Virginia Project Learning Tree
Facilitator Training
New KentForestryCenter
July 16-18, 2013
Virginia Project Learning Tree is offering facilitator training onJuly 16-18at the Virginia Department of Forestry’s New Kent Forestry Center located at 11301 Pocahontas Trail, Providence Forge, VA 23140. The prerequisite for facilitator training is previous participation in a full-day Project Learning Tree®(PLT) PreK-8 Educator Workshop or PLT Early Childhood Workshop. All newly trained facilitators are expected to lead or co-facilitate at least one PLT workshop within 18 months of being trained. There is a $30 registration fee which covers all meals, lodging, and materials.
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Tuesday, July 16: Early Childhood Workshops
7:00 a.m.Breakfast
8:30 a.m.Registration
9:00 a.m.Welcome & Agenda Overview
Icebreakers, Elements of the Agenda
Role of the Facilitator
9:30 a.m.What is Environmental Education?
History of Project Learning Tree
PLT Program Overview
Environmental Education in Virginia
10:00 a.m.Benefits & Barriers of Going Outside
#19 Viewpoints on the Line
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.Activity Design #1 The Shape of Things
11:30 a.m.Teaching Children about Nature
Quality Environmental Education Practices
NoonLunch & Scenario Cards
12:30 p.m.Walk through the PLT EC materials
Resources at
How Young Children Learn
1:15 p.m.Depart for Education Center
Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood – sample activities
2:45 p.m.Return to Conference Center / Break
3:00 p.m.Resources at connect.plt.org
Sample Agendas
3:30 p.m.Agenda Planning
4:00 p.m.Share Agendas
Questions?
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Optional Evening Activities
More Early Childhood Art Activities
Leaf Printing T-Shirts
Wednesday, July 17: PreK-8 Workshops
7:00 a.m.Breakfast
8:00 a.m.Icebreakers, Elements of the Agenda
Responsibilities, Role of the Facilitator
8:45 a.m.Activity Design: How Teachers Use PLT
National and State Correlations
9:45 a.m.Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences
Differentiated Instruction
#8 The Forest of S.T. Shrew
Reading Connections
#36 Pollution Search
Technology Connections
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.Meaningful Watershed Educational
Experiences on Cypress Trail
#45 Web of Life
#48 Field, Forest, & Stream
NoonReturn to Conference CenterLunch
12:45 p.m.Energy Kits, Secondary Module Activities
2:00 p.m.E-walk through “All of PLT”
Virginia PLT Website
Virginia Naturally
2:30 p.m.Workshop Design / Themed Workshops
Selecting and Leading Activities
3:00 p.m.Break
3:15 p.m. Planning workshops
Advertising workshops
4:00 p.m.Review and Questions
#51 Make Your Own Paper, ActivityKits
5:30 p.m.Dinner in Williamsburg
Optional Evening Activities
Thursday, July 18: Practice Workshops
7:00 a.m.Breakfast
8:00 a.m.Workshop Assignments
Groups plan workshop elements
9:00 a.m.Participant-led workshop(s)
11:30a.m.Remaining Facilitation Questions
NoonishLunch, Certificates and Evaluations
Happy Trails
AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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VirginiaPLT Facilitator Training
@ New Kent Forestry Center, July 16-18, 2013
Application Form – Due June 28
Name______E-mail______
Organization______Title ______
Address ______
City/State______Zip Code______
Phone (Work)______(Home)______
You are applying to join a network of 200 trained facilitators in Virginia. Please help us learn a little bit about your interest in PLT by thoughtfully completing the following questions.
I have attended the following PLT workshops. List dates and types of workshops.
Name the five PLT activities you use most frequently with students or other groups.
Name special events or local educational programs where you’ve incorporated PLT activities and explain how.
Why do you want to become a facilitator?
What type of PLT workshop(s) are you most interested in leading?
I understand that my attendance at this facilitator training is a commitment to facilitate (or co-facilitate) one workshop in the next 18 months.
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Signature
REGISTRATION DETAILS FOR JULY 16-18
Name ______
Special Dietary Requirements______
Lodging is provided at the New Kent Conference Center, possibly 2 people per room, for anyone who is unable to commute. Information on the Conference Center is available at . Please indicate the nights you will need lodging and the meals you will attend:
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Lodging
Monday, July 15
Tuesday, July 16
Wednesday, July 17
Thursday, July 18
REGISTRATION FEE: $30, payable to the “Virginia Forestry Association-PLT Fund”
This fee covers all meals, lodging and materials.
QUESTIONS? Contact Lisa Deaton, VirginiaPLTState Coordinator at
804/966-2201, ext. 115 or
804/512-2933 cell
EMAIL or FAX YOUR FORM (pages 2 and 3) TO:Lisa Deaton
VirginiaDepartment of Forestry
11301 Pocahontas Trail
Providence Forge, VA 23140
FAX 804/966-9801
Sponsors of the Virginia Project Learning Tree Program
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