Adult & Educator Workshops

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Professional Development Workshops

CFPA is proud to co-sponsor the nationally acclaimed Project Learning Tree (PLT) Program. CFPA offers hands-on professional development workshops for teachers and other educators on forests and related natural resources topics.  PLT improves student learning. The PLT curricula helps students learn how to think, not what to think, about the environment.  This design also strengthens students' critical thinking, team building, and problem solving skills.   This award-winning program works for teachers and other educators because PLT:

  • Materials are aligned with state and national education standards in science, social studies, language arts, math, and other subjects;
  • Curriculum is broad-based: topics cover the total environment and are local, national, and global in scope;
  • Provides the one great lesson a week you wish you had time to plan;
  • Adapts to many contexts: classroom, playground, nature center, home. PLT can be easily adapted to various audiences: PreK-12 students, Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, nature center and museum visitors, 4-H clubs, homeschoolers and other community groups.
  • Cross-curricular: easy to infuse its environmental lessons into science, language arts, special education, and other classes; and
  • Engages both the student and educator.

When are the next workshops?

Please visit http://plt.org/events/index.cfm and select Connecticut.

Arrangements to hold a workshop during a school's professional development day are encouraged.  Workshops can travel to your site and content is designed based on your group's needs.

 

WalkCT Family Hike Leader Training

Save the date!
Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

Parents' Nature Program

Are the kids complaining that they're bored or have nothing to do? Stay tuned for more information on this new program - let CFPA help you find outdoor activities to do with your children to stimulate the mind and exercise the body.