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Shelburne Farms Professional Development Courses

Ongoing

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Shelburne Farms offers a variety of professional development opportunities for both formal and non-formal educators at the elementary or middle-school level. Each program is designed to give educators the confidence, motivation and skills they need to integrate science and agricultural and natural resource topics into their curricula. Shelburne Farms also works collaboratively with other organizations. Programs usually offer graduate or recertification credit, and address Vermont�s new "Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities."

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Folk Arts in Education Professional Development Opportunities

Summer 2008

around the country

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, advocates the inclusion of folk and traditional arts and culture in the nation�s education. Find Summer 2008 training opportunities for K-12 educators in folk arts, folklife, and oral history below. Many are open to educators nationwide; others are for local participants. http://www.afsnet.org/sections/education/Spring2008/

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Principles & Best Practices of Place-Based Education

June 22-24 , 2008

Shelburne Farms

Learn to use your local community and environment as an integrating context for your teaching. Take your students' learning about their town's cultural and natural history to another level, as you discover ways to translate that knowledge into exciting curriculum that can enhance your community's understanding of place.

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A Watershed for Every Classroom

June 25-27 and June 30-July 1; October 23-24, 2008; February 6-7, and May 8-9, 2009

Lake Champlain Basin - NY, VT, Quebec

A place-based professional development program for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin. This program is applicable to many subject areas and grade levels. This unique opportunity will provide you with: ● A professional development experience that is composed of best practices, rich content, a supportive and collaborative environment, and reflective time. ● Place-based learning activities that use the Lake Champlain Basin as an integrating concept to teach science, math, history, art, geology, language arts, etc. ● A way to use UbD (Understanding by Design) as a curricular framework to articulate what you want your students to know, do and understand. ● A full "Tool Box" of content, resources, activities and skills to develop a place-based curriculum on the Lake Champlain watershed: ● Eleven days of hands-on learning in the field with experts; ● Exploration of the Lake Champlain watershed and its history; ● Residential field experiences in VT, NY and Quebec; ● Service learning case studies; and ● Five graduate level credits.

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Project Seasons Summer Workshop

July 14-18, 2008

Shelburne Farms

Discover exciting, interdisciplinary and hands-on ways to enrich your science curriculum with easy-to-use activities on environmental and agricultural topics. This workshop is designed to increase science literacy and cultivate agricultural connections by tracing the food we eat and the clothes we wear back to their origins on the farm. Activities linked to the VT Standards.

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Institute on Service-Learning

July 21-25, 2008

Shelburne Farms

The Institute provides K-16 teachers, community educators, and administrators with training, models, strategies, and resources for developing service-learning and sustainability as an integrated feature of curriculum with clear

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Community Works Summer Institute

July 21-25, 2008

Shelburne Farms

The Institute is a professional development experience for educators and partners. It provides training and models�supported by a variety of resources and strategies�for developing and articulating a classroom, school, or program's approach to service-learning. We emphasize the use of service-learning best practices including interactive trainings and opportunities for dialogue with experienced practitioners. Structured planning and reflection time is provided for individual and group work to support participant needs. Experienced practitioners share curriculum exemplars, resources and teaching tools. Curriculum exemplars drawn from the field are used to illustrate the ways in which service-learning can become an integrated feature of curriculum with clearly articulated connections to state standards. Participants develop an integrated service-learning curriculum and/or site plan to meet their own educational goals. Implementation support is available via email or telephone.

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Teaching Kids about Climate Change: A Workshop with Lynne Cherry

July 23 - 26, 2008

Hog Island, ME

Hog Island Audubon Center, a unique environmental vacation destination in midcoast Maine, is introducing a new residential program, "Teaching Kids about Climate Change: A Workshop with Lynne Cherry," based on the award-winning children's author's newest book titled, How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, co-authored with Gary Braasch. This book explores the science behind the headlines of climate change and challenges youth, as well as their families and teachers to take actions to prevent it. This session, which is open to teachers, parents, and other interested adults. Participants will learn how to inspire and motivate the children in their lives to appreciate and protect the natural world. This empowering workshop will leave attendees energized and optimistic about helping today's youth become the guardians of the earth.

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Education for Sustainability (EFS) Institute

July 31 - August 1, 2008

Shelburne Farms

Education for Sustainability helps students understand the connection between the environmental integrity, economic vitality, and social well-being of the planet now and into the future. Uncover strategies, themes, and techniques to provide students with place-based, standards-based, meaningful experiences that engage them as decision-makers creating sustainable communities.

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Discovering Community Summer Institute

July 14 - 18, 2008

Randolph, VT

The Discovering Community Summer Institute offers educators the opportunity to explore the power of field research as a means to facilitate student engagement with their home communities. Over the course of an intensive, week-long program participants will work with cultural researchers, documentary media specialists, artists, and fellow educators in a learning environment that models an ethnographic approach to community inquiry. The Institute brings together place as the context, sustainability as the goal, and service-learning as the strategy. Discovering Community is sponsored by the Vermont Folklife Center in partnership with Vermont Community Works and Shelburne Farms

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Sustainable Spaces, Urban Places: Exploring the Built Environment Near Our Schools

August 6, 7, 8, (8-4:30); August 11, 12 (8-4); August 7 (5:30 - 7:30); 2 days in the fall

Old Mill, Room 325, UVM, Burlington, Vermont

Participants will have the opportunity to: � Develop a personal definition of place-based education using the built environment, � Understand and apply a sustainability lens to organize and integrate learning experiences, � Conduct an in-depth interdisciplinary study of Burlington�s urban environment, � Interpret and imagine possible interdisciplinary venues for students to explore their built environment, � Create an artistic interpretation of our built environment, � Create a plan of study or an action plan that employs district curriculum (GE, discipline expectations, etc.) and uses: - an Understanding by Design (UbD) model - sustainability lens - an emphasis on engaging all students with the built environment � Participate in professional learning communities to plan, reflect, share, and to critique student work, � Publicly share work in dialogue with peers, school and community.

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Folk Arts, Oral History, and Narrative Stage Workshop

May 28-30, 2008

Knoxville, TN

This workshop series for teachers of grades 4-12 focuses on folklore, folk arts, oral history,and narrative stage. Day 1 is a required introduction, which teachers must complete before enrolling in the oral history or narrative stage workshops. The second day will focus on basic necessities for conducting folklife and oral history interviews. Training will encourage the exploration of teachers' and students' communities and the development of listening skills, note taking, researching, and oral and written language arts skills. On the final day participants will learn to interview traditional artists who may visit their classroom. Workshops are free to East Tennessee educators.

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2008 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference

June 25-28, 2008

Costa Mesa, CA

see website for details

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Folk Arts, Oral History, and Narrative Stage Workshop

May 28-30, 2008

Knoxville, TN

This workshop series for teachers of grades 4-12 focuses on folklore, folk arts, oral history, and narrative stage. Day 1 is a required introduction, which teachers must complete before enrolling in the oral history or narrative stage workshops. The second day will focus on basic necessities for conducting folklife and oral history interviews. Training will encourage the exploration of teachers' and students' communities and the development of listening skills, note taking, researching, and oral and written language arts skills. On the final day participants will learn to interview traditional artists who may visit their classrooms. Workshops are free to East Tennessee educators.

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Here at Home: A Wisconsin Cultural Tour for K-12 Teachers

June 23-27, 2008

Wisconsin

Join University of Wisconsin faculty, other K-12 teachers from throughout the state and UW students on a special 9-day multi-disciplinary tour exploring the local cultures of Wisconsin. This tour is premised on the idea that resources and content for teaching exist all around us: in the local environment and landscapes, in family stories, in local music and artistic expressions, in community history and contemporary social issues. This year's tour focuses on sense of place and conservation in Wisconsin, especially Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic." Making It Home asks, How do people here make Wisconsin their home? What is their relationship to the land and the water where they live? The tour will offer teachers a chance to experience directly the diverse cultures of Wisconsin through on-site guided tours, interaction with local residents, and community-based presentations. The tour itinerary is especially designed for the needs of teachers and will include "inside the community" experiences not usually available to tourists or independent travelers

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Rural Heritage Institute at Sterling College:

June 11-15, 2008 PROPOSALS DUE FEBRUARY 22

Craftsbury, Vermont

Proposals are invited for The Rural Heritage Institute at Sterling College (RHI), a four-day series of interdisciplinary academic, experiential, and instructional field-based workshops developed to explore and build connections between scholarship on rural communities in northern New England and field experience with/in working communities around the region. RHI will be of interest to a broad range of practitioners, scholars, community members, and under/graduate students who share an interest in exploring the intersections of nature and culture in the rural Northeast, and, most importantly, are passionate about solidifying the connections between community, academic scholarship, and meaningful work in the field. RHI is affiliated with the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment's (ASLE) biennial regional symposium series. The Institute capitalizes on the integrative model of community learning and experiential academics by our host venue. Sterling College, located only 30 miles from the Canadian border in the heart of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, is an ideal place in which to explore interwoven threads of place, culture, and community in the fabric of the region's agricultural and land-use heritage. A natural extension of Sterling College's forestry, draft horse, and sustainable agriculture programs; as well as its integrative community-based curriculum; RHI will serve as the base for a cross-disciplinary exploration of rural heritage in Vermont and across northern New England. Preference will be given to presentations, panels, workshops, and roundtables that use an interdisciplinary approach to engage their issues. Please email 1-page proposals to Pavel Cenkl (pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu) by February 22nd, 2008.

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Celebrating Heritage: Creating & Producing a Community Festival

July 8, 15, 29 Tuesdays, 10am-3pm.

Plymouth, NH

This course will use regional festivals as case studies for how to organize a community festival, looking at components such as local history, occupational and domestic crafts, foodways, oral histories, and traditional and ethnic music, all of which highlight and reinforce a strong sense of place. The course will also include a fieldtrip to the Lowell [MA] Folk Festival in late July. Course topics will include choosing a festival theme and location, field research, program content, production timelines, logistics, legal issues, budgets, and theories of festivity. This course is suited to those working in schools, museums and historical societies, community organizations, and the heritage and tourism industries. Note: required fieldtrip to Lowell Folk Festival on Saturday, July 26, 2008 or Sunday, July 27, 2008. No required texts or equipment.  One Required Fieldtrip (July 26 or 27, 2008).   

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Ethnic Representations in Wisconsin and Public Folklore Collections in the Upper Midwest

June 16-August 8

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin, Madison, taught by Janet Gilmore. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30-4:30 p.m. K-12 teachers may find this course interesting for learning about ethnographic materials in the region's archives that may be used to develop curricula in Literature, Social Studies, and the Arts, and activities that introduce high school students to the dynamics of cultural programming for nonprofit cultural organizations. First four weeks will explore the history and description of ethnic groups in Wisconsin, notions of ethnicity, and methods of symbolic representation through food, handwork, music, dance, dress, festival, and exhibits.

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Stalking Science Education in the Adiriondacks

July 13 - July 18, 2008

Newcomb, New York

"Stalking Science Education in the Adirondacks" helps teachers rekindle their passion for teaching by supplying creative strategies to lead students from initial field observations to inquiry-based research. Activities and modules stress the process of science while developing relevant conservation education themes. "Stalking Science" combines field experiences, modern technologies and creative minds to enrich conservation and science education throughout New York State. Several other intensive, residential courses and speaker series about the Adirondacks are offered throughout the year.

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Education for Sustainability (EFS) Advanced Summer Institute

July 21 - August 1, 2008

New York, NY

The 2008 Advanced Summer Institute will examine the relationship of examining local heritage and sustaining place, the link between declining natural systems, the biosphere and the vanishing ethnoscape, and the use of oral history as a storytelling methodology in the classroom and as arts and culture integration.

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Earth Care Teachers Institute for Sustainability Education

July 26 - August 1, 2008

Sante Fe, NM

This one-year Institute will explore the connections among economics, community, culture, and the environment in a way that draws from your passion as a teacher and empowers young people to create change in their community. Building on your existing expertise and teaching style, the Institute will support you in developing concrete ideas for extending and deepening your content, pedagogy, and connection to community. The program provides teachers with on-going support to implement Sustainability Education throughout the school year.

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Educators Workshop Week

July 13-19

Bremen, ME

This summer Hog Island Audubon Center, a unique environmental vacation destination in midcoast Maine, will offer educators a special opportunity to treat themselves to a week of learning and rejuvenation with Educators Workshop Week, July 13-19. Participants of this session will enjoy expert instruction, beautiful surroundings, and will be able qualify for graduate course credit or a certificate of attendance through completion of this program. This educator-targeted residential program was created to pace learning with relaxation. Participants will discover new ideas and insights�and laugh with teaching colleagues who will become new friends. During this session, the camp will be offering a slate of activities such as instructional segments, bird watching opportunities, interpretive hikes, boat tours and evening programs.

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Nature Writing Summer Institute for Educators

June 24-26, 2008

Etna, NH

The Nature Writing Institute is designed to give teachers the tools and inspiration to create nature writing curriculum for their own classroom. Participants will have time and space to work on their own writing and journaling through writing prompts and exploration of the natural world. During the course we will create a community of educators and museum staff that will provide support and inspiration throughout the year. A professional writer will also lead us through activities. Nature writing easily lends itself to cross curricular activities, and different interdisciplinary approaches to nature writing will be explored. We will use Nature Writing as a way to explore teaching science, literature, and writing skills while encouraging a sense of place for students.

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Nature Journals Across the Curriculum

August 11-13, 2008

Grafton, Vermont

Spend three days and two nights exploring and experiencing the hills and valleys of Grafton, Vermont while you learn how to use Nature Journaling to bring hands-on science into your classroom and how to integrate nature journals across your curriculum. By the end of this multi-day workshop, all participants will have developed individual curriculum units that suit the needs and resources of their own school. The Institute will take us throughout the quaint village of Grafton and its surrounding natural areas where we will meet up with expert speakers, and participate in hands-on activities. Teachers will receive their own journal that we will work with throughout the course. We will use aquatic environments as the focus of our own journals, which will mean visits to local ponds, streams, and wetlands.

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Coins in the Classroom

August 7-8, 2008

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH

The study of coins provides a link to history, economics, mathematics and technology. By examining why coins are made and how they are used, students gain insights into how societies exist and function. This course is designed specifically to help educators use coins in their classrooms to augment their curriculum in social studies, mathematics or other related disciplines. The course consists of presentations, interactive discussions and workshops directed towards understanding how coins from ancient civilizations, Europe, Asia or the United States can be used to help young minds learn and grow.

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Sculpture Workshop for Teachers

August 9, 2008 (9 am - 3 pm)

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH

Learn the process of sculpture at the home and studios of one of America'ss greatest artists-Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). Hands on lesson plans in art can enrich your teaching of history, mathematics, or language arts. Create a design for a new coin, a portrait relief, or a figure in the round, and then teach your own students how art plays a part in portraying history, building national pride and celebrating our heritage. Through first-hand artistic process, teachers and students form a personal connection to concepts, people and events in history. The workshop will include an introduction to the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the sculpture process, with an emphasis on the design of coinage and bas-relief; approximately 2.5 hours of studio time; small group discussions focused on integration of the sculpture process into your current curriculum and the state standards addressed by including sculpture in your lesson plans. Additional lesson plans are available. The workshop will be taught by sculptor, William J. Williams. Williams has over thirty years experience as a figurative sculptor and has been the sculptor in residence at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site for the past four years. Williams taught sculpture and art at Columbia College and the Memphis College of Art. He recently completed 25 portrait sculptures for the Hall of Famous Missourians, located in the Missouri State Capitol. Certificate for 5 contact hours is available as continuing education. Individuals will be on their own for lunch. Information about local dining will be provided. Bag lunches can be eaten on the grounds. This workshop is co-sponsored by Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and the Friends of Saint-Gaudens Memorial.

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Advanced Summer Institute: Preserving the Ethnosphere

July 28th-August 1st, 9 am - 4 pm

FIT campus, NYC (7th Avenue and 28th Street, NY, NY 10001

Please join us for "Preserving the Ethnosphere"� where we will examine the relationship of local heritage and sustaining place, the link between declining natural systems, the biosphere, and the vanishing ethnoscape, and the use of oral history and art as a methodology in the classroom. Teachers will leave able to embed arts and culture in their instructional approaches and core content of Education for Sustainability (EfS).

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Life Lab: Garden based learning that promotes a sustainable future

Multiple opportunities

varies

In the Garden Classroom or at your school/garden site, Life Lab Science Program's professional trainers bring inspiration to educators interested in science, nutrition, and garden-based learning. Life Lab Science Program staff is available year-round for workshops at your site.

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ABC's of Farm Education

October 19 & 20, 2008

Shelburne Farms

Discover exciting, hands-on ways to develop agricultural education programs for school groups with kid-tested, easy to use activities from Project Seasons, a printed collection of seasonal, multi-age activities and teaching ideas developed by teachers and agricultural educators over the past 20 years

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Spring Research in the Smokies

Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4

Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center

Spend a weekend in the Smokies participating in research projects on salamanders and migrating songbirds at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center. This workshop is being coordinated by the NC Museum of Natural Science so visit the Educator Trek's section of their website to register. The cost of this workshop is offset by a grant from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. $

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Smoky Mountain Science Teacher Institute at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

Sunday, June 15- Friday, June 20

Townsend, TN

Staffs at Tremont and Great Smoky Mountains National Park are teaming up with researchers and Discover Life in America to offer teachers an exciting week of studying the amazing biological diversity in the park. Fill your teaching toolbox with science and technology skills and discover all that the park has to offer. After completing the workshop, you and your students will be able to take advantage of opportunities to apply those skills by participating in citizen science activities in the park or in your schoolyard. This workshop is funded by grants to Friends of the Smokies from the NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation and an anonymous donor and is free of charge for teachers in North Carolina. For more information on the workshop and registration information visit Tremont's website.

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Advanced Science Teacher Institute

Wednesday, July 9 - Friday, July 11

Townsend, TN

Ever wonder what to do with data once it is collected? This week will focus on how to interpret and analyze data. A focus will be on statistical analysis and using GPS points to create GIS maps of data that is collected in the field during the week. Instructors include college and University professors. This workshop is funded by grants to Friends of the Smokies from the NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation and an anonymous donor and is free of charge for teachers in North Carolina and Tennessee. For more information on the workshop and registration information visit Tremont's website.

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Advanced Air Quality: Ground Level Ozone

August, 5 & 6

Clingman's Dome and Asheville, NC

Taught by a leading air quality resource specialist with the NPS and air quality education specialists with the NPS and NC Department of Natural Resources, this workshop targets high school teachers and other interested educators. The workshop focuses on the science and issues of ground-level ozone. Look at ozone symptoms on vegetation and explore related interactive software and web resources at the new Destination Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, NC and at Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To register, contact Keith Bamberger with NC Department of Natural Resources.

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Got Elk? Fall Research in the Smokies

Friday, October 24 - Sunday, October 26

Spend a weekend in the Smokies participating in research projects on elk, lichens and snails Cataloochee Valley. This workshop is being coordinated by the NC Museum of Natural Science so visit the Educator Trek's section of their website to register. The cost of this workshop is offset by a grant from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation.

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