ABOUT US
Our story
We started here because we've seen it too many times - passionate school leaders with big ideas, designing transformative, character building programs on fumes between meetings, lunch duties, and last-minute schedule changes.
The vision is there. The time and tools? Not so much.
We believe the experiential programs that shape students shouldn't be the ones getting squeezed into the margins. They deserve the same care, craft, and intentionality you bring to everything else - just with someone in your corner to help make it happen.
That's what we do. And we love it.
We co-design programs or step in to support a single session. That might mean reworking a Year 9 transition program, building a student leadership experience, embedding service learning, or energising something you've already got. Whatever the format, we tailor every experience to your people, your context, and your goals.
Every program is designed to shift culture, not just fill a day.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Hi, I’m Yoel - Founder of the Centre for Experiential Learning. I’m a teacher, experiential learning designer and facilitator, who believes learning should be lived, not just memorised.
My journey with experiential learning started when I was nine. One camp turned a plain hall into a full-blown simulation of social inequality - and I still remember how it felt. That spark lit a fire. A few years later, bored in Year 11 Human Biology, I created a tag game where classmates acted as white blood cells and viruses. That moment flipped the switch: learning doesn’t have to sit in a textbook - it can move, breathe, connect.
Fast forward 15 years, and I’ve been designing and delivering immersive learning experiences for schools and the for-purpose organisations that work with young people - from classrooms and camps to year long programs and overseas journeys. My approach draws on inquiry-based pedagogy and contemporary research on active learning, engagement, and student voice. But at its core, it's simple: I craft experiential learning that sticks because it's felt, shared, and applied.
Outside of work, you'll find me playing sport, cooking, learning languages, and making a dangerously good oat matcha.