Hello Social Studies Colleagues,
Here are some summer professional development opportunities on Bainbridge
Island to integrate education education (food farm studies) into your
social studies practice:
Wednesday, July 23, 10a-3p
Eating What We Most Need to Learn:
An Orientation to Your Food Community
Various Sites on Bainbridge Island
Class Size: 6-12, Tuition: $65, includes lunch.
Learn about community food systems and experience the ingredients that make
for a healthy food community. Participants will a follow, examine, and taste
their way through a locally grown food chain from production on a working
farm to distribution through a grocery store to consumption at a restaurant.
Snacks and Lunch included.
Tuesday, July 29, 10a-2p
Approaching Edible Education I: Why are we doing this anyway? Grounding a
Rationale for Edible Education in PreK-12 Schools
EduCulture and Partner Sites, Bainbridge Island
Open to Formal Informal Educators. Class Size: 8-16
Tuition: $55, includes lunch. Clock hours available by request.
What are major considerations informing edible education in K-12 schooling?
We will explore the major ³Why¹s² that help us, as educators, ground a
solid, vibrant rationale for the many ways in which food plays a role in our
schools: from the classroom, to the curriculum, to the lunch room.
Thursday, July 31, 10a-2p
Approaching Edible Education II: What Does Edible Education Look Like?
Curricular Considerations and Pathways for PreK-12 Schools
EduCulture and Partner Sites, Bainbridge Island
Open to Formal Informal Educators. Class Size: 8-16
Tuition: $55, includes lunch. Clock hours available by request.
What are major curricular considerations informing edible education in K-12
schooling? We will explore the major pathways for integrating edible
education into the core curriculum (math, science, social studies), as well
as other curricular opportunities to address the study of food in our
schools: from the classroom, to the garden or farm, to the lunch room.
Tuesday, August 5, 1-4p
Approaching Edible Education III: How Do I Develop an Edible Education
Program for My School, Garden, Farm or Kitchen? Addressing Planning
Considerations, Opportunities and Challenges
EduCulture and Partner Sites, Bainbridge Island
Open to Formal Informal Educators. Class Size: 6-12
Tuition: $35. Clock hours available by request. Permission of the
Instructor required.
What are major programmatic considerations informing edible education in
K-12 schooling? How do we design edible educations programs at the
curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular levels for the classroom,
school garden, neighboring farm, school lunch, and other school and food
community assets. This seminar is designed for those developing an edible
education program to have a professional learning environment into which to
more fully examine and enrich their program design, planning, and outcomes.
For more information visit:
http://educultureproject.org/edible-education-programs-for-educators-others/
Or, contact EduCulture by email, ad...@educultureproject.org, or call
206-780-5797.
Happy Summer!
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Jonathan Garfunkel
Founder Director
EduCulture at Global Source Education
(NEW EMAIL) garfun...@educultureproject.org
206-780-5797
www.EducultureProject.org
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