Our Approach
Coalition and Community Building
Coordinate working groups, legislators, administration, families, organizations, teachers, community members, and more to motivate legislative change, implementation, and share successful strategies
Teacher Training and Support
Provide in depth training to create confident, motivated K-12 public school teachers
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Policy Change
Draft and pass legislation at the state level to implement universal outdoor education into K-12 curriculum
What Will This Look Like Day to Day at K-12 Public Schools?
curriculum integration and standards alignment
we stay loyal to current curriculum and learning standards, integrating nature by offering lesson plans that interact with the local ecology
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CURRICULUM INTEGRATION AND STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
we stay loyal to current curriculum and learning standards, integrating nature by offering lesson plans that interact with the local ecology
What will this look like day to day in K-12 public schools?
our approach in action
CORE ORIENTATIONS
we will educate teachers on the actions that lead to the positive outcomes of outdoor education such as:
appropriate responsibility
physical movement
social interaction
engagement of the senses
play and experimentation
GREENING THE SCHOOLYARD
“if you want to change the world, start in your own backyard”
we will support teachers and administrators setting up diverse outdoor spaces for play and learning
PLACE BASED
we set up classrooms to collaborate with the local community ecology, and culture to practice real world applications and develop regional strengths