Where:
This is an online event.Contact:
Peg SmeltzAntioch University New England
603-762-0012
msmeltz@antioch.edu
Workshops – Session A
Teach Them to Fish
Eliza Minnucci and Meg Teachout, Forest Kinder, Tunbridge, VT. Eliza is Adjunct Faculty at Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
Storytelling: Making the Magic
of Learning Stick
Harriet Hart, Director, Brookfield Early Education Program, Brookfield, VT
Documentation in the Forest Classroom
Jenny Lyle, Preschool Teacher, Moretown VT
Arianna Dayharsh, NBNC Staff and Preschool Teacher, Moretown VT
Slow Birding: Reimagining Our Connection with Birds
Bridget Butler, Bird Diva Consulting, St. Albans, VT
Workshops – Session B
Down and Dirty with Numbers
Brenda Hartshorn, Kindergarten, Moretown Elementary School, VT
Citizen Science in the Classroom
Pam Dow, Karen Cingiser 1st/2nd grade teachers, Moretown Elementary School, Moretown, VT
Zac Cota, North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, VT
From Seed to Belly: Literacy with Edible Plants in the Schoolyard
Angie Barger, Educator & Consultant: The Tea Project; Adjunct Faculty: Castleton University, Castleton, VT
Stick Play: The Power of Imagination
Anne Stires, Founder and Outreach Director, Juniper Hill School for Place-based Education, Alna, Maine and Affiliate Faculty, Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
Conference Brochure
Workshop Descriptions
Please read through the workshop descriptions to determine how you would like to spend your afternoon. You will receive an email to select your preferred workshops, so that breakout rooms can be pre-assigned.
Saturday, June 5, 2021
12:30 pm–4:30 pm
hosted by North Branch Nature Center
Online with Zoom
Keynote
Our Journey to Become the Crellin Corps of Discovery
Dr. Dana McCauley, Principal, Crellin Elementary School, Oakland, MD
Crellin Elementary School's journey toward the creation of a learning environment that increased student and community engagement required a community vision and effort. By "taking down the school's walls," students and teachers have discovered unique learning opportunities in the community. A shift in the school's culture has given teachers the freedom to be creative and foster students' curiosities.
Dana McCauley has served as the teaching principal of Crellin Elementary School in Oakland, Maryland for the past eighteen years. As the instructional leader at Crellin Elementary School she coordinates and monitors a learning program that guides students to achieve and sustain academic and personal success. Uncer her direction, Crellin Elementary School participated in a reclamation project that led to the creation of their Environmental Education Laboratory, consisting of a 5.5-acre outdoor classroom on school property. In addition, the schoolyard is the home of the Sunshine Farm, which houses sheep, goats, chickens, multiple gardens and a greenhouse. These unique school features serve as resources for instruction, place-based projects and student research. McCauley holds a B.S. and M.Ed. from Frostburg State University in Maryland and an Ed.D. from West Virgina University.
Cost: $40.00
Do You Have a Voucher?
If you have a voucher from your 2020 paid conference registration, please enter the voucher number or person/school to whom it was issued. If you have questions, contact Peg Smeltz for assistance.
603-762-0012 cell
msmeltz@antioch.edu