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! -- Jonathan Garfunkel Founder & Director EduCulture at Global Source Education (NEW EMAIL) garfun...@educultureproject.org 206-780-5797 www.EducultureProject.org
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