During this session, we will discuss the effective use of role-based assignments to support experiential learning, including field trips, service-learning, and outdoor group work, that foster student-leadership and project ownership We will provide information about and examples of role-based assignments and have a discussion of these roles. Participants will use this session to brainstorm on how they may adapt these best practices in their own active learning teaching methodology. - Jesse Minor, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Maine Farmington