Getting Yourself Outdoor Learning Certified!
Free 1 Hour Virtual Workshop! Tues, Feb 24 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Across research in Outdoor Learning, barriers to outdoor learning for educators have been shown to include; a lack of confidence in their own expertise, poor classroom management skills adapted for outdoor settings, insufficient training in outdoor pedagogy, and difficulties in assessing learning that occurs outside the classroom. Join expert educators from Take Me Outside and the Outdoor Learning School & Store to learn how to integrate the outdoors into your teaching practice using effective strategies and resources through this interactive online course for K-12 educators.
Facilitators
- Jade Berrill is the Director of Learning at the Outdoor Learning School and Store. Jade is a Physical Geographer (BSc), Award Winning Environmental Educator, Outdoor Learning Curriculum Writer, Outdoor Instructor and Guide.
- Ian Shanahan is a lifelong naturalist. Ian holds a BEd through the University of Toronto and is an Ontario Certified Teacher. Ian just completed a 5-year stint as General Editor of Green Teacher magazine, and enjoyed 13 seasons with Ontario Parks. Outdoor and environmental learning aren’t just what Ian does; they’re who he is. A lifelong naturalist with a deep passion for wild spaces, Ian is based in Ontario and supports the outdoor learning community through course design, outreach, editing, and podcast production.
- Alyson McMullen Alyson (she/her) is of Mushkego (Swampy Cree), Irish and French ancestry. She is an educator (RECE, OCT) whose work is centered around decolonizing education through land centered inquiry based practice. Alyson is a graduate of the Waaban Indigenous Teacher Education Program at York University. She has worked as a passionate educator in the public school system, committed to transformative education goals that re-centre the needs, stories and perspectives of the underserved and underrepresented.
- Colin Harris is the Executive Director of Take Me Outside. Colin Harris holds a Master’s of Environmental Education and Communication through Royal Roads University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Educational Research with a focus on curriculum and learning through the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. He has been immersed in the field of outdoor learning for almost 20 years, including being the Director of Outdoor Education at an Ontario-based Centre, instructing canoe trips for Outward Bound Canada, working with Indigenous students in the Western Arctic Leadership Program in the Northwest Territories, and teaching grades K-8 in the classroom.
All registrants will be able to access the recording, in case you can’t join us live. And all attendees will be able to access a Certificate of Attendance and will be entered to win some great prizes!
Check out these self-paced Outdoor Learning Certification courses:
And we invite you to have a look at these great resources to help you get started learning outdoors.
