March April 2012 School Forest Regional Trainings

For many standards, student learning and achievement drastically improve when done outdoors!

This workshop will introduce the SKILL of how to identify which benchmarks are best taught outdoors and give you activities to meet those benchmarks. With peers and mentors, we will help you find where the outdoors fit best within your curriculum and lessons.

You will get hands-on time to examine your own lessons, learn and take home a few new lessons, leave with a better understanding of which concepts are best taught outside, and a great chance to network with like-minded teachers.

 

Speakers: 

March 30: Rob Marohn, teacher/site coordinator at Bay View School Forest and 2012 MAEE formal environmental educator of the year

April 12:  Josh Leonard, education director at Belwin Environmental Learning Center which teaches the science standards to every St. Paul 3rd & 5th grade student; and former high school teacher

At both trainings: Amy Kay Kerber and Laura Duffey, MN-DNR School Forest program staff

To register and reserve your stipend, email Laura Duffey at laura.duffey@state.mn.us with:

·         Names of teachers who want to attend from your school

·         Name of School Forest

·         Email addresses

·         Grades / subject they teach

·         Whether a stipend is needed

·         Dietary requests for snacks and lunch

This workshop is open only to staff at DNR School Forests.