Professional Learning

Submit a request for a Professional Learning Session with our team of outdoor learning experts.

Select the option that best suits your needs, and once you've completed your 4-step form, one of our team members will get back to you with either a confirmation, or additional questions/options.

Virtual or In-Person?

Please click on the box below that best suits your needs:

Virtual Workshops

60-90 minute virtual Professional Learning Session with an expert facilitator.

Includes:

No limit on the number of participants
Presentation platform, recording, supplementary resources
Learning tailored to your curriculum, standards or needs
Add-ons such as interactive participation platform, Q&A and/or other engagement options

Standard Fee: $1000 / Session (or $2500 for 3 sessions)

In Person Full Day Workshops

Full Day (7-8 hour) Professional Learning Session with an expert facilitator for up to 50 participants.

Includes:

A learning experience that is personalized, engaging and tailored to your curriculum, standards or needs
An opportunity to develop a deep understanding of a specific area of outdoor learning
Engaging, hands-on learning that builds deep connections to pedagogy and place
‘Monday ready’ take-aways and reflection for longer term learning

Standard Fee: $2500 / Day (or $5000 for 3 day) plus travel expenses

In Person Half Day Workshops

Half-day (3-4 hour) in-person Professional Learning Session with an expert facilitator for up to 50 participants.

Includes:

A learning experience that is personalized, engaging and tailored to your curriculum, standards or needs
Engaging, hands-on learning that builds deep connections to pedagogy and place
‘Monday ready’ take-aways and reflection for longer term learning

Standard Fee: $1000 / Session (or $2500 for 3 sessions) plus travel expenses

Choose a Theme

Our professional learning offerings are divided into themes. Choose a theme below to see which workshops or courses are available.

Indigenous Learning

Climate Change

Curriculum Connections

Fundraising

Gardening & Growing

Getting Outdoors

Nature & Ecosystems

Sustainability

Water

Choose your Professional Learning

Choose the workshop or course that best suits your learning needs.

Outdoor Learning for Curriculum Connections

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Tailored to your provincial or state expectations prepare how to learn outside to meet your curriculum expectations, including lesson planning and assessment

Climate Change Education Introduction

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Educating on climate change can feel daunting. This introduction will showcase how to embed climate change education in a simple way in your cross- curricular teaching.

Climate Change Optimism

Presented by: Ian Shanahan
Type: Single Workshop

Finding the balance between active hope and clear-eyed realism, while avoiding common pitfalls and embracing opportunities to inspire and empower young learners.

Climate Change Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill/Ian Shanahan
Type: Full Course (Both Workshops)

A combined 2 part series of the above workshops, spaced to suit your learning needs, includes extra reflection, feedback space and opportunities for ongoing support (one school year) within the professional learning space

Educating for Sustainability

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

What is sustainability? How can we embed learning for and with the planet’s wellbeing into everyday teaching? How does this connect to other knowledge systems and make learning fun and engaging for students. Join this workshop to find out how!

Sustainability Projects with Students

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Class projects that engage students in outdoor learning, community connections and hands-on creativity accelerate learning and provide superb cross-curricular learning opportunities. Find out how to participate and inspire students into sustainability action.

Educating for Sustainability Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Full Course (Both Workshops)

Water Education 101

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Water is life. Whether you are located in a water rich or scarce area, educating for and about water is an excellent way to build cross curricular success and student skills.

Water Education Projects

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Water education can span English, Maths, Science, Humanities, Indigenous Learning and more. Whether you are testing tap and puddle water, snow banks or local river lakes, learn how to take students to learn with and from the water with simple water testing and project design that will have students engaged from start to finish.

Water Education Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Full Course (Both Workshops)

Securing Funding for your Outdoor Learning Project

Presented by: Duncan Whittick
Type: Single Workshop

Join professional outdoor learning fundraiser, Duncan Whittick, for a session to build a strategy to successfully fundraise for your outdoor or environmental learning project. Duncan will provide customized recommendations for the best grants, sponsorships, donations and other fundraising options, and will work with you to build a strategy for undertaking this in an efficient and effective way.

Curriculum Linked Ideas to Get Outside Tomorrow

Presented by: Laura Jackman
Type: Single Workshop

Get ready for a fast paced workshop! I will provide you with outdoor curriculum linked ideas in every subject area and will explore differentiation across all grade levels. Participants will also learn about core routines to use with your learners outside and risk assessment. Join us for an outdoor session filled with activities that will help you get outside tomorrow. We will also share a large google doc filled with resources so you can revisit these activities and more.

Challenging Social Constructs Through Outdoor Learning

Presented by: Laura Jackman
Type: Single Workshop

The goal of this workshop is to provide teachers with a holistic framework to explore Outdoor Learning while challenging social constructs. Sometimes when we engage in learning outside, we approach it from a position of power and dominance. How can we de-centre ourselves and learn from and with the Land? What other dominant narratives can we explore? Sexuality and gender? Animism? This workshop will support teachers to build capacity and confidence to challenge these social constructs. This workshop is suitable for K-7 teachers.

Indigenous Learning Introduction

Presented by: Jenna Jasek
Type: Single Workshop

Delivered by our Indigenous Director of Indigenous Learning this workshop will share what is and how to connect to Indigenous Ways of Knowing in your education practice.

Get Outdoors to Learn Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Full Course (All Three Workshops)

A combined 3 part series of the above workshops, spaced to suit your learning needs, includes extra reflection, feedback space and opportunities for ongoing support (one school year) within the professional learning space

Getting Outdoors for Physical and Mental Health

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Outdoor learning supports the wellbeing of educators and students. Learn ways to integrate outdoor learning into your day to build better health habits for your people

Getting Outdoors 101

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

How to prepare for outdoor learning success including risk assessments and parent and admin communication. Learn to implement, and practice taking your learning outdoors.

Introduction to Nature and Ecosystems

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

An introduction to embedding outdoor learning as a way to connect to place, learning in, about and for your local nature and ecosystems with students. You don’t have to be an expert to go outside and educate.

Place based Learning in YOUR Nature and Ecosystems

Presented by: Ian Shanahan
Type: Single Workshop

What do we have? Why does it matter? Dive deeper into your local place and remove barriers to help your students connect to the world around them, build relationships and care about your specific, urban, suburban, or rural learning setting. No previous experience necessary! Learn how to apply this knowledge to cross-curricular education.

Nature and Ecosystems Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill/Ian Shanahan
Type: Full Course (Both Workshops)

Gardening and Growing with Students

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Gardening and Growing with students can be an excellent way to teach cross curricular subjects, have them connect to where their food comes from and feel empowered through hands-on learning. This workshop offers the 101 of starting to do simple, low barrier, no space gardening and growing with students

Outdoor Learning for Curriculum Connections Course

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Full Course (Both Workshops)

Curriculum Connections Deep Dive

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Dive deeper into meeting your provincial or state curriculum expectations while learning outside including lesson planning and assessment

Getting Outdoors for Academic Success

Presented by: Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

You’ve become more comfortable taking your learning outdoors, take the next steps to embed your practice into substantial academic success

Indigenous Learning – Is this appropriate?

Presented by: Jenna Jasek and Jade Berrill
Type: Single Workshop

Delivered by our Indigenous Director of Indigenous Learning and non-Indigenous Director of Learning this workshop will share perspectives on how to act appropriately, honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing as you progress in your Indigenous Learning practice.

A School Garden Curriculum

Presented by: Jade Berrill (with guests)
Type: Single Workshop

Do you have a dedicated school growing space or supportive administration to build one? This workshop will share how to go about building a school garden curriculum so that school year long learning and growing can occur.