There will be exciting new workshops for returning and experienced participants along with entry level workshops for those just beginning their outdoor classroom. The range of content of the workshops will help to illustrate how whole child education addresses all domains of child development through positive relationships, play, and effective teaching practices. Participants will also see how the field-tested and research-based Outdoor Classroom Project approach employs the value of aesthetics, beauty, and natural outdoor and indoor environments to facilitate children’s optimal development and learning.

Experience how you can bring more magic to ECE programs, manifesting a community of joyful and successful learners that includes children, teachers, and parents alike.

Conference activities will include:

• Breakfast and a self-guided tour of the Child Educational Center (CEC), OCP model site
• Inspiring, creative, informative, and fun workshops!
• Examples of innovative outdoor environments and activity ideas that manifest authentic engagement of teachers and children
• Setting-Up The Outdoor Classroom: Guided tours of the CEC led by our inspiring staff
• A nutritious lunch
• Closing, raffle, Demonstration Site Center Recognition . . . and so much more!

Come reconnect with your sense of play and join the fun!

ADDITIONAL HALF-DAY OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND WORKSHOP FOR DIRECTORS AND SITE SUPERVISORS
This morning workshop will be led by Eric Nelson, Outdoor Classroom Project Director, and will provide participants the unique opportunity to observe the CEC program in action. Enrollment is limited to 30 participants; each participant will have the benefit of open observation of the staff and children engaged in the outdoor classroom. Please note: Attendance is limited to one person per center for this Friday event.

CONFERENCE DATE/TIME
Full-Day Conference
Saturday, January 27, 2018
8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration, CEC yard tours, media display viewing, store, networking, and a light continental breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. The conference is from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Half-Day Outdoor Classroom Observation and Workshop for Directors and Site Supervisors 
Friday, January 27, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

LOCATION
The Child Educational Center
Outdoor Classroom Project Model Site
140 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada, CA 91011

CONTACT
Lynn Farwell
outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu
626.296.1770 or 818.273.2547

FEES
General Registration Price:  $275 - 12/16 - 1/19/18
Late Bird Registration:  $350 - 1/20 - 1/27/18
Pacific Oaks College Students: $216

Contact our office to arrange a group discount for multiple staff (6 or more) from a center. 

OCP DEMONSTRATION & RECOGNIZED SITE DISCOUNT (DSN staff receive a 10% discount.)

General Registration Price:  $248  Good for the period 12/16 - 1/19/18
Late Bird Registration:  $315  Good for the period 1/20 - 1/27/18

The full-day program includes: opening session, workshops, continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, resource package, tours of CEC yards, closing session, resource book & display room, raffle prizes, and Certificate of Completion for 7 hours of professional development credit.

ADDITIONAL HALF-DAY OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND WORKSHOP FOR DIRECTORS AND SITE SUPERVISORS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 
$70 WITH full-day Saturday registration
$150 half-day Friday workshop ONLY

REGISTRATION
Due to space limitations, enrollment is limited. Registration will be closed when we reach capacity and "Wait List" registration will be taken.

In order to receive regular updates regarding the workshop, it is important to follow these three steps:
1.  When registering please use an email address OTHER THAN your center's main email
address.
2.  Please also register using an address that does not block incoming emails.
3.  Add outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu to your accepted addresses to receive emails.

Cancellation Policy: Beginning January 16th, any fee paid is non-refundable.

GENERAL CONSENT AND RELEASE FOR USE OF IMAGE
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, OCP conferences, workshops, and other activities constitutes an agreement for the CEC and the OCP, or anyone authorized by the CEC/OCP, to record and use, as CEC/OCP may desire in its sole and absolute discretion, all recording and reproductions or depictions of such exhibitor’s or attendee’s name, likeness, voice, persona, words, actions, and/or biography, which CEC/OCP may make, including without limitation, the right for CEC/OCP, or anyone authorized by CEC/OCP, to use such recordings, reproductions, or depictions in or in connection with any legitimate purposes, including for advertising, publicity, trade, and editorial purposes, at any time in the future in all media now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world.