EEE Virtual Meet Ups Continue

Join fellow educators on Sept. 11 and 25 from 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Join us for a chance to connect, swap stories and help one another. Sign up on the Google Form to get a Zoom meeting link.

Join EcoRise staff and experienced educators to explore best practices for integrating sustainability lessons and activities into your Remote Classroom using research-based methods. In this interactive learning experience, we will explore an EcoRise remote lesson and discuss strategies that can be used to ensure students and teachers get the most out of the experiences while leveraging the unique opportunities remote learning provides.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.

This workshop is also being offered on Tuesday, September 22. Click here to RSVP.

Join EcoRise staff, Teacher Ambassadors, and other experienced EcoRise teachers for a collaborative share session around sustainability and remote learning. Come ready to share your successes and challenges! We will highlight new opportunities and Eco-Audit Grant ideas for those ready to dive into creating innovative approaches to remote Eco-Audit grants!

This workshop is for experienced EcoRise K-12 teachers. PD credit will be provided.

*New to EcoRise and looking for an introductory session, check out our other virtual offerings: https://ecorise.eventbrite.com

Calling all high school and college students!

At this unique program, you have a chance to meet in small groups with professionals who make saving the planet their life work. Ask questions, learn how to pursue a green career, and inquire about internships/job shadowing opportunities.

This is a come-and-go format, with tables open from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on October 6.

You will receive an event link through to the Remo platform. Simply join the event, and self-select which professionals to engage in conversation.

A list of attendees and sample questions will be provided, so that you know who to look for and what to ask.

Do you currently have a green career, and want to mentor area students?

Take a few hours to meet with small groups of students. Share your career experience with them, help them chart an academic pathway, and offer information on local internships and/or job shadowing opportunities with your employer (if applicable).

You will receive an event link through the Remo platform. Simply join the event and sit at your designated table. Engage with students in a come-and-go format (they can self-select where to go).

This workshop is for both formal and informal educators teaching in an outdoor setting.

Teachers would like to take their students outdoors to learn, but don’t always know what the best methods would be. They wonder, “How do I maintain interest of the students and control of student behavior while meeting the state standards?”

Informal educators have experience in learning outside, but do not always know how to make that learning fit with formal education requirements. They wonder, “How do I make this concept developmentally appropriate, engaging for students, and meet state standards.”

This workshop will provide ideas for putting the answers to all of these questions together in meaningful activities. See students as they learn content and skills necessary to meet state standards, while providing examples of meeting the need for developmentally appropriate, engaging lessons using state standards, and take part in example activities illustrating these ideas.

Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.

Join EcoRise staff and seasoned EcoRise teachers for an interactive learning experience to explore EcoRise lessons that utilize outdoor spaces as well as options to adapt lessons for outdoor learning, using our Outdoor Learning Guide. We will explore classroom management considerations and modifications that can be used to meet the needs of students.

This workshop is for current K-12 teachers. All content areas are welcome. PD credit will be provided.

Join in for a virtual networking event. Partners from across the state of Texas can gather to discuss getting more kids outside. Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.

Open to PreK – 8th grade teachers. Learn about forest ecosystems & different activities to incorporate forestry into your classrooms. Sponsored by Project Learning Tree, Texas Forest Service and Texas Forestry Association.

Includes three sessions: October 26, November 2 and November 9.

FREE! Registration and details found here: http://www.plttexas.org/workshop.aspx?workshopID=355

We want everyone to learn, explore, and connect with nature. To do that we need the environmental field and nature-focused organizations to be more inclusive, diverse and representative of all communities.

Join youth leaders from the Austin Parks and Recreation Department Park Ranger Cadet Program to discuss the intersections of racial equity, connecting to the outdoors, and outdoor careers. For the first half of the session, they will share the work they’ve been doing in Austin to address racial equity by building a green careers pipeline for young leaders. In the second half youth leaders and attendees will dive into discussion topics such as: barriers to connecting with nature, why they focus on race, importance of knowing the history of an area, being a white ally, guidance for having tough conversations & curricular resources, eco-therapy in relation to this work, building partnerships, peer mentorship model, youth leadership development, the importance of elevating youth voices, and creating pathways to employment.

Come to the session ready to share stories, successes, challenges, and questions! We hope to have open and honest conversations, share strategies and resources, and strengthen our network of people doing this work. Together, we can work towards a Texas where nature and outdoor careers are more accessible for people who have been historically excluded.

Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.