Professional Development

One-Day Workshops linked to School Programs
TIME: 9:00 am-3:00 pm
FEE: $30 for the day (scholarships available).
INFORMATION: Margaret Burke, 802-985-0327, mburke@shelburnefarms.org
To register: 802-985-8686 x341
Our one-day workshops help integrate field trip topics with classroom work. They are open to all educators and can be most helpful to home-schooling parents, farmers hosting schools on their farms, and those wanting to learn more about a specific topic. You’ll interact with experts in the field to increase your subject knowledge, observe and model appropriate teachings methods, and begin to develop assessment techniques. You do not need to be attending a field trip to attend one of these workshops.

Animals in Winter Friday, January 16, 2009
“On the Road” Geology Thursday, May 21, 2009

Project Seasons Farmer Workshops
March 5-6, 2010
Develop hands-on education programs for your farm that encourage school groups and visitors to learn and explore.  Whatever your farming background and whatever  your farm, these seasonal workshops are for you!  Topics include marketing your farm program to schools and the community, creating a safe farm environment for the public, and meeting teachers’ needs.
Information: Erica Curry, ecurry@shelburnefarms.org 802-985-0325

Principles and Promising Practices of
Place-Based Education
June 25-27, 2009 • Thursday-Saturday
LOCATION: Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont
FEE: $389. One graduate credit available for additional $150
INSTRUCTORS: Delia Clark, Center for Place-based Learning and Community Engagement (a project of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and Shelburne Farms), Shelburne Farms staff
INFORMATION: Erica Curry, 802-985-0325, ecurry@shelburnefarms.org or download pdf
Use your local community and environment as an integrating context for your teaching.

Community Works Institute on Service Learning
July 20-24, 2009 • Monday- Friday
TIME: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Shelburne Farms
FEE: $989 includes books & training materials, breaks & lunches and midweek BBQ. Excludes lodging. 3 graduate credits optional for additional $552.
PRESENTED BY: Vermont Community Works in partnership with Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: Joe Brooks, info@communityworksonline.org
TO REGISTER: fill out the registration form at www.communityworksonline.org send to Julia Penca at jpenca@shelburnefarms.org
No registrations accepted without payment or copy of purchase order. Sorry, no exceptions. CANCELLATION POLICY: No refunds after May 20, 2009. Written cancellation notice must be received by that date for a refund minus $50 administrative fee.

A Watershed for Every Classroom
for Educators in the Lake Champlain Basin
2009 Dates TBD
INFORMATION: Jen Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org, 802-985-0315
A Watershed for Every Classroom is a year-long professional development program for educators who would like to focus on place- based education. Educators develop curricula that use the Lake Champlain Basin as an integrating concept to teach science, math, history, art, geology, language arts, etc. Presented by Partners of the Champlain Basin Education Initiative.

Education for Sustainability (EFS) Institute
EFS Strategies, Stories, & Successes
August 5 & 6, 2009,  Wednesday & Thursday
FEE:  $389 includes materials, lunches & snacks, excludes lodging; scholarships available. One graduate credit optional for additional $175.
Presented by: Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project
INFORMATION: Matt Dubel, 802-985-0331, mdubel@shelburnefarms.org

VT FEED: Food Education Every Day
The Vermont FEED project is a professional development program to help schools build connections between their classrooms, cafeterias, school gardens, local farms, and their greater community. Through standards-based curriculum development about food, farms, and nutrition, teachers create local, food-based units that integrate into their existing curriculum while using their cafeteria and local community as classrooms. Vermont FEED partners: Food Works, Northeast Organic Farming Association, and Shelburne Farms.
For more information: Kim Norris, 802-985-0322 or www.vtfeed.org

Sustainable Schools Project 
The Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic new model for school improvement and civic engagement. The program is designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices.
For more information: Matt Dubel, Coordinator, at 802-985-0331, or mdubel@shelburnefarms.org, or visit: www.sustainableschoolsproject.org

A Forest for Every Classroom: 
Learning to Make Choices for the Future
Next session begins MAY 2009.
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A Forest for Every Classroom (FFEC) is a year-long professional development program for educators focused on place-based education. Teachers who participate in FFEC develop curricula that foster student understanding of and appreciation for the public lands in their communities. The teacher-developed curricula integrate hands-on, natural and cultural explorations that address concepts in ecology, sense of place, stewardship, and civics. At the heart of the FFEC program is the belief that students who are immersed in the interdisciplinary study of “place” are more eager to learn and be involved in the stewardship of their communities and public lands.
A Forest for Every Classroom partners: Green Mountain National Forest, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service Conservation Study Institute, Northeast Natural Resource Center of the National Wildlife Federation, Northern Forest Center, and Shelburne Farms. 2006 Regional Partner: Synergy Learning.

The PLACE Program
A collaboration of the University of Vermont and Shelburne Farms to provide communities with an innovative, new model for placed-based education.  It utilizes an integrated series of workshops, fieldwork, lectures, and printed resources to help communities examine and interpret the landscape of a town and its transformation over time.  Designed for officials, residents and landowners, and for teachers interested in incorporating the local landscape into their classroom.
INFORMATION: Erica Curry, 802-985-0325, ecurry@shelburnefarms.org, or www.uvm.edu/place.