Good Natured Learning
GROWING NATURE-CONNECTED SCHOOLS
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We make bringing nature’s proven and wide-ranging benefits into schools easy and attractive to teachers, administrators, and students with a low-cost, immediate, and scalable approach.
Teaching Outdoors
Training
Our foundational in-person professional learning experience empowers PK-12 educators to integrate routine, modest, bite-sized nature connections into the way they teach. We call this “apple-a-day” nature-based learning.
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Offered in site-specific formats, including 2-hour, half-day, and full-day sessions.
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Designed for educators in every grade level and subject area.
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Participants experience nature as both the content and context for high quality learning.
Teaching Outdoors Challenge
​With in-person and online components, our multi-week professional learning community supports educators to develop and refine their outdoor teaching skills on the job, in their classes and with their students.​
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Participants engage in scaffolded hands-on practice to effectively integrate outdoor instruction into their routine teaching practices.
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Multi-week structure can be scheduled to match every school calendar.
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Available in facilitated or self-directed formats, both highlighting collaborative learning and personal reflection.
Good Natured Fellowship
Our year-long Fellowship provides a comprehensive professional learning experience for teacher-leaders dedicated to integrating nature into their instruction and sharing their expertise with colleagues and beyond.​
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The experience begins in the summer with a 5-day, 4-night immersive retreat in nature to build a close-knit community of practice and support.
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Fellows gather virtually and in-person during the course of the school year to improve their skills, solve challenges, and deepen their practice.
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Utilizing a train-the-trainer model, fellows complete the program ready to provide school or district level professional development for colleagues as in-house nature-based education ambassadors.
Good Natured Consulting
From conducting teacher surveys to facilitating community focus groups to recommending materials for your unique outdoor spaces, we’re with you every step of the way to successfully implement nature-based education. ​
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Tailored service to meet your school or district wherever you are in your journey.
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Adapt and leverage existing school systems to support outdoor learning.
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Guidance on topics from honoring learning differences in outdoor classrooms to site-specific risk management.