When
Fall 2017 Series of 3 Workshops:
Workshop #1 - Saturday, November 11, 2017
Workshop #2 - Saturday, December 9, 2017
Workshop #3 - Saturday, January 6, 2018
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
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Preschool
1221 Wass Street
Tustin, CA 92780
Outdoor Classroom Project Demontration Site
Contacts
Lynn Farwell
Manager of Operations
Outdoor Classroom Project
747.217.0713 or 626.296.1770
lfarwell@caltech.edu
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.
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 Orange County California
Fall 2017
A series of three full-day Saturday workshops
November 11, 2017 ~ December 9, 2017 ~ January 6, 2018
We are pleased to announce the Fall 2017 Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Level I Training Series in Orange County 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 St. Paul's Episcopal Chuch Preshool in Tustin. 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 of this Outdoor Classroom Project® Demonstation Site Center.
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 sixty 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 Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, and Ventura 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.