spring 2015-2016)
● 4-H Congress​: ​Developed and facilitated a program that focused on the importance of
trust and sense of belonging within a group. The program was presented to 4-H leaders
who were visiting from all around the United States. G ​ eorgia College (Fall 2016)
● Principles of Field Leadership​: ​Participated in a staff training course which was a 13 day
backpacking expedition that focused on the development of professionalism and
conscious competence in the outdoors. ​Georgia College (Spring 2017)
● Angiosperms and Gymnosperms​: ​An original environmental education program created
for Lockerly Arboretum that taught the difference between flowering and non-flowering
plants; the program is now published on Arbnet.net. ​Lockerly Arboretum (Spring 2017)

WORK​ ​EXPERIENCE

● Challenge Course Facilitator​: ​Utilized challenge course elements to help participants

​ utdoor Center at Georgia College
develop skills that lead to more effective group work. O
(Spring 2017- Spring 2018)
● Environmental Education Facilitato​r: ​Facilitated environmental programs for a variety of
ages that introduced information about the natural phenomenons that occur in our local
environment. ​Lockerly Arboretum (Spring 2017 - Spring 2018)
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● Tybee Island Ocean Rescue​: ​Utilized outdoor emergency skills to protect the lives of
individuals who were on the beach and in the ocean. T ​ ybee Island Ocean Rescue
(Summer 2016, 2017)
● Assistant Swim Coach and Lead Swim Instructor​: ​Assisted with the Low Country Aquatic
Club’s pre-swim team, finding ways to provide a fun and challenging experience to
participants interested in progressing further with their swimming abilities. Taught
participants the necessary skills to swim all four strokes properly, while focusing on the
importance of and techniques associated with water safety. ​Low Country Aquatic Club
(Summer 2018-present)

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

● Group Development​: ​Developed skills that promote effective group work and
management. ​(Fall 2015)
● Advanced Facilitation​: ​Learned how to design and implement group development
activities; facilitated four programs for the 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga. (​ Fall 2016)
● Program Planning​: ​Learned how to design programs that can satisfy multiple group
outcomes. (​ Spring 2016)
● Emergency Response​: ​Learned search and rescue techniques and survival strategies.
(Fall 2017)
● Challenge Course​: ​Developed the ability to facilitate for a group on a challenge course,
rescue individuals who become stuck on a challenge course and how to utilize challenge
course elements to satisfy a specific outcome. (​ Spring 2017)
● Risk Management​: ​Learned how to appropriately plan and prepare for uncertainties in
backcountry and camp setting. (​ Spring 2017)
● Instructional Strategies of Canoeing​: ​Developed competency in both flatwater and
whitewater canoeing. ​(Spring 2018)
● Foundations of Environmental Education​: ​Developed educational skills and strategies
that can be used when conducting Environmental Education Programs. Provided tools
and activities to use when executing Environmental Education programs. ​(Spring 2018)
● Principles of Field Leadership (student)​: ​Learned how to develop and execute lessons and
activities in the backcountry. Participated in an 18 day backpacking trip focused on
leadership development and group management in the backcountry. ​(Summer 2017)
● Principles of Field Leadership (co-instructor)​: ​I was asked to be a co-instructor for this
course at the end of the summer of 2017. Learned about the management and logistics
behind organizing a course such as this, assisted students with recognizing their own
leadership potential and coached students as they applied their skills over a 9-day
backpacking trip with 13 participants. ​(Summer 2018)
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