The NorthWoods Conservation Corps provides extensive training to all of its employees through several weeks of staff training. Crew Leaders are trained in group facilitation and leadership, program documentation and assessment, and conservation work skills. Crew member training places greater emphasis on group dynamics and team skills as well as basic work and conservation skills. In 2002, the Kingdom Corps added a second week of Crew Leader training to accommodate more in-depth project site visits and to certify leaders in a SOLO Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course.

*Training for crew members is an unpaid, mandatory requisite for employment in the Corps

The Kingdom Corps program includes an educational structure that emphasizes natural science investigation, hands-on learning, and personal growth. Kingdom Corps crews participate in daily readings and discussions and each crewmember keeps a written journal to record their thoughts and reflections.

In addition, crew members must complete a summer-long Stewardship Education Project (StEP) that enables them to explore and learn about a work-related topic of their choice.  These projects are presented to friends and family at the Corps’ annual end-of-summer celebration.