In a nutshell: Visiting GOS instructor works with teachers and their classrooms one day a week, across three weeks. One 100 minute block with each class.
Part Guest Instructor, Part Consultant the GOS instructor provides frameworks, tools, fresh games and challenges to support classroom teachers in designing positive and inspiring outdoor experiences for students all year long.
The Outdoor Toolbox is about using outdoor experiences to promote vibrant classroom culture, positive interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation, and academic success.
3 week series includes:
• Fresh and Thrilling Games to activate bodies and minds & lay the groundwork for inspired learning.
• Nature-based challenges to promote curiosity & inquisitive focus as well as co-operative teamwork and positive classroom culture.
• Story Telling, Mapping, & Place-based learning to support students in understanding their bio-region and cultivate a sense of stewardship & responsibility.
Content, Coaching & Team Teaching Includes
• The Nature of Curriculum: practice finding meaningful and engaging curriculum links. Using the outdoors as engagement ‘hooks’ - to help introduce, engage, and also reflect any curriculum area.
• Effective Learning Tools for the Outdoor Classroom: Art of Questioning, Minds Eye Imagining, and Sensory Awareness exercises make for rich experiences to be drawn on in the classroom.
• A unique opportunity for dialogue, troubleshoot, + Q&A for all educators regardless of outdoor experience or naturalist knowledge. GOS meets teachers where they are at, to help make meaningful steps towards nature immersed learning now and in the future.
Fees
The Outdoor Toolbox is $1250 + HST (Sliding Scale Available)
Guelph Outdoor School is committed to paying a living wage to our dedicated and professional educators. While this professional fee reflects some of the best value we can offer, we also know that some schools can use additional support in accessing our programs. As such, please get in touch about our sliding scale options. We appreciate your collaboration and support.
“I just want to send you a note to thank you for the opportunity of having Chris Green into our school. The 3 sessions for outdoor education was invaluable ! He took us to our neighbourhood park as well as opening our eyes to green space on our own property that I would have never thought of using before. He was kind, engaging and very resourceful.
This is an amazing program and all of my students loved it !!
Thank you so much !!
Crystal
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