My PLN

One of the professional development activities that I attend this year and really enjoyed was the Project Wild workshop. 

Project Wild is an environmental education workshop.  It was a full-day, hands-on program that provided valuable environmental education experiences and an abundance of resources to use in the classroom.

This was one of our instructors, Bob, he was great!

During the workshop I also learned a really fantastically hands on way to teach photosynthesis. My instructor said that he has taught students as young as grade 4 with it, and I see application for it in many grades, all the way up to high school. I also got to learn about a local invasive species and how to build bird houses to prevent further invasion to the local Bluebird.

This is myself and my friend Miss H. Mathieson! 

GO TEAMWORK!

 I was already an advocate for environmental education, and have been actively modelling it in my block placement so far. The students in my class laugh when I pick up non-compostables out of the green bin.

I am passionate about our need as people to band together to lower our impact on our planet, so that we can plan long term for our future. I hope that by engaging students in environmental education, more people will be able to develop a sense of responsibility for respecting our planet.  I hope to encourage more teachers to see their influence on developing a sense of environmental awareness, and take accountability to become educated themselves.