David Wieder      

13312 Monarch Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87123
santafly@hotmail.com     1-505-699-1279    
  
Education

Prescott College    Prescott, AZ.   BA in Adventure Education: Wilderness Leadership, Minor in Visual Art   December 2003.     

University of New Mexico    Albuquerque, NM.   Studies in Architecture and Studio Art    August 1998 - March 2001.

Santa Fe Community College    Santa Fe, NM.   Studies in Culinary Arts   January – May 1996.

Professional Experience

Chief Instructor   Wilderness Quest   Monticello, UT.   May 15 - August 9, 2009, April 11 – June 14, 2007  and March 21– November 2, 2006.

Wilderness therapy facilitation, staff development and guidance, risk management, logistical 
planning, family counseling, students age 14 - 28.

Language Trainer   English Channel     Jongno, Seoul, Korea.   March 25, 2008 – February 10, 2009.
       
                  One on one conversational English classes for adults and teenagers.

Field Staff   Second Nature Wilderness Program   Duchesne, UT.   January 29 – October 5, 2004 and April 5 – June 10, 2005.

Four-season group backpacking, teenage students with psychological, relationship, and drug abuse issues, daily coordination with therapists, creating and implementing interventions, confronting students on their behavior and choices, leading group and individual therapy sessions, front-country support, discussing concerns with parents.

Instructor   Prescott College   Prescott, AZ.   August 14 – September 21, 2003 .

Backpacking/swimming /canyoneering, ten novice hikers age 17 -27, facilitating group process, teaching experiential education theory, sense of place, encouraging self directed learning skills.

Trip Leader   Wilderness Ventures   Jackson, WY.   June 15 – July 31, 2003.

Recreational program for teenagers, backcountry guiding, thousands of miles x-country in a 15 passenger van, accounting, supervision in urban areas.

Specialized Skills, Training and Accomplishments
	
- Conversationally fluent in Spanish. 
- Almost 3 years traveling in China, Nepal, Tibet, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Japan, Korea, 
   Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Benelux, France, and England.
- Over 450 field instructor days.
- Wilderness First Responder and CPR, Wilderness Medicine Institute, May, 2011.
- Certified Paraglider Pilot, United States Hang Gliding Association, since June 1999.
- Sixteen years experience working in ceramic sculpture.
- Studies in ancient architecture and art history.