Upcoming Workshops at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center

[Stacy...@athensclarkecounty.com]

All for teachers! As you start looking at camps for your kids--- check out these cool experiences for teachers! And if you were thinking you wanted Project Wild and Learning Tree training, but don't want to travel to Mansfield, we will be providing a workshop for teachers here in Athens at the Sandy Creek Nature Center on April 1st from 9 to 5. We haven't finalized all the details, but it will focus on activities you can use in your own school yard and feature programs around Athens that provide speakers and classroom resources. The cost for the three books (WILD, Learning Tree, and Flying Wild) is $50, plus, possibly, the cost of lunch. So save the date!

Thank you,
Stacy Smith
Education Specialist, Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful
725 Hancock Industrial Way
Athens, GA 30605
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To:        stacy...@athensclarkecounty.com,
Date:        01/27/2017 10:51 AM
Subject:        Upcoming Workshops at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center

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Spring is right around the corner and we wanted to let you know about some exciting professional development opportunities with Project WILD at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center.  Please feel free to share this email with friends and colleagues.  All workshops are on a first come, first serve basis and participants will receive a certificate of course completion. To register, complete the attached registration form for the workshop you are interested in and return it with payment to Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center/DNR, 543 Elliott Trail, Mansfield, GA 30055.  We look forward to sharing with you our love of Georgia’s natural resources and all its amazing wonder.   UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: Flying WILD – February 25th: $15 (included program materials) Flying WILD introduces middle-school students to bird conservation through school bird festivals and hands-on classroom activities. Flying WILD helps teachers by providing interdisciplinary, standards-based lessons that engage students in real-world learning. By participating in Flying WILD activities, students will gain opportunities to learn and lead. Half of the activities in Flying WILD are designed to involve students as leaders. You can register by going online here.   Triple Facilitator workshop – March 16th & 17th: $110 (includes meals, lodging and program materials) This workshop is for existing Project WET, WILD and Learning Tree educators who wish to become facilitators and lead educator workshops.  Join us for a hands-on, minds-on training that is interdisciplinary in approach. You can register by going online here.    Project Wild Educator workshop – March 25th:  $34 (includes lunch and program materials) This internationally recognized educator workshop dives into the world of natural resource and wildlife conservation through interdisciplinary activities for grade K-12.  Project WILD materials have been classroom tested and provide a framework to assist teachers in taking students from an awareness of the nature to responsible actions concerning the environment. You can register by going online here.   Growing Up WILD – April 15th: 20 (included program materials) Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is an early childhood education activity guide that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, it provides a foundation for developing positive impressions about nature while also building lifelong social and cognitive skills.   Teacher Conservation Workshop – June 19th-23rd:  $50 (included transportation, lodging, meals and program materials) The Teacher Conservation Workshop is a weeklong workshop that uses the forest as a window to environmental education. Activities are led by foresters, biologists, educators, and industry professionals.  This interdisciplinary workshop focuses on the environmental, economical, and social benefits of Georgia’s forestry and wildlife communities. Sessions take place mostly outdoors in the forest and in manufacturing facilities and will demonstrate the cycle of growing trees and managing for wildlife, water and recreation.  Participants will be certified in Project WET, WILD and Learning Tree curriculums. Registration forms can be found online at this link.    Outdoor Wildlife Leadership School (OWLS) – July 10th-14th: $50 (included transportation, lodging, meals and program materials) OWLS is workshop focused on wildlife management and stewardship for K-12 educators.  Participants spend five days immersed in Georgia’s wildlife education via hands on activities and day trips.  This workshop is part one of a three part series.  Part one is being held July 2017 and will investigate conservation efforts in the upper coastal plain through birding in the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, canoeing the Bond Swamp, mist netting bats at Oconee National Forest and exploring bogs at Ohoopee dunes.  We will also spend time discussing basic conservation biology concept and field techniques that can be used with students in and out of the classroom.  You can register for the OWLS 1 workshop by going online here.         QUESTIONS?      Contact Us     STAY CONNECTED:   SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Subscriptions   |   Unsubscribe All   |   Help .