School Garden Teacher Training (July)
Please Note: The application period for this training is now closed. Contact us next year to participate in our 2009 trainings.
Offered: July 14 - 18, 2008
Time: Begins at 9 am on the 14th and ends at 4 pm on the 18th
Instructors: Lisa Preschel, Doug Gosling, Brock Dolman, Michelle Vesser, and guest instructors.
Cost: $500 (includes meals, lodging, and materials)
For registration information, please download both the application and instructions:
- School Garden Teacher Training & Support Program Application:
- Application Instructions and Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQs):
This five-day intensive residential training at the 80 acre OAEC site offers hands-on skills and theoretical approaches to create and sustain school garden programs. The course includes sessions on integrating the garden into curricula and state standards, as well as nutrition, recycling and vermiculture, composting, project-based learning, art, team building and fundraising.
These residential trainings are offered to teams of teachers, garden coordinators and core parent volunteers who have a relationship with a specific school or school district. In addition to lectures and presentations, participants receive 20 hours of hands-on learning in the garden, as well as written materials, curricula and a resource binder. The training is followed by 18 months of technical support offered to each participating school by OAEC staff, including site visits, consultations, and two one-day skills workshops in the spring. Credentialed teachers may receive continuing education units for the course through New College of California.