Outdoor Classroom Project®
Outdoor Classroom Specialist LEVEL I Training Series
in Central California (Fresno County)
Spring 2017 - Series of 3 workshops:
February 25th, March 18th, & April 29th

Thanks to a collaboration with the Nature Explore Program and the U.S. Forest Service, the Outdoor Classroom Project is pleased to announce that we are offering the Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Level I Training Series in the Fresno area.  This inspiring and educational training series is being offered in Central California for the first time.  The training 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.  Each of the three workshops will be held at a different location.  The first workshop will be held at Clovis Community College in Fresno.  The second workshop will be held at Fresno City College and the third workshop will be held at Reedley College in Reedley.

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 seventy 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, Riverside, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. For more information, please visit our website outdoorclassroomproject.org. 

Workshops
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Fundamentals of Anchoring the Outdoor Classroom

* Experiencing the value of childhood in

    the outdoors
* Recognizing changes and challenges to
   childhood  experiences
* Understanding philosophical, theoretical,
   and research-based keys to the Outdoor  
   Classroom
* Understanding early care and education
    and the outdoors today
* Understanding and articulating
   fundamental principles and practices of
   the Outdoor Classroom

Saturday, March 18, 2017
Evaluating Outdoor Programs and Environments

Saturday, April 29, 2017
Fundamentals of Implementing the Outdoor Classroom

Fees
The registration fee is $375 and includes three full-day training sessions with continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, binder, handouts, and Certificate of Completion.
There is a 10% discount for staff from Outdoor Classroom Project Demonstration or Recognized Sites. The discounted fee is $338.  If you have questions, please email Lynn Farwell outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu. You may also call (626) 296-1770 or (661) 360-3573.

Note for staff from centers in Santa Barbara County: If you are making up a missed workshop from a Specialist Level I training previously funded by the Orfalea Foundation, the fee is $125 per missed session ($113 DSN Discount Rate).

Cancellation Policy:  You can obtain a partial refund of your fee minus a $35 administrative charge as late as Friday, February 17th, 2017.  Beginning February 18th, any fee paid is non-refundable.  Any cancellations must be in writing via email to
outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu.

Registration Deadline