February 4, 5, & 6 Ashokan’s premier winter event! * Indoor & outdoor workshops and activities. * NYSOEA Awards Banquet Saturday night * Saturday night performance by the Ben Rounds Band. * Connect with others. * Professional development. REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Packages range from $25-$99 Register Online Rooms at Winchell’s Inn (located on the...
Too cold to head outdoors? You can still do renewable energy activities inside; just set up a fan or some really bright lights. It’s works. How do we know? Well, most of the teacher workshops we do are after-school and in the winter, it gets dark quick. You can use a high-power fan to...
In conjunction with the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) conference taking place in Buffalo this fall, the University at Buffalo is pleased to offer conference participants an academic credit bearing course, MFC 481: Sustainable Practice in Action: Applications and Opportunities in the Field of Environmental Education! The course is 1 credit and...
Teaching the Hudson Valley’s annual summer institute July 27-29, 2010 Thursday 7/29, 1-3pm Environmental Literacy Panel PAUL HAI, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry YUSUF WASI BURGESS, environmental educator, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation SUSAN HERETH, education coordinator, Scenic Hudson TYRELL HUGHES, Natural Leaders Network JEN KRETSER, The Wild Center SEAN MAHAR, Audubon...
Summer Retreat for Teachers at the Garrison Institute August 14–19, 2010 The CARE retreat offers teachers a training program that focuses on how the teacher teaches, rather than what he or she teaches. Further, an emphasis on mindfulness practice helps teachers establish a supportive classroom environment, as well as to reduce stress, making teachers...
2010: Reading, Writing & Thinking the Hudson Valley July 27-29 FDR Home & Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY Placed-Based Education Pioneer David Sobel To Keynote Summer Institute Area educators are invited to discover new ways to use the region’s special places to teach all disciplines and grade levels at Reading, Writing, & Thinking the...
This spring, staff development is heating up on Long Island! The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)—in cooperation with the Long Island Power Authority—is offering FREE energy staff development for teachers of Grades 6 through 8. The Energy Trilogy six-hour program covers energy forms and sources, energy efficiency, and renewable energy....
Wind Wisdom in the Classroom The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) in collaboration with the New York State Outdoor Education Association (NYSOEA) is facilitating Wind Wisdom for School Power Naturally, a free professional development workshop for formal and non-formal educators on Saturday, April 17 at the Greenbelt Nature Center on Staten Island, NY from...
Greetings from the Institute of International Education! We are pleased to announce that the application is now available for the 2010 Toyota International Teacher Program to Costa Rica, a fully-funded professional development program for U.S. educators. Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education, the program aims...
JULY 22-25, 2012
RAQUETTE LAKE in the ADIRONDACKS
Join veteran naturalists for an educational week of nature and environmental activities.
