The Walking Curriculum challenge begins on April 3, 2019 (National Walking Day). K-12 educators around the globe are committed to taking student learning outside for part of the day–rain or snow or shine–for 30 days. With The Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder And Developing A Sense of Place (K-12) as a resource and guide, outdoor learning will involve engaging students in imagination- and inquiry-focused walks designed to enrich learning of the regular curriculum. Outdoor, walking-based learning fuels cross-curricular activities students then pursue throughout the rest of their day.
We are very excited to announce our first Burnaby Place Based Learning Conference will be taking place on the Jan. 28th Curriculum Implementation Day at Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion!
We are thrilled to be joined by two amazing key note speakers, Lori Snyder and Gillian Judson.
Lori Snyder is a Metis Herbalist, educator, mother, and story-teller. Lori offers workshops to discover our wild, edible, native and medicinal plants in different communities around Metro Vancouver, the unceded territories of the Coast Salish People.
Gillian Judson is an Executive Director of SFU’s Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture and Educaiton. She will be speaking about her book A Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder & Developing Sense Of Place (K-12).
During the day, there will also be opportunities to connect with community partners and inspiring Burnaby teachers who have prepared resources and ideas to share with you.
A big thanks to Burnaby Local Environmental Educators LSA, Burnaby School District and EEPSA for being our event sponsors for making this day possible!
Join facilitators from the VSB, Metro Vancouver, and Classrooms to Community to explore strategies, tools, and inspiration for utilizing the local environment for inquiry-based learning. Participants will:
- Explore engaging place-based strategies connecting to the revised BC curriculum
- Receive practical classroom tools and resources, including A Metro Vancouver Satellite Map and the popular booklet “Get Outdoors! An Educator’s Guide to Outdoor Classrooms in Parks, School Grounds and other Special Places”
- An EEPSA membership and Green Teacher Magazine one-year subscription
- Get to know how Classrooms to Communities (C2C-BC), a BC sustainability education network, can benefit schools, districts, and communities
- Be inspired by VSB success stories and fellow teachers and community partners
Lunch will be provided!
Join K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, community partners, collaborators and champions for change at this FREE regional network event:
- Be inspired by and connect with champions for sustainability and place-based education in British Columbia
- Celebrate and share key ingredients for success
- Learn about new ideas, curriculum opportunities and professional development events
- Enjoy a selection of hors d’oeuvres and beverages
To register, please visit: https://c2c-dec2018.eventbrite.ca
This meeting of educators and administrators from the Metro Vancouver region will bring together leaders to help vision and plan for our Metro Vancouver Leadership events and initiatives in 2019. Please visit our website or contact us at [email protected] for more details.
Contact Jonathan Dyck for more details.
7pm, Thursday October 18 – 12pm, Sunday October 21, 2018
St. Eugene Mission Resort, Ktunaxa Nation in BC’s Kootenay Rockies
THIS CONFERENCE IS NOW SOLD OUT
Please note that we are not taking a waiting list. However, we invite you to click here to register your interest in attending the EECOM 2019 Conference – May 10-12, 2019. Those who register their interest will be given one week’s advance notice of the conference so they can secure their spot before general registration opens.
Confirmed Partners and Presenters can click here to register.
Place in Education Symposium for B.C. Educators
Barkerville Historic Town, Sep. 27-29, 2018.
As always please bring along any fellow educators and/or outdoor enthusiasts interested in joining us, the more the merrier.
BC curriculum is changing. School districts and teachers are working hard to transform along with it. The Metro Vancouver Classrooms to Communities (C2C) Leadership Clinic is an immersive professional development opportunity for school district teams to advance community connected learning as a priority school district action strategy.
What’s in it for your school district / team?
- Focused time to develop action plans, team building and purposeful collaboration
- Relationship building and success sharing within and between school district teams
- Expertise, inspiration and support from colleagues and C2C community partners
- A unique setting in the heart of Crescent Beach – close to people and nature
Begins August 2018. Apply by March 30
This innovative MEd cohort program will engage participants in real-world projects enmeshed in questions of learning and scholarship.
This partnership program features an Adaptive Education model, which builds a pedagogical bridge that ties the project and classroom to the community. Participants will consult on, experiment with, and co-create solutions that address problems which come to light in the course of working with the City of Vancouver on sustainability priorities.
The unique structure of this program includes a body of advisers and experts that support classroom-based research projects and instructors who act as research designers to facilitate group projects with real-world outcomes. Participants will:
- develop a critical awareness of the concepts of education and sustainability, how they relate, and their implications;
- demonstrate their learning throughout the program, thereby increasing their employability;
- build their abilities to work with governments and other partners by collaborating with city staff on sustainability policies;
- embody the knowledge and skills associated with community building, political engagement, social movement participation, real-world research, design, dialogue, network building, and knowledge dissemination.
The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is hosting a Climate Change Education Workshop for educators from across the Columbia Basin. This will take place in Nelson on Saturday, March 3 and is just $20 for CBEEN members ($40 for non-members) and includes climate change education resources, a morning workshop by Columbia Basin Trust’s Climate Action Program, a national resource round-table over lunch with organizations like Green Teacher, Let’s Talk Energy and Green Learning Canada, and the BCTF ‘Climate Heroes’ workshop in the afternoon.
This workshop will help teachers to develop effective climate change education and is put on as a partnership between the Kootenay Lake Local Chapter of EEPSA, the BCTF, Columbia Basin Trust, Wildsight and CBEEN. More information and registration is here: http://cbeen.ca/climate-change/
It would be great if you could join us.
Join EEPSA and many others at the annual New Teacher’s Conference.
Join EEPSA and other community educators in the winter solstice celebration event. Share your ideas on key ingredients that lead to success within growing our communities.
More information to come soon.
In partnership with EEPSA, Science World, Classrooms to Communities, Metro Vancouver, and HCTF.
School district staff and community educators are invited to participate in the pilot ‘Classrooms to Communities’ Curriculum Implementation Workshop which will take place in 3 weeks at JL Crowe Secondary School in Trail on Monday, November 27.
This is an opportunity for teachers and community educators to come together to learn, share, connect and collaborate to support Place-based Learning within the context of the redesigned curriculum.
Registration opens middle of April. Get notified of when you can register.
Register early for the best rates!
Registration for Super Conference includes:
- Two full days overflowing with interactive, inspirational and highly applicable professional learning opportunities created by 25 BC PSAs.
- Over 30 remarkable keynote presentations on big ideas from every subject area, brain research, digital literacy, inclusion, and more.
- Your choice from hundreds of sessions offered in a variety of formats, including lectures and hands-on learning opportunities presented at Vancouver Convention Centre East, Pan Pacific Vancouver, Telus World of Science, and Stanley Park Ecology Society.
- Access to a massive Exhibitors Hall featuring the latest educational products and services.
- Unlimited networking opportunities with nearly 6,000 BC educators and education.
- Optional one-year membership to the PSA of your choice (additional charge).
