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School
Forest Programs and Administration Course |
This is an excellent opportunity for
teachers in districts developing school
forest education plans!
This course provides an overview of the
Wisconsin School Forest Program.
Emphasis is on planning and
administration of school forests
including: organizing a school forest
committee, understanding property
management plans, developing educational
plans, and locating resources and
financial support. This course includes
classroom instruction and an online
component. The online component can
be completed anytime between June
18 and August 31st. Course
participants must attend one
face-to-face meeting held in July or
August. Participants will need to select
from the following locations
(tentative):
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Hayward
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Stevens
Point
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Madison
area
Final meeting locations and dates will
be finalized by June
1.
Participants will receive 1 graduate
credit from UWSP (NRES 742). The cost of
the graduate credit is
$328.34. For more information, contact
Jeremy at
jsolin@uwsp.edu or 715-346-4907.
For more information, the course
syllabus, and to register, visit
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Courses/742/index.htm.
Note:
Education plan committees in districts
receiving WEEB education plan grants are
encouraged to attend one of
the face-face meetings with option of
earning the graduate credit. An overview of
the education plan and the process to
complete a plan will be provided during these
meetings.
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A Few Spots Still
Available... |
Forests and
Forestry in a Landscape Context: A Community-based
School Forest Curriculum - a few spots still
available
T he
workshop will provide information, model activities,
and development tools to help educators develop
interdisciplinary, standards-based forestry field
programs. The course will utilize the LEAF Lesson
Guides and exemplify project-based learning
practices. It will integrate existing LEAF field
lessons from K-8 and introduce a suite of new high
school field forestry lessons developed to
complement the 9-12 LEAF lesson guide.
Thanks to funding
from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board
(WEEB), a $200 graduate credit stipend, equipment,
and resources will be available to each participant.
When: July 23-27,
2007
Where: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Campus
Who: K-12 Educators who want to utilize their school
forest and community as their classroom
Maximum enrollment: 30
Graduate credit: 1 or 2 credits are available w/
$200 stipend per participant
Cost: FREE, a $50 refundable deposit is required to
reserve a spot in the workshop
Less than 10 spots are still available on a first
come, first serve basis. To request registration
materials, visit
www.wfrea.org/wkspreg.html
For more details on
the workshop, visit
www.wfrea.org/wksp.html
Contact Jeremy
Solin or Nick Hylla (WFREA Director,
nick@wfrea.org) with questions.
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School
Forest Summit |
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Boston School Forest
(just south of
Stevens Point)
The School Forest
Summit will be an inspiring evening, which will
provide a great networking for school forest
educators and coordinators. The Summit is being
held in conjunction with the Midwest
Environmental Education Conference (October
18-20 in Stevens Point). The evening schedule
includes:
6:00 - Dinner
- featuring locally grown, organic food
6:30 - 7:30 - Keynote address
7:30 - 8:00 - Boston
School Forest tour
8:00 - 8:45 - Speed
Dating for School Forest Educators
8:45 - 9:00 -
Closing
9:00 - ? - Informal
networking, campfire
Boston School Forest
Tour
Learn about the
Boston School Forest programs and
facilities. Boston is one of the largest
school forest programs in the state. Every
K-6 student and many other classes in the
Stevens Point School District annually visit
the school forest. A variety of community
groups also utilize the school forest.
Annually, more than 6,000 children and
adults participate in Boston School Forest
programs.
Speed Dating for
School Forest Educators
This isn't an
opportunity to meet your school mate! "Speed
dating" will be an opportunity to learn about
what other school forest programs are doing and
how they are doing it. This networking activity
will provide the time to interact with a lot of
other school forest educators in a short time
and get ideas and tips for your own school
forest.
Registration Cost
Registration for the school forest summit
evening is only $15, which includes dinner,
keynote, and all the activities. Registration
materials will be available on the WAEE website
by the end of May. Visit:
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee/Events/fall07.htm
Lodging
Optional lodging is
available in the Boston School Forest cabins
(dorm-style bunks) for Wednesday evening.
The fee per person is $5.
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MEEC
- Money for Teachers |
 Thanks
to a charter school dissemination grant awarded to
the Wisconsin River Charter School through the
Wisconsin DPI, money is available to pay for teacher
and administrator registration and up to $200 for
substitute reimbursement. The Midwest Environmental
Education Conference is October 18-20, 2007 in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The theme is �No Child
Left Inside� and focuses on ideas, opportunities,
and methods to reintroduce outdoor time into your school�s curriculum. Keynote
speaker, Richard Louv, author of the book �Last
Child in the Woods�Saving Our Children from Nature
Deficit Disorder� has raised concern for the lack of
time today�s youth spend in nature and what this
means not only to the health of our environment, but
also to the health of individuals and society. To
learn more about the conference and to download a
pdf to apply for financial support to attend the
conference see
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee.
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What's Happening? |
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WEEB
Grant Recipients |
This year the Wisconsin Environmental
Education Board (WEEB) will support 22
projects worth over $180,000 at 19 school
forests across Wisconsin. Congratulations to
the following school districts who received
WEEB school forest grants to develop and/or
expand their school forest programs:
School District of Butternut
�Integrated Forestry
Education Curriculum K-12�
Deerfield School
District "An Education Plan for the
Deerfield School Forest" (funded
under the forestry grants program)
Gillett School
District �Integration of Environmental
Education and Stewardship to Increase
the Use of Gillett School Forest�
Glidden
School District "An Education Plan for
Glidden School Forest"
Ladysmith-Hawkins School
District "An Environmental Education
Plan for the Ladysmith-Hawkins School
District School Forest"
McFarland School District �The
McFarland School Forest: New Paths for
Learning�
McFarland School District �The
McFarland School Forest: Pathways and
Guides for Environmental Education�
Menonomie
Area Public
Schools �Sustainable Forestry: From Sap
to Sugar-Maple Sugaring at the Menomonie
School Forest�
Manitowoc School District
�Growing Knowledge of Our Environment
and Connections to the School Forest�
Medford Area Public Schools
�Ensuring All Students Learn: Creation
of Common Assessments and Instructional
Kits�
Mercer School District �Mercer
School Forest Educational Center
Development�
Rib Lake
School District "An Education Plan for
the Rib Lake School Forest"
Southern
Door County School District "An
Education Plan for Southern Door School
Forest"
Stevens
Point Area School District
"Leave No Family Inside, Bringing
Families Together in the Outdoors"
Tomah
Area School District "School
Forest Education Plan for Tomah"
Tomah
Area School District "Education
and Outdoor Fitness Center"
Tri-County
Area School District "An Education Plan
for Tri-County School Forest"
Tri-County
Area School District "Student-Forest
Connections: Ourselves, Our Community,
Our Future"
Verona
Area School District "An Education Plan
for Verona Area School District School
Forest"
Washburn
School District "Implementation of the
Washburn School Forest Education Plan in
Grades 7-12"
Webster School District
"An Education Plan for District of
Webster School Forest"
Annually, WEEB has approximately $190,000
available for projects at registered school
forests. The WEEB�s current emphasis is
funding the development of school forest
education plans. In the future, funds will
be limited to those districts that have an
approved education plan and an approved
forest management plan. WEEB also provides
forestry education and general environmental
education grants. To find out more about
the WEEB grants program, visit:
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb.
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WAEE
Funding Survey Results |
In the fall of 2006, WAEE conducted a short
survey to gather baseline data on the status of
environmental education (EE) funding in
Wisconsin and the impact, if any, changes in
funding has had on programs and staff. The full
survey results are now available online at:
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee/AbtEE/status.htm
Overall,
EE funding, programming, and staffing were
reported as remaining fairly consistent this
fiscal year. There were no significant decreases
or increases in any area reported.
It is WAEE's goal to maintain data on
EE funding levels to determine trends in EE
opportunities around the state.
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