Wednesday, July 2nd – Friday, August 8th, 2025
Instructors: Kate Gessford and Kelly Gaskins
Price: $275
Readings and reading responses prior to each session
Virtual course sessions from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Mtn on Wednesdays: July 9, July 16, July 23, and July 30th. Virtual sessions will be held in Zoom.
Follow-up assignment due Monday, August 4th, 2025
In this virtual course, teacher participants will have the opportunity to go deeper into topics of place-based education through a book study. The two book options for the course are The Power of Place: Authentic Learning through Place-Based Education by Vander Ark, Liebtag, McClennen or Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning by Larmer, Mergendoller, Boss. Teacher participants will choose one of the two books to focus on for the course. The flow of the course will include weekly readings, reflection posting, and responses to others reflections. Then there will be a virtual group meeting to discuss key elements, learnings, and applications in further detail. Each virtual session will also give participants a chance to explore a key idea from the reading in further detail. The course will conclude with teacher participants planning a place-based project or unit to implement in the coming school year.
Participants can anticipate spending 15-20 hours over the 5 weeks on course activities.
Teacher participants should purchase the book option of their choice in advance. Book options:
Place-Based Education: The Power of Place: Authentic Learning through Place-Based Education by Vander Ark, Liebtag, McClennen or
Project-based Learning: Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning by Larmer, Mergendoller, Boss.
We encourage teacher participants to purchase the books through a local bookstore.
Would you like to pay for multiple educators to attend this program together? Please email
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Register today:
https://tetonscience.asapconnected.com/#CourseID=223142
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