Educator Workshops

Shelburne Farms offers a variety of professional development opportunities for both formal and non-formal educators teaching grades Pre-K through 12. Each program is designed to give educators the confidence, motivation and skills they need to integrate science, agricultural, and natural resource topics into their curricula. Shelburne Farms also works collaboratively with other organizations. Programs usually offer graduate or recertification credit, and address Vermont’s “Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities."

View our 2011 Educator Workshop Flyer (PDF) or see partial listing for 2012 below. Check back for updates.

*Note: Our Educator Workshops have a non-refundable administration fee of $30 unless otherwise noted.

2012 Opportunities for Educators - partial Chronological Listing

Project Seasons Summer Workshop

Tuesday–Thursday, JULY 17-19, 2012 for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
TIME: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
FEE: $300 includes copy of PROJECT SEASONS (scholarships available).
One graduate credit optional for additional $175
Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club! Download Middlebury Scholarship Application.
PRESENTED BY: Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: Linda Wellings, lwellings@shelburnefarms.org
Enrich your early childhood curriculum with exciting, interdisciplinary, and hands on, teacher friendly activities on environmental and agricultural topics. This workshop is designed to increase science literacy and cultivate connections by tracing the food we eat and the clothes we wear back to the farm.

Community Works Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning

JULY 16-20, Monday-Friday
FEE: $1,289 [early registration and team discounts available]
PRESENTED BY: Community Works Institute (CWI) in partnership with Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: Joe Brooks 909-480-3966, jbrooks@communityworksinstitute.org
Join with colleagues from across North America and beyond, working to embrace service-learning and sustainability within their teaching practice. This event offers a week long immersion and collaboration in service-learning best practice, at both the instructional and site levels. 3 optional graduate credits are available. For more information, visit Community Works Institute.

Watershed for Every Classroom 2012-2013

Begins JULY 9-13, Monday-Friday
FEE: $400 (scholarships available).
A Watershed for Every Classroom is a year-long professional development experience for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin (Vermont, New York and Quebec), brought to you by the CBEI partners. It offers teachers inspiration, knowledge and skills to frame exciting place-based learning around watersheds. More information, or download application.
Additional dates: October 19-20, 2012, February 8-9, 2013; May 3-4, 2013

NEW! The Summer Institute on Education for Sustainability

Monday-Friday, JULY 30-AUGUST 3, 2012
TIME: Monday – Thursday, 8:30-4:30 and Friday, 8:30-12
FEE: $550 includes materials, light breakfast and lunch. (Scholarships available) One graduate credit optional for additional $175
Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club!
Download Middlebury Scholarship Application.
INFORMATION: Jen Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org

Four and a half informative and restorative days created to provide an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of Education for Sustainability - part conference, part workshop, part retreat. More details coming soon!

The ABC’s of Farm Education

Sunday - Tuesday, OCTOBER 21 - 23
FEE: $200 (includes all materials & meals). Scholarships available. Limited accommodations for additional fee. REGISTRATION/INFORMATION: Erica Curry, 802-985-0325, ecurry@shelburnefarms.org

Discover exciting, hands-on ways to develop agricultural education programs for school groups with kid-tested, easy-to-use activities from PROJECT SEASONS, a collection of teaching ideas developed by teachers and agriculture educators over the past 20 years. If you are just starting to explore the possibilities of opening your farm for education, or looking for new ideas for your program, this is the workshop for you. Shelburne Farms’ farmyard, dairy, gardens, and forest will be our campus with the Education Center as our hub. Topics include marketing your farm program to schools and the community, creating a safe farm environment for the public, and meeting teachers’ needs.