AEE Accreditation Council Meets at Eagle Rock
For the third time in as many years, the Association for Experiential Education’s (AEE) Accreditation Council recently held its mid-year meeting here at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park, Colo. The association, which was founded in the summer of 1977 right here in Colorado, has become the leading accrediting body for organizations that utilize adventure-based experiential education.
AEE’s accreditation standards, which were first proposed in the early 1990s, are now expressed in six distinct areas:
- Philosophical, Educational, and Ethical Principles
- Program Governance
- Program Management, Operations, and Oversight
- Technical Activities – Land
- Technical Activities – Water
- Non-Technical Activities
Since February of 1995 — when the Accreditation Council awarded the organization’s first seals of approval to the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Project Adventure — AEE’s highly sought-after accreditation has become the standard by which all adventure-based programs are judged.
During the three-and-a-half-day meeting, which took place from May 31 to June 3 in our on-campus Professional Development Center, council members covered a number of topics, including: Continue reading…