CV
Barry Howard
Status:
Director, Hunter Outdoor Training
Full time professional Wilderness Guide
Chairman of The Management Committee, The Asheldham Centre ‘01-‘09
Senior Manager The Asheldham Centre
Project Manager: Merrylands Centre of Excellence for Outdoor Education
Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
SSCo for 30 schools in south Essex
Qualifications:
Certificate in Education (Cert.Ed.) Eaton Hall College of Education
Bachelor of Education Hons. (B.Ed. [Hons.]) Univ. Nottingham
DCSF Qualified Teacher Status
Chartered Geographer C.Geog [Econ]
Mountain Leader. (MLTE) Plas y Brenin
First Aid. HSE. 1986-2009
First Aid AED Operator & Oxygen 2007
Mountain First Aid Qual. Plas y Brenin 1986 & Refresher
Awards:
Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society. 1974
‘Outdoor Education Champion’ for determined and productive delivery in promoting excellence. Institute for Outdoor Learning
The ‘National Example of Good Practice in Outdoor Education’ proposed to Ofsted by The British Sports Trust.
Winston Churchill Fellowship Silver Medal awarded February 2002 for ‘Safety Research in Adventure Training, & School Educational Visits’
Highly praised in four successive Ofsted Inspections inc ‘Excellent’ standard.
Experience:
41 years as an outdoorsman.
Wilderness Guide throughout Scandinavia
Polar experience: trans-Greenland by dog sledge
Arctic experience: southern Greenland, northern Norway
Sub-Arctic experience: throughout Iceland and mainland Scandinavia: All seasons
170+ residential explorations and expeditions as leader
3,000 day-courses teaching outdoor education as leader
Field-study specialist in glaciation inc. palaeo - and pro-glacial
25 years expedition work in Norway and Iceland mostly leading
Eight years working freelance for MOD as Survival Instructor
Teaching 2000+ youth per year outdoor pursuits.
Former Head of Geography Dept The King John School 1981 - 1991
Former Head of Outdoor Education, The King John School 1991-2006.
Trustee ‘Adventure Unlimited’ charity
Written in national media on outdoor education safety; inc. radio
Adviser to government on educational visits safety
Managing EVNAR : the Educational Visits National Accident Register 1970-2007
Married, and father of three children, currently aged 24, 21, and 17.
Professional Memberships:
British Mountaineering Council
Mountain Leader Training Association
Institute for Outdoor Learning
The Royal Geographical Society
The British Paramedic Association
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