Written by instructor, Emma Taylor As Outward Bound instructors, we provide our students with challenges to help them grow resilience and strength to overcome adversity. We teach them compassion and how to find fun in hard times. As we facilitate... READ MORE

By Cassandra Biette, Outdoor Educator Course, 2012 During the last few days of my 50-day semester course with Outward Bound, everyone kept telling us that we would never fully realize all that we had learned on course until we got... READ MORE

By Alumna Deborah Coleman, Outdoor Educator Course, 2016 “It’s great that you like us so much, Deb, but you should buy a backpack and try hiking on your own too,” said my Outward Bound Instructor after my seventh course. You... READ MORE

Written by: Nicole Fava So, you went on an Outward Bound course. It was amazing and transformative, and everything they told you it would be, and now you want to work for us. At North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS),... READ MORE

Written by: Nicole Fava There are many great reasons to work in the outdoors, and even more if you want to work with an outdoor education nonprofit. Here are just a few: 1. Hard Skills. You will learn a lot of... READ MORE

Title: Lead Instructor, Course Director, Whitewater Paddling Specialist  Years with North Carolina Outward Bound (NCOBS): 5  What inspired you to become an Outward Bound instructor? Did you know before you went on your Instructor Development Course? I started my first year at NCOBS as... READ MORE

Title: Associate Program Director, Table Rock Base Camp Years with NCOBS: I started working for the school in 2010 as an Assistant Instructor and am now entering my eighth season with NCOBS! What inspired you to become an instructor? My own “ah-ha... READ MORE

By Alumna and Prior Instructor, Deb Caughron, 1983 “There was nobody to talk to except myself and the creek.  The creek was constantly talking back so I could hardly get a word in.” —John G. Thomas, Jr., Crew Journal Entry,... READ MORE

By Alumna and Prior Instructor, Deb Caughron, 1983 “There was nobody to talk to except myself and the creek.  The creek was constantly talking back so I could hardly get a word in.” —John G. Thomas, Jr., Crew Journal Entry,... READ MORE

As we welcome warm weather and clear blue skies to the mountains and rivers of Western North Carolina, our Town Office has begun to fill with instructors and other field staff. We sat down with Alessia Faverio, a three-season veteran... READ MORE