WORKSHOP

Forests and Forestry in a Landscape Context:

A Community Based Learning Program for School Forests

 

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  • When:  July 23-27, 2007

  • Where:  University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Campus (lodging and meals are provided free of charge)

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  • Maximum enrollment:  30

  • Graduate credit: 1 or 2 credits are available w/ $200 stipend per participant

  • Contact:  Nick Hylla, nick@wfrea.org, 715-295-0458

 

Audience

Educators with interest in developing education programs to better utilize their school forest or other forested sites.

 

 

Workshop Overview

 

The Wisconsin Forest Resources Education Alliance (WFREA), the LEAF School Forest Program, Dovetail Partners Inc., and the Wisconsin Woodland Leadership Institute are offering a five-day, community-based learning course for K-12 teachers and non-formal educators. The course will focus on forest management in the context of Wisconsin’s social and ecological landscapes.  

 

The workshop will provide information, model activities, and development tools to help educators develop interdisciplinary, standards-based forestry field programs. The course will utilize the LEAF Lesson Guides and exemplify project-based learning practices. It will integrate existing LEAF field lessons from K-8 and introduce a suite of new field lessons developed to complement the 9-12 LEAF lesson guide. 

 

Thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB), a $200 graduate credit stipend, equipment, and resources will be available to each participant.

 

 

Content

You will receive lessons and information that emphasize the following content areas:

  • Physical and Cultural Geography

  • Community Development

  • Economics

  • Forest Ecology

  • Forest Management

  • Land Use

  • History

  • Field Research

*See the draft syllabus.

 

It is our goal that each participant leave the course with a personalized community-based education handbook and the knowledge, skills, and resources to implement a program at their school.

 

Methodology

The workshop uses teaching methodology from:

Skills and Processes

You will begin to develop the following skills:

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Plant Identification

  • Forest Measurement

  • Habitat Typing

  • Community Asset Mapping

  • Issue Investigation

  • Systems Thinking

  • Logical Framework Analysis

  • Performance-based Assessment

Equipment

You will receive the following software and equipment:

Resources

You will receive the following resources:

Primary Instructors

Sites

We will utilize and visit a number of sites in Central Wisconsin, including:

  • UWSP-College of Natural Resources

  • Boston School Forest

  • Schmeekle Reserve

  • Point Log Homes

  • Marth Manufacturing

  • Samsel Saw Mill

  • Gimme Shelter Construction

  • The Midwest Renewable Energy Association

  • Scandanavia Timber Framing

  • Wisconsin Family Forest Managed Woodland

 

Graduate Credit

  • 1 or 2 graduate credits are available through UW-SP with a cost of $328 per credit (subject to change)

    • NRES 741 - Special Topics in Forestry: Forests and Forestry in a Landscape Context

    • NRES 603 - Environmental Education Curriculum Resources:  Community-based Forestry Education

     

  • a $200 stipend is available to each participant thanks to WEEB and the Woodland Leadership Institute

 

Cost

  • The workshop is free, but you are required to send a $50 refundable deposit to reserve your space in the course. The $50 will be refunded during the workshop.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



PO Box 841, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Tel: 715-295-0458       Fax: 715-295-0584       E-mail: nick@wfrea.org


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