Day to Day in the Workshop

As all good professional development should be, this place-based education workshop is structured around daily goals, objectives and themes as well as meals and snacks. Each day we take a morning tea at about 10:30 am, …

Digging Into Damphu

The past two days, workshop participants, Leslie and I have really been ‘digging’ into connecting with this place this place, Damphu, Bhutan, literally and figuratively. The service learning project was kicked off with exploration stations, …

Place-Based Education workshop kicks off in Bhutan

The 10-day Place-Based Education Workshop kicked off at the Damphu Higher Secondary School on Saturday, January 11. Twenty-four teachers are in attendance and do represent each and every dzongkhag in Bhutan. The Damphu Higher Secondary School could not be a more perfect location for the program (stay tuned for photos of the campus). …

Arrival in Bhutan & Reconnecting with Friends

After several long days of travel, I arrived in Bhutan at about 11:30 am local time on Thursday, January 10. If you are interested in the travel details, I wrote up some “Route Talk” below (thanks to This American Life for that idea!). …

Return to Bhutan 2014: Place-Based Education Professional Development

From January 9 – 24, 2014, I will be returning to Bhutan and meeting Kate Bodey (faculty from Teton Science Schools who has been traveling in India for the past 3 weeks). Kate and I will be continuing Teton Science Schools’ partnership with the Ministry of Education in Bhutan as supported by the Peterson Education Initiative. …

TVCS Summer Programs in Full Swing

The Summer Science Adventure programs at the Teton Valley Community School in Victor, ID have been in high demand this summer!

TVCS offers two different types of programming for children every summer. The “Young Naturalists” …

Wildlife Expeditions Adds Hiking Adventures

Wildlife Expeditions is excited to now be offering naturalist guided hikes in the Bridger-Teton National Forest! The day has come for our esteemed biologists to follow the footsteps of the Murie’s and provide their naturalist skills while on the trail. …

AmeriCorps Make Our Programs Top Notch

Since May 27, we have been lucky to work with a crew of 19 enthusiastic and talented AmeriCorps volunteers at the Jackson Campus. They moved here for the summer from across the country to serve 450 field education hours each, …

PLACE Program Year 3 Kicks Off

The third year of the Place Learning and Civic Engage (PLACE) program kicked off during the last week of June and continued through July with workshops in Jackson Hole, Cheyenne, Laramie, Saratoga, and Casper, WY. …