COYOTE OUTDOOR SCHOOL - Key Persons
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Education, Wilderness Therapy, Organization Strategist, and Program Direction
Job Titles:
- Summer Programs Assistant Director
Growing up in Southern California, Bailey fell in love with the great outdoors while camping with her family on the coast, seeking out nature in the suburbs and exploring the desert at Girl Scout camp. After spending many summers as a camper, Bailey started working with youth in high school, first as a leader in training and then as a camp counselor. Her favorite part of connecting kids with nature quickly became using outdoor experiences to build their confidence.
Bailey spent a year in AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, where she worked with a team of other young adults on projects to remove invasive species, plant trees, provide disaster relief services, lead environmental education programs and build homes in underserved communities across the southwest. These experiences cemented her passion for public service, and inspired her to pursue environmental education and public policy in college.
Bailey went to school in snowy Vermont, where she spent many hours exploring the forest while getting a Bachelors of Environmental Studies, with a minor in Environmental Education from Green Mountain College and a Masters of Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School.
In addition to having a range of experiences working with youth in the outdoors, Bailey's been a tutor, an intern at a climate change non profit, a community organizer and a ghost tour guide. When she's not working with kids, Bailey can be found hiking, organizing around justice issues and the climate crisis and reading with her adopted cat, Winnie.
Hales is an avid mushroom forager with a love for animals and a background in biological science and the veterinary field in their early career and education. They grew up hiking and camping in Arizona as part of a parent-child outdoor group and taught youth about animal care at the Phoenix Zoo.
Areas of Expertise
Community Engagement, Fundraising, and Organizational Direction
Areas of Expertise
Community Engagement, Marketing, Event Planning
Meadow Scott is a mother, educator, adventurer and self-proclaimed plant geek. Growing up in Alaska instilled a deep love of wild places, and Meadow spent plenty of time romping around in the wilderness. She lived in a treehouse for many years, kayaked in Prince William Sound, and even spent a winter mushing sled dogs near Denali. Her thirst for adventure took her around the world as well, backpacking and working on farms in such far-flung places as Iceland and Australia.
Becoming a mother led Meadow on yet another adventure and she quickly discovered the joy of sharing nature with small people. She especially loves the way young minds just drink in new experiences like moss soaking up the first rain of winter. Meadow spent as much time as possible outdoors with her two kiddos, watching them learn through direct experience, and gently guiding their understanding Earth's complexity.
As soon as her own kiddos started school Meadow began a new chapter in her life as an environmental educator. Starting with the Prince William Sound Science Center in Alaska, then Partners for Sustainable School here in Eugene, and finally with the Whole Earth Nature School, Meadow has enriched her skill as an educator with many years of experience, both in the classroom and outside of it. Meadow shares a contagious enthusiasm for the natural world, and loves watching kids' innate curiosity lead them into discovery and deep connection with nature. She believes that these quiet moments nourish a sense of place and belonging that eventually leads to stewardship of our Earth and all the critters we share it with.
Meadow is a lifelong learner and has a passion for all things green and growing. When she is not leading camps, she is enjoys studying ecology, gardening or natural history. She is a Master Gardener, Certified Permaculture Designer, and an amateur botanist. She practices all of these disciplines in her family's backyard homestead where she can frequently be found petting plants.
After obtaining her B.A. in Child Development and Learning and her M.A. in Elementary Education, Meg taught Intervention K-5 and 1st grade in North Carolina. After moving to Oregon, Meg wanted to shared her passion for the outdoors with children to give them the same energizing experiences and appreciation for nature that she gained as a child. Meg captures students' high energy and channels it into learning and helps students learn their limits with the right balance of autonomy and support. She also makes challenging experiences like campers' first overnights comfortable by role-modeling preparedness and being super supportive!
Job Titles:
- FOREST Director, Instructor
Terance was raised in Coburg, Oregon. He graduated from the Northwest Youth Corps Outdoor high school. While with the Youth Corps he worked with crews on a variety of conservation projects all over Oregon and Washington building trails plus restoring habitat for animals and plants. His family taught him to love the forest and everything in it while helping him learn how to identify plants and mushrooms, how to hunt and fish and most important how to have fun and get muddy. He has been a counselor for a number of youth programs including: City of Eugene's Safety Town, Sempervirens Outdoor School located in the California Redwoods and Portland based Trackers Northwest.
Tim spent his formative years exploring the dunes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, romping through the marshes and climbing trees. He loves camping and playing in the wilderness. While in the Boy Scouts of America, he learned the basics of how to be in the wild; learning knots, fire structure and tending. Tim volunteered at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve cleaning up beaches, mapping and discovering new trails, making trail markers, and care tending the facilities. Tim developed a passion for sharing his nature connection with others while working at the Museum of Natural History in Brewster, tending the aquariums and learning the local species of birds. Seeing the people's expressions when learning about each animal or local lore, he noticed how important it is to include nature in our lives. Tim loves hiking, wood carving, learning primitive skills and teaching in the woods, passing on his excitement and curiosity of the natural world! Tim is driven by the desire to inspire the next generation to connect with the woods.