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Copyright 2003 Leading EDGE LLC
195 Burdick Medbury Road
Norwich, NY 13815
(607) 334-EDGE(3343)
bruce@realworldlearning.info

Leading EDGE LLC offers professional development programs for educators. Mission:
To design and facilitate personal and organizational growth through experiential, collaborative problem solving

Vision:
To be known for our capacity to help clients address problems through our unique ability to synthesize theory and best practices in the development of healthy and effective problem-solving processes.

Belief Statements:

· We must "walk the talk". Our personal and organizational values are revealed in everything we do and say

· We cannot coerce quality. Quality is a function of our caring and commitment - both of which come from within.

· Learning is a life-long process. Processed experience is the foundation of all significant life long learning

· Collaboration is the key to success. Quality collaboration requires diversity of thought, styles & beliefs within an environment of mutual respect and trust.

· Change is painful. It can become tolerable when we have a measure of control or choice

· Knowing where you want to go is the first step to getting there.

· Life is short, enjoy your work, work with people you enjoy and maintain a sense of humor.

· Life is a balance between family and work but family needs to come first.

Programs available for educators, businesses, non-profits and govt agencies. Strategies:

1. Education Services - The world of education is rapidly changing. Society is looking for bold and innovative approaches to curriculum design and teaching. Students, parents, teachers, school boards, employers and state and federal governments are asking schools to be more responsive to the real world environment. School to Work, State Learning Standards, CDEP and CSRD efforts are all examples of these changes.
Leading EDGE provides consulting services and a variety of workshops using the latest in educational models to make connections between the classroom, community outcomes and state learning standards.
The heart of the Leading EDGE educational programs is the Education By DesignTM (EBD) classroom model. The EBD classroom model is a comprehensive teaching methodology that is centered in experiential and collaborative learning and taught in six-day institutes. EBD is a program of Antioch New England Graduate School. Leading EDGE is proud to be the exclusive provider of EBD programming in New York State.
As you browse through our offerings, feel free to contact us with questions and to see if we provide consulting or training opportunites to meet your special needs.

2. Corporate, Government Agencies & Non-Government Organizations - The world is demanding new skills for new environments. Leading EDGE specializes in developing skills for high quality collaborative problem-solving teams. Likewise, situational leadership development, team-building, decision-making strategies, critical thinking, creative thinking, organization and communication are major components of our corporate development model.

In addition, Leading EDGE designs and facilitates meetings allowing organizations to accomplish specific tasks and minimize wasted time.

3. Wilderness Education Services -Leading EDGE offers a variety of wilderness consulting services to meet a range of needs. We work with college outdoor programs, outing clubs, Americorps & Student Conservation Association groups, summer camps, school groups, youth at risk programs and others in training, program design and planning and curriculum development. We also have a variety of entertaining travelogues of our international adventures.

Meeting facilitation and custom designed learning experiences are our specialty. Unique Qualities:

· We are a small operation that can provide the flexibility and personal touch to meet your specific needs.

· We have a combined seventy-five years of workplace experience with real-world/field-based judgment that has gained regional, national and international recognition for excellence.

· Our training is based on the real world experience and is not just theoretical. Our success comes from our ability to successfully apply this experience to your unique workplace.

· All of our consulting staff are active frontline professionals immersed in the day to day operations and challenges of organizational change

Origins:

In 1984 Bruce Bonney was a student of Jack Drury's on a thirty-three day wilderness leadership expedition. Jack became a mentor of Bruce's a role that was to switch when Jack took an Education By DesignTM Institute in 1992. In between they collaborated on writing and educational projects in a variety of settings. Their experiences eventually led to their development of a training/teaching model that allows the power of the outdoors to be brought into the classroom. In recent years they have worked together to develop education administrator leadership training programs and corporate development programs. Since 2000 they have played a leadership role with Antioch New England Graduate School of Keene, NH and Network Educational Press of Stafford, England to bring Education By DesignTM Institutes to the teachers of England and Scotland.