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  • From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Advanced Teacher Training in Youth and Child Permaculture Education /Summer Courses-June 15-21 Taos NM- July 7-12 Summertown TN*
  • Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 15:53:42 -0700

Advanced Teacher Training in Youth and Child Permaculture Education
http://www.motherearthschool.com/permaculture.shtml

This summer we are offering our course in 3 locations! Choose between the
following dates:
June 15-21, 2014 in Taos, NM, July 7-12 in Summertown, TN*or (July 20-26 in
Portland, OR is FULL), email us to be placed on the wait list
Please read the site-specific details for the course you are choosing before
registering!!
*Course prices and logistics differ for the TN course which includes food and
lodging!! Please visit Spiral Ridge Permaculture for course details and
registration.
Our weekend Introduction to Permaculture workshops are offered the weekend
before our courses begin and are a prerequisite for the course if you have no
prior Permaculture training.
Our intro weekend dates in NM are June 14-15 and in Portland are July 19-20.
There is an additional cost of $120 to enroll in the intro weekend.
The cost of the full Teacher Training Certificate Course is $480.
The full course begins on a Sunday evening (Portland and Taos) at 5pm for an
orientation, introduction to course content and opening ceremony.
Mon-Sat the course hours are 8:45am-5pm.
*72-hour PDC or 12+ hour 'Intro to PC' are prerequisite for the full course,
PDC required for receiving an advanced teacher training certificate. CEC's
and college credits are available for this course through Lewis & Clark
College. Please download the form here.
Permaculture is the conscious creation of a regenerative system that reflects
the inherent balance, stability, and harmony of nature. Education should be
the same. This course applies permaculture principles and design to popular
and alternative educational models. It offers a wide range of learners and
teachers an opportunity to explore new possibilities and practice new skills.
It supports the shift towards regenerative learning and living, and the
recognition that each are inextricably connected in the practice of life.

This course is designed for parents and teachers of children ranging in age
from early childhood to high school who desire to integrate permaculture
ethics & principles into their school, classroom, community, curriculum
and/or teaching design. Depending on the constellation of the course
participants, some of the time we will be working together as a large group,
and other times we may hold break-out groups focused on early childhood,
grade school, middle and high school.

Many hands-on and experiential aspects will be integrated into the course,
modeling and practicing these and related topics:

Application of PC Principles to Teaching
Nature Awareness (Games & Activities)
Brain Development & Classroom Management
Strategic Community Building
Curriculum & Site Design
Learning Styles and Diversity
Forest & Garden-Based Learning
Education Through Movement & Story
This course illuminates ways that permaculture can be applied to all aspects
of teaching and specifically hones in on: nature as teacher, school gardens,
food forests, storytelling, diversity awareness, community building, nature
crafts & making classroom supplies, classroom management, movement/games and
designing nature into your curriculum. This course is very hands-on ~ we
teach using many different learning styles as a way to model doing this for
children. Each day begins with a morning circle designed for different age
groups, interactive lectures, activities and workshops. The last day of the
course is a 'Skill Share for Children' during which we open our site to the
public and groups of students will present an activity to children of a
variety of ages as a final project for the course. You will receive
instructor and peer evaluations and will be issued a certificate by Learning
Gardens Institute. You must have a Permaculture Design Certificate in order
to receive the Advanced Teacher Training Certificate. All others will receive
a certificate of completion.

About the Teachers:

Patty Parks-Wasserman is a permaculture diplomat, founder and director of the
Institute of Permaculture Education for Children . She has designed
permaculture programs for schools and taught permaculture and nature skills
to children and youth for 10 years in public, private, homeschooling and
non-formal educational environments for toddlers through 12th grade. By
observing student enthusiasm and witnessing the change they inspire in their
homes and communities, she believes that children and their educators are
able to effect large-scale change on global issues. She has worked as the
environmental specialist at an International Baccalaureate charter school in
Albuquerque, NM, where she developed a multidisciplinary Food Forest
curriculum with grade 7-12 teachers. This work will enable the Albuquerque
area to become more self reliant, make schoolwork relevant and therefore more
meaningful, and infuse fun into the curriculum for the students as they
experience a sense of purpose and empowerment. She is currently teaching
middle school science at a local public school.

Matthew Bibeau, MSEd, is the Development Director of Mother Earth School and
has worked in the field of garden-based education since 2005. A graduate of
Portland State University’s Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning
program, Matt’s work has also focused on the development and implementation
of school gardens and garden-based learning programs in Portland Public
Schools, as well as the development of three urban farm sites, Jean’s Farm,
Learning Gardens Laboratory and Tryon Life Community Farm. Trained in
permaculture design by Toby Hemenway (2006) and in permaculture teaching by
Tom Ward and Jude Hobbs (2008), Matt has been generating momentum as a
permaculture educator, co-coordinating Toby's PDC and co-teaching TLC Farm's
PDC from 2009-2011. He serves as an active board member of the Learning
Gardens Institute, sits on the board of the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture
Land Trust and is a veteran coordinator of the City Repair Project's Village
Building Convergence (2006-2012). He is currently the Lead Director of Mother
Earth School.

Kelly Hogan has focused her life's work on caregiving in various forms.
During her college years studying psychology, she earned her living by caring
for adults with severe mental and physical disabilities. She remained in this
field for the next 12 years before shifting her focus to the fresh
perspective of working with children. She received her Waldorf teaching
certificate from the Micha-el Institute in Portland, OR and has been teaching
since 2005. She moved to the intentional community at Tryon Life Community
Farm in 2007 where she began to work as the assistant kindergarten teacher
for Mother Earth Kindergarten - the first 'official' all-outdoor kindergarten
in the United States. For the next 7 years, she co-founded Mother Earth
School and was the preschool teacher there. It was at the farm where she also
became exposed to Permaculture. After receiving her Permaculture Design
Certificate in 2009, she realized that Mother Earth School needed to
integrate permaculture and wilderness skills with Waldorf teaching methods in
order to create an educational movement that serves the needs of children in
today's world. She has been pursuing training in Rite of Passage,
neurodevelopment, Jon Young's 8 Shields mentoring philosophy, and wilderness
survival & traditional skills, focusing on tracking and bird language as a
means of 'reading the stories' of the forest. She is also working with
Theater of the Oppressed as a means of exploring social equity and cultural
accessibility in private schools.

Enrollment & Logistics:

Knowledge of Permaculture is a pre-requisite for this course. If you do not
have a Permaculture Design Certificate, you will need to have completed some
permaculture course work. We will be offering an ‘Intro to Permaculture'
weekend before the full course that fulfills this requirement. If you are
unable to attend this weekend, please search for other options in your area
and feel free to contact us with any questions.
Carpools are encouraged and will be coordinated by the administrator of this
course.
Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided. There will be a 45 minute lunch
break each day. Course participants are responsible for bringing their own
lunches, although there may be the opportunity to purchase catered lunch
on-site for $10 per day.
Class will start promptly at 8:45am each morning and will end at 5pm.
Payment is due in full at the time of registration. Please contact us if you
need alternate payment options.
Enrollment Process:

When you are ready to enroll, please mail a check for $480, [plus $120 if you
are also registering for the Intro to PC weekend] made payable to: Mother
Earth School and mail to ~

Mother Earth School Permaculture Teacher Training (specify: Taos or Portland)
P.0. Box 82124
Portland, OR 97282.

Please include your contact information with your check and also send an
email toinfo@motherearthschool.com confirming that a check is on the way. You
will receive a confirmation email and then be added to our Permaculture
Teacher Training email list to be notified of updates and logistical details
once your payment has been received. That is also the address to email with
any follow-up inquiries and clarifying questions.

$100 of your payment is a non-refundable deposit to hold your space in the
course. The remaining balance is refundable up until 30 days before the
course begins in the case that you have an unexpected change of plans. Within
30 days of the start of the course, no money is refundable, but your payment
can be applied to register for the next year's training.

To pay online, please click on this payment button, adding an additional 3%
to payments made online to cover the Paypal service charges we incur. Please
make a note on the description line that you are registering for the Advanced
Teacher Training and specify the location of the course (either Taos or
Portland).



Taos course details:

The Location:

Lettuce Grow Farm is a 2.25 acre family operated farm and educational center
in El Prado, outside of beautiful Taos, NM. The physical address is 1010
Francis Rd. El Prado, NM 87529. Taos does not have its own airport that
operates regular flights, but does have some smaller airports in the region,
including Los Alamos County Airport (LAM) and Santa Fe Municipal Airport
(SAF), which are both within a 2 hour drive of El Prado. The largest airport
in the region is the Albuquerque Airport (ALB) which is approximately 3 hours
from El Prado. There are shuttles that will bring you from the airport
directly to the location of our course for approximately $60 each way.
Advance reservations are necessary.

Accommodations & Transportation:

On-site tent camping is available at Lettuce Grow Farm at a cost of $10 per
night. You will need to provide your own tent, bedding, personal items and
food for dinner. There is a 15-person limit, so please make reservations by
emailing info@lettucegrowfarm.com. You will have access to kitchen & bathroom
facilities (both indoor and outdoor showers) and food storage. Shuttles to
town will be coordinated for those who do not have cars in order to purchase
groceries and participate in evening outings.

Other resources for lodging include local hotels, Airbnb and Couchsurfers.
Please note that if you plan to stay in the area but not on-site, there is
not access to the site through local public transportation, so a car or bike
rental is recommended.

Optional breakfasts ($5 per day) and lunches ($10 per day) will be available
to all Taos course participants. All meals are vegan and gluten-free. Please
email Julie to reserve meals:info@lettucegrowfarm.com.

What to Bring

Course reading and references will be provided online before the course
begins. There are not prerequisite reading assignments, but review of some of
the information in the course packet before the course begins may be helpful.
Each student will receive a printed version of our course syllabus upon
arrival at the orientation evening. Additional resources (such as sample
curriculums) will be available online for free or in print for an additional
fee. Please bring writing implements and a notebook or paper for notetaking.

The weather in Taos at the end of June averages in the low 40 degrees (F) at
night and in the mid 80 degrees (F) during the day. Desert temperatures vary
greatly from the middle of the night to the heat of the day, so please bring
a variety of clothing including t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweaters, warm
socks and a jacket. Sunscreen and sunhat are advised, as we anticipate (but
cannot promise!) sunshine. Please do bring rain gear in case of rain.

Contact Information:

Please contact Julie Shedko: info@lettucegrowfarm.com with any additional
site-specific questions about Lettuce Grow Farm, and to make reservations for
food and/or camping there. For questions about registration for the Taos
course, please email Kelly Hogan:info@motherearthschool.com.

Summertown, TN course details

Course prices and logistics differ for this course which includes food and
lodging at The Farm!! Please visit Spiral Ridge Permaculture for course
details and registration.




  • [permaculture] Advanced Teacher Training in Youth and Child Permaculture Education /Summer Courses-June 15-21 Taos NM- July 7-12 Summertown TN*, Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 06/08/2014

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