Join Wild Seed Project at The Ecology School at River Bend Farm in Saco, ME for a two-day professional development intensive for K-12 teachers to increase skills and comfort for outdoor teaching. The program will be facilitated in partnership by Nell Houde, the Wild Seed Project Educational Programs Manager, Kathy Pollard and Ann Pollard-Ranco (Penobscot citizen), of Know yOUR Land Consulting, and Ecology School Educators. Together, these educators will guide teachers through lessons about decolonizing the language of environmental education, building safety and belonging in the natural world, and fostering relationships with Maine's flora and fauna. 

By the end of the training, educators should feel equipped with expanded language to describe place-based relationships, ideas and resources for building outdoor education spaces at their schools, and new curriculum to try! This training will also provide teachers with resources to help them integrate Wabanaki studies into environmental education, to help schools meet state requirement LD 291 for teaching Wabanaki studies. 

Application Deadline: May 31st, 2024