Advocates for Outdoor Education in Early Childhood & Beyond
Supports
Explore ways we can help you learn new skills or deepen your professional practice.
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.
― Jane Goodall
We all need support in order to serve and support others. Just like a strong tree, deep and complex roots allow us to be stable and confident in what we provide for the community around us.
Why Seek Support?
Providing high-quality learning requires a mindset of lifelong learning. We know that people who constantly reflect on their work, choose growth edges to develop, and spend time in community create opportunities for the children and families they serve to do the same. Because these opportunities are so critical to your work, we offer supports in both traditional and more relationship-based ways.
Types of Support
We are currently offering & developing these ways to strengthen your practice and community.
Design
Planning Your Environment
Gaining tools to help you examine and use the outdoor space around you to best serve, children, families, and your staff. Stewardship, design, materials, and natural planning all fit here.
Connect
Network and Meetings
We have a vibrant community of providers, working to create high-quality outdoor experiences for children and families. Monthly virtual meetings build community, share news, and move our work forward.
Grow
Program Development
Examining your program from policies and planning to visioning to ensure you are offering the most authentic and valued opportunities. Focuses might include staff development, intentional workforce, curriculum, time management, and more.
Reflect
Reflective Consultation
Scheduled, predictable time for reflection with peers to examine the beliefs that drive your work and process everyday situations to reduce stress and burnout.
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