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In the ever-changing world and field of environmental education, we understand how valuable continuing education is to our members. This is why PAEE is excited and proud to announce our newly formed Professional Development Committee. This committee is devoted to bringing PAEE members meaningful, engaging and relevant monthly professional development sessions at no cost to PAEE members. Topics will vary by month and will be aligned to the NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence for Professional Development of Environmental Educators.
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The PAEE Professional Development Annual Themes are: Best Practices in Teaching, Assessment and Evaluation, Promoting Inclusivity, Research in an Evolving EE Field, and Best Business Practices. They are an adaptation of the NAAEE professional development framework themes for environmental educators and were chosen to collectively represent significant realms of environmental education.
We hope this Committee’s work helps you to expand your knowledge, make connections and reflect and assess your practices. Check this page for updates as information on speakers and registration becomes available.
We hope this Committee’s work helps you to expand your knowledge, make connections and reflect and assess your practices. Check this page for updates as information on speakers and registration becomes available.
AUGUST 25, 2021 - ROUNDTABLE: OVERCOMING "FAILURES" IN EE
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Details to come.
Free for members, $5 for nonmembers.
Have questions about this session? Email Stacey for more information!
Free for members, $5 for nonmembers.
Have questions about this session? Email Stacey for more information!
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 Nature Mindfulness in your EE Programming and Daily Life
12 - 1:00 PM
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In recent years, a new nature movement has emerged that includes traditional conservation and sustainability, but gives special attention to the right of every child to the benefits that nature brings to children’s physical and mental health and their ability to learn and create. This movement is based on a growing body of scientific evidence that points in the same direction: there are many physical and mental benefits from being outdoors and we also know there is a deficit of a nature connection, for all ages. In this presentation, Tara Muenz, conservation ecologist and Assistant Director of Education at the Stroud Center, will review the scientific literature of the benefits of nature, share resources that every EE provider should have in their toolkit about this topic, and example activities of nurturing nature connections in your programming. Additionally, she will share her personal journey in developing a friendship with the earth that has helped her to heal on many levels and guide you into practices to nourish your own relationship with the planet.
Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Have questions about this session? Email Julie for more information! |
Trained as a conservation ecologist and community educator, Tara is interested in creating meaningful experiences that bring us into a more reverent relationship with our planet. She has over 20 years traveling worldwide, assisting individuals and communities in connecting with the heart of the earth so that all can flourish. She practices a “less is best” way of life, often seeking the beautiful stillness of the natural world as her greatest source of joy. Check out her website tara.muenz.com for free meditations and supportive ways of being with the planet.
