When
Spring 2016 Series of 3 Workshops:
Workshop #1 - Saturday, May 21
Workshop #2 - Saturday, June 18
Workshop #3 - Saturday, July 16
Each workshop will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Check-in, display viewing, networking, and a light breakfast begin at 8:00 a.m. The training will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Where
Child Educational Center - Outdoor Classroom Project Model Site
140 Foothill Blvd.
La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Contacts
Lynn Farwell or Linda Palkovic
Outdoor Classroom Project
(626) 296-1770
outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu
To qualify as a Demonstration or Recognized Site for the Outdoor Classroom Project, each center must have a teacher who has completed the Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Level I Training.
The Outdoor Classroom Project is an initiative of the Child Educational Center (CEC).
The philosophy of the Outdoor Classroom is
that all children need and benefit from more
time outdoors and that full development and
integration of outdoor and indoor programs
creates the optimal learning and growing
environment for young children.
Outdoor Classroom Project®
Outdoor Classroom Specialist Level I Training Series
in Southern California/La Canada
Spring/Summer 2016
May 21, June 18, and July 16, 2016
Enrollment has reached capacity for the Southern California Level I series and registration is now closed. A wait-list has been started. If you would like to attend, please email our office at outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu or lfarwell@caltec.edu. You may also call our office at (626) 296-1770 or (661) 360-3573. Your name will be placed on the wait-list in the order in which it is received. You will be notified if space become available for this series.
We are pleased to announce the Spring/Summer 2016 Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Level I Training Series in Southern California. This inspiring and educational training series will provide early childhood professionals a unique opportunity to acquire enhanced skills for cultivating and sustaining the Outdoor Classroom at their centers. The Specialist Level I Training consists of three full day workshops on Saturdays at the Outdoor Classroom Project Model Site, the Child Educational Center in La Canada-Flintridge. As part of the training experience, participants will have the opportunity to explore the grounds and see the application of Outdoor Classroom philosophy in the play yard design.
Initiated in 2003 by the Child Educational Center, Caltech/JPL Community in Southern California with a grant from First 5 L.A., the Outdoor Classroom Project has worked with hundreds of centers and thousands of teachers. Currently there are over fifty Outdoor Classroom Project Demonstration and Recognized centers in Southern California and two Demonstration Sites in Northern California. Formal networks currently operate in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties with centers in Orange, Ventura, Marin, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties. For more information, please visit our website outdoorclassroomproject.org.
Workshops
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv, Algonquin Press (now in paperback)
Theories of Childhood by Carol Garhart Mooney, Redleaf Press 2000
Prerequisite Reading & Assignments For First Day Of Training
This is a highly interactive seminar - please come prepared to participate in all activities.
* Read Outdoor Classroom Guide and Theories of Childhood.
* Bring five pictures of your center's existing playground area on a 20"x 30" poster board.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For more information about Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Trainings please see Frequently Asked Questions on our website.