Association for Experiential Education

“The association of experiential education is a membership association and currently has hundreds of members from around the world. Our members influence and inspire over one million individuals each year, with our accredited programs working with over 300,000 people annually, aee members represent a broad spectrum of professional fields that utilize experiential education methodologies and practices: outdoor, classroom, human service, organizational training, therapeutic, and adventure settings.”

“The board of directors includes positions that are elected by the membership and positions that are appointed by the board.”

“When the final draft is completed by the outside audit and accounting firm, the executive director and board treasurer will review the 990. A copy will be provided to all board members prior to mailing the return to the internal revenue service.”

“The board of directors follows a policy monitoring calendar and the conflict of interest form is completed by each board member every november, reviewed, and stored on the board drive. All board members and staff must sign-off annually, and any new conflicts are to be reported as soon as possible.”

“The board sets compensation for the executive director following association market salary surveys, geographic living wages, and other data as a benchmark.”

“The executive director determines the compensation of key employees following the association market salary surveys, geographic location living wages, and other data as a benchmark.”

“Documents are available upon request.”

“Accreditation - in 1994, aee developed the most comprehensive standards for common practices in the industry, becoming the nation's first recognized accreditation process focusing on experiential adventure programming. Since then, the aee accreditation program's standards-based evaluation process by objective, independent reviewers have become the industry-accepted level of professional evaluation for experiential, outdoor and adventure, and outdoor behavioral healthcare programs. Attaining accredited status through the aee accreditation program is solid evidence of an organization's commitment to quality and safety, belief in professional standards, and allocation of resources toward continued excellence and improvement. Programs that achieve aee accredited status can be confident that they meet or exceed recognized industry standards.”

“Membership - aee is a professional membership organization. Our members influence and inspire over one million individuals each year, with our accredited programs working with over 300,000 people annually. Aee members represent a broad spectrum of professional fields that utilize experiential education methodologies and practices: outdoor, classroom, human service, organizational training, therapeutic, and adventure settings. We recognize and champion the fact that experiential education can take place in many different settings and facilitate the connection between individuals from all areas of professional focus, perspective and background. While use of the outdoors is not a requirement for experiential education, challenge is often achieved through activities in the outdoors. Accordingly, we recognize the value of nature and the outdoors. Becoming a member of aee allows you to participate in a supportive community dedicated to promoting, defining,developing, and applying the theories and practices of experiential education.”

“Professional service fees 53,130 4,446 0”