KATE  TAYLOR

Professional Info

 

I began kindling my passion for the outdoors in sixth grade, when I got involved in the Adventure Club, an after-school club that taught some basic primitive skills like friction fire, tracking, and shelter building. Since then, I have found that not only am I passionate about learning, teaching, and working in the outdoors, it is also very centering and affirming for me to be outside. I consider the wild places of the Earth my home and hope to forever make nature my playground and office.

Work Experience

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Field Instructor - Evoke Therapy at Cascades

March 2016 - present

 

Facilitate safety in a wilderness setting through backcountry living skills

Demonstrate effective and assertive communication skills in a therapeutic environment

Co-lead backpacking excursions in the Central Oregon high desert with groups of 3-10 youth and young adults

Offer support for clients with a variety of issues including substance addiction, learning and cognitive disabilities, poor family relationships, trauma and abuse, self harm, and defiant behavior

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RAC Activities Guide - ROW Adventures

June 2015 - September 2015

 

Whitewater guide training completed on Alberton Gorge of Clark Fork River

Guided day trips and family floats on the Spokane River (Class I-II rapids in low water season)

Offered interpretive talks on local history and ecology

 

Outdoor Videographer - North Idaho College

September 2014 - June 2015

 

Filmed and edited footage of Outdoor Leadership classes on iPad and edit short expositional movie presentations using iMovie

Managed social media for the Outdoor Recreation Leadership department

 

Outdoor Skills Specialist - Camp Fire Camp Sweyolakan

June 2014 - September 2014

 

Taught outdoor skills such as fire making, knots, shelter building, safe knife use, wild edibles, orienteering, and primitive survival skills to children and young adults of a variety of ages and abilities

 

Kinderkamp Counselor - Schweitzer Mountain Resort

November 2013 - February 2014

 

Cared for children 4 months to 6 years at the ski resort daycare

Trained ski technician

 

Intern - Coyote Trails School of Nature

June 2010 - March 2011

 

Assisted survival skill instructors with classroom management, safety, and implementing curriculum