New Hires

New Hires

Outdoor Odyssey and PE Programs New Hires

Congratulations on being hired!  Once you have officially received an offer of employment from a Cornell Outdoor Education representative, please complete the steps below.

STEP 1 - (Odyssey and PE Staff) CONTACT INFORMATION: Fill out the New Hire Information Form

COE Programs uses a list serve to communicate with the staff. After you enter your information, you should start to see messages about staff training, important dates, events and opportunities. (Only full time staff post to this list.) Also, even though this is the start of your COE career, we're already thinking about after you graduate. COE has 40 years worth of alumni all over the country. We do our best to facilitate communication between this ever-growing community of adventurers.

STEP 2 - (PE Staff and Odyssey Staff who want to Teach PE Classes) CHOOSING YOUR COURSE: Fill out the Spring Dream Sheet

COE uses an on-line resource to collect information about what courses you'd like to teach. The on-line "Dreamsheet," as we call it, will provide you with a list of all the courses COE offers. Indicate what classes you are interested / able to teach next semester. If you are not sure of our class schedule, just make your best guess. A guess is better than no information at all! There is also a text box for special considerations you'd like to send our way. The compiled information is forwarded to the program coordinators. They assemble the teaching teams for next semester. If you are an Odyssey Guide and wish to additionally teach classes, then super! Fill out the form and contact the appropriate coordinator.

PADDLING, SKIING, BIKING: Chris Bode (cb896@cornell.edu)
ROCK AND ICE CLIMBING Andrew McLaughlin (anm67@cornell.edu)
LAND, OUTDOOR ODYSSEY: Chris Leeming (csl45@cornell.edu)
EMERGENCY CARE: Ben Blakeley (brb4@cornell.edu)
TREE CLIMBING, CAVING, TRAIL RUNNING: Mark Holton (mh45@cornell.edu)

STEP 3 - (PE Staff and Odyssey) Sign up for New Staff Orientation

New Staff Orientation is required for all PE Programs and Odyssey Guides. It comes in two parts, one about COE logistics, and teaching, the second about managing risk. There are four dates available. Sign up online for one. We will do our best to get your your first choice.   

STEP 4 - (Odyssey and PE Staff) Check out the Instructor Resources Page

There are some resources in there for feedback to us, stories to record, training materials and so on!

STEP 5 - (PE Staff Only) HIRING PAPERWORK:

If you are a student instructor stop by the COE main office to fill out a student employee appointment form and setup an appointment to complete the I-9 process with the COE office manager. You must complete these steps in order to be paid. If you have any questions about this process feel free to reach out to

Danni Ford, COE Office Manager, at dmf238@cornell.edu.

Community members and Ithaca College students should come to the COE main office to fill out an I-9. Please bring one of the listed acceptable documents. If you have any questions about what documents to bring please reach out to Danni Ford, COE Office Manager, at dmf238@cornell.edu. You must complete these steps in order to be paid.