Jose H Gonzalez, Ed.D.

Motivation and Outdoor Education

Jose — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:09:52 +0000

What do you think about Dan Pink’s talk, as it relates to the Outdoor Education industry?

Endurance Staffing closes its doors

Jose — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:40:51 +0000

One of the first outdoor instructor staffing agencies has shut down after almost 3 years in operation. Endurance Staffing’s main focus was to help outdoor education organizations find qualified staff for programs in areas such as rock climbing, ropes course facilitation, kayaking, and more.

The business model of ES was simple; companies would contact ES for their instructor needs and ES would offer pre-screened instructor candidates. After the staff selection, companies would pay a mark-up on the instructor per diem. This mark-up was based on the instructor qualifications and the number of days in the field. As the principal administrator of ES, I felt that the industry was not ready for this type of business. However, I know that ES had an impact in the outdoor industry by provided a revolutionary approach to the never-ending cycle of finding qualified outdoor instructors for their programs and sometimes last minute instructors.

In addition, ES had a video podcasting channel on iTunes with more than 20 educational videos and a wiki for instructor collaboration. I am curious to see the direction of the outdoor industry in 10 years when it comes to recruiting, selecting, training and developing staff. Don’t worry I’ll have a blog post before then. I welcome your questions and comments, and I will keep blogging until the next time we meet.

For those in the field!

Stand Up Paddle Fitness at Plymouth State University

Jose — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:54:00 +0000

Tuesday July 26th: The Sport of Standup Paddle Boarding – Chronicle News Story – WMUR New Hampshire

Jose — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:31:45 +0000

Tuesday July 26th: The Sport of Standup Paddle Boarding – Chronicle News Story – WMUR New Hampshire.

TIOBEC Sailing Expedition Training 2011

Jose — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:32:36 +0000

The Thompson Island Outward Bound Sailing expedition took place from June 26-July 3 of 2011. I had the honor to be the trainer again this year, along side Captain Arista. We delivered the new curriculum designed by Alex Chu that is currently in place at TIOBEC summer expedition programs. The journey was from Boston harbor to Gloucester and back. As you see in the pictures we did some rowing, but also we had great wind. To those in the field!

Stand Up Paddleboarding Skills course – Aug 13-14 Squam Lake, NH

Jose — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:59 +0000

Stand Up Paddleboarding Skills course (Level 1 and 2) Aug 13-14 Squam Lake, NH

Course Overview: The Introduction to Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) L1 is designed to introduce and expose the participant to sufficient skills and knowledge, so that they can enjoy the sport or Stand Up Paddleboarding in a calm flat water setting. SUP L2 is designed to refine equipment knowledge and develop the skills needed to paddle effectively in conditions where wind, waves and current are present.

Cost: $300.00 with SUP board/paddle or $210.00 without.

Instructors: Jose Gonzalez is the Coordinator for Recreation Programs at Plymouth State University and senior consultant and trainer for Endurance Staffing. He is a certified Lifeguard, Water Safety Instructor and teaches first aid and CPR for the American Red Cross. Jose is also a certified ACA Stand Up Paddler instructor.

Stand Up Paddleboarding in Plymouth, NH

Jose — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:34:38 +0000

AEE NE Region Pre-Conference 2011

Jose — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:24:25 +0000

This is one of the topics I’ll be addressing in my pre-conference workshop. See you there!

AEE NE Region Website

2010 in review

Jose — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:31:05 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 23 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 86 posts.

The busiest day of the year was January 6th with 129 views. The most popular post that day was The Bond Cliff, NH.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, linkedin.com, search.conduit.com, en.wordpress.com, and lmodules.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for bond cliff, bondcliff nh, jose h gonzalez, jose h. gonzalez, and full value contract.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

The Bond Cliff, NH June 2009
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Surfing video – Wilderness beach, Aguadilla Puerto Rico January 2010

Norms and expectation or “Full Value Contract” April 2009

About December 2007

Outward Bound Odyssey March 2009
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Brave New Voices 2010 – “Love Letter To Albuquerque Public Schools”

Jose — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:36:04 +0000