Outdoor Classroom Project®
Outdoor Classroom Specialist Level I Training Series
in Southern California/La Canada
Spring/Summer 2016
May 21, June 18, and July 16, 2016

Enrollment has reached capacity for the Southern California Level I series and registration is now closed.  A wait-list has been started.  If you would like to attend, please email our office at outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu or lfarwell@caltec.edu. You may also call our office at (626) 296-1770 or (661) 360-3573. Your name will be placed on the wait-list in the order in which it is received.  You will be notified if space become available for this series.

We are pleased to announce the Spring/Summer 2016 Outdoor Classroom Project Specialist Level I Training Series in Southern California.  This inspiring and educational training series will provide early childhood professionals a unique opportunity to acquire enhanced skills for cultivating and sustaining the Outdoor Classroom at their centers. The Specialist Level I Training consists of three full day workshops on Saturdays at the Outdoor Classroom Project Model Site, the Child Educational Center in La Canada-Flintridge.  As part of the training experience, participants will have the opportunity to explore the grounds and see the application of Outdoor Classroom philosophy in the play yard design.

Initiated in 2003 by the Child Educational Center, Caltech/JPL Community in Southern California with a grant from First 5 L.A., the Outdoor Classroom Project has worked with hundreds of centers and thousands of teachers. Currently there are over fifty Outdoor Classroom Project Demonstration and Recognized centers in Southern California and two Demonstration Sites in Northern California.  Formal networks currently operate in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties with centers in Orange, Ventura, Marin, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties. For more information, please visit our website outdoorclassroomproject.org. 

Workshops

Saturday, May 21, 2016
Fundamentals of Anchoring the Outdoor Classroom

* Experiencing the value of childhood in

    the outdoors
* Recognizing changes and challenges to
   childhood  experiences
* Understanding philosophical, theoretical,
   and research-based keys to the Outdoor  
   Classroom
* Understanding early care and education
    and the outdoors today
* Understanding and articulating
   fundamental principles and practices of
   the Outdoor Classroom

Saturday, June 18, 2016
Evaluating Outdoor Programs and Environments

Saturday, July 16, 2016
Fundamentals of Implementing the Outdoor Classroom

Please note; if you signed up for the Specialist Training at Follow Your Heart in the Outdoor Classroom Conference in January, you WILL need to register here for the training series.  Signing the sheet is NOT confirmation of your enrollment/registration.

Fees
The registration fee is $350 and includes three full-day training sessions with continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, binder, handouts, and Certificate of Completion.
There is a 10% discount for staff from Outdoor Classroom Project Demonstration or Recognized Sites. The discounted fee is $315.  If you have questions, please email Lynn Farwell outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu.

Note for staff from centers in Santa Barbara County: If you are making up a missed workshop from a Specialist Level I training previously funded by the Orfalea Foundation, the fee is $117 per missed session ($105 DSN Discount Rate).

Cancellation Policy:  You can obtain a partial refund of your fee minus a $35 administrative charge as late as Friday, May 13, 2016.  Beginning May 14th, any fee paid is non-refundable. Any cancellations must be in writing via email to outdoor-classroom@caltech.edu.

Registration Deadline