Workshops for Educators
Each summer Rogers, 5 Rivers, and Stony Kill Farm EECs host week-long teacher institutes. Please check with the individual center for more information and to register for these institutes. Also, check out the web page on the summer teacher institutes for more information.
The Department offers seven professional development workshops for educators and youth leaders. Offered at various locations throughout the state, these multi-disciplinary workshops offer participants a curriculum guide, an opportunity to try at least six activities and a variety of support materials.
Project WILD (Wildlife in Learning Design), Aquatic Project WILD, Science and Civics, Flying WILD, Growing Up WILD workshops, featuring wildlife, are offered as three- to six-hour workshops funded in New York State by Return a Gift to Wildlife.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a multi-disciplinary water-based curriculum and available in a six-hour workshop.
Project Learning Tree is an interdisciplinary, hands-on curriculum that uses nature as a window on the world. PLT is cosponsored by the NYSDEC and the NYS Education Department.
More about Workshops for Educators :
- Upcoming Educator Workshops - The Department offers four professional development workshops for teachers and youth leaders: Project WILD & WILD Aquatic, Project WET, and Project Learning Tree.
- Project Learning Tree - Designed to help educators acquire an awareness and knowledge of the natural world, especially forest ecosystems.
- Project WILD - Helping educators prepare students to develop problem-solving skills in exploring responsible human actions toward wildlife and the environment.
- Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) - Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a collection of innovative, water-related activities that are hands-on, easy to use and fun!
