How to Apply

1/Send cover letter and resume to: [email protected]; Feel free to email us at that address or call if you have any questions (406.388.4610)  2/Respond to the questions below (Please type your responses and submit them with your cover letter and resume. Please save the file with your full name in the title. For example: “Sarah Smith MWS Lead Instructor Application”)  1. Describe, in 1-2 paragraphs, what you enjoy about working with students in outdoor education? What are your greatest assets as an educator?  2. Describe in 1 paragraph your experience working with people different than you.  3. Describe, in 1-2 paragraphs, your personal conservation ethic. What inspires you about spending time in the outdoors?  4. Risk Management and Judgment: Please briefly provide an example/story of your experience with hazard evaluation and risk management. Please include a comprehensive analysis of your example in order to help us understand what you learned from these events and your overall approach and philosophy regarding risk management.  5. Montana Specific: Describe any connections you may have to Montana in the past or present. Please include any knowledge of wildlife or conservation issues, local history, natural history, and any personal trips or work you have had specifically in Montana.  6. Briefly describe your technical paddling, climbing, mountaineering, or backpacking experience. Please remember to submit a technical skills log that details this experience.  3/Submit a technical skills log (you may use our template or provide your own) that appropriately documents your climbing, mountaineering, backpacking and paddling experience. Please save the file with your full name in the title (for example: “Sarah Smith MWS Technical Skills Log”).