Teacher's Events
2010 Grow and Know Series
Presented by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Join the experts for a series of workshops and seminars throughout Ohio for property owners, animal lovers, gardeners and food enthusiasts. Get back to basics with your land and food, and make the most of your property, whether it's a patio downtown or 50 acres in rural Ohio. The Grow & Know series will offer something for everyone.
Living the farm / rural life means there is much to learn, from figuring out how to grow a garden to learning the best techniques in food preservation. If you're interested in learning about these topics and more, join us at a Grow and Know event this year and get in touch with your inner farmer!
The cost to participate in the regional Grow and Know events is $30 for Farm Bureau members and $50 for nonmembers. In addition to the program, registration includes lunch and materials. The November “Know Place like Home for the Holidays ”session will cost $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers. Here, attendees will prepare a holiday meal, sample Ohio wines, and meet an Ohio Christmas Tree farmer and Ohio wine maker.
Event registration is available online. Click on each event for the registration link. Registration is also available by calling Rebecca Everman at 614-246-8241. If you would like to be notified of future Grow & Know events and updates, please sign-up. Our Ohio will add you to our Grow and Know e-mail list.
Teachers: a certificate of contact hours for participation is available. The Grow & Know series qualifies for credit for Ohio professional development standards. Email jroush@ofbf.org or call 614-246-8243 with questions or for more information.
Summer Workshops
Several professional development events to consider this summer:
Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is Project WILD's New, early childhood education activity guide. It builds on the learning styles and interests of young children to foster an interest and appreciation of wildlife and the natural world around them. The activity guides are available by attending a Growing Up WILD educator workshop. Workshops are being offered through the Ohio Project WILD Volunteer Facilitator Network and by Ohio Division of Wildlife staff. Attendance at general workshops will be free to low cost. Check out the many locations around Ohio.
Project Learning Tree (PLT) - Ohio is a comprehensive environmental education program that strives to deliver all aspects of the award-winning international Project Learning Tree. PLT helps educators with balanced, nonbiased learning experiences for Pre-K through 12th grades that encompass the total environment -- land, air, water, plants and animals (including humans). A new preschool version has been developed. Check out the upcoming teacher workshops around Ohio or call Sue Wintering at 614-265-6370.
School Garden Training Workshop - June 21-25 at Granny’s Garden in Loveland. Get training and hands-on experience to develop your plant-based environmental education program by attending the workshop at Granny's Garden School, the largest and most comprehensive school garden program in the Midwest.
The week-long camp focuses on low-cost methods for establishing a program at your school and will demonstrate how to integrate the garden with your classroom curriculum. This outdoor camp is packed full of hands-on activities. Children are included from time to time to demonstrate techniques for working with a class. Spend the week with our staff and volunteers and learn from their experience.
Details and online registration
Teaching Growing America - Farm to Market professional development program being offered July 26,27 and 31 in Columbus. This program offers teachers the opportunity to learn from an existing program while receiving 12 hours of CEU credit. More details
In addition there are still opportunities for students to be involved with this same program of growing products for the farm market in Columbus, this summer. More information
Summer Teacher Workshops at Your Metro Parks
Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District "Metro Parks" will offer four teacher workshops in June and July. Workshops support Academic Content Standards and process skills for several age groups. Workshops are conducted by various state and local agencies and school district representatives and are presented at a Metro Park or other central Ohio agency site. Teachers work mostly in an outdoor setting to find ways to develop meaningful field trips and classroom and hands-on activities with little or no classroom funding.
Workshops and Dates:
Getting the Dirt on Rocks, Minerals and Soil June 22 & 23, $50
Teaching Nature Through the Senses June 29 & 30, $50
Highlighting PE Standards in the Outdoors July 14 & 15, $50
Diversity and Interdependence July 20 & 21, $50
You may register for these workshops online at www.metroparks.net. You may only register online using a credit card.
If you must use another type of payment method, please mail it along with a completed registration form to Metro Parks, 1069 W. Main St., Westerville, OH 43081. Registration forms can be downloaded at www.metroparks.net.
One semester hour of credit will be offered through Ashland University for each two-day workshop completed. Registration for credit is separate and can be done at the workshop.
For more information about the workshop, please contact Susan Boggs at 614-895-6211 or sboggs@metroparks.net.
