Winding up the Workshop with the Best Tea in Bhutan
Our 10-day workshop ended on Monday, January 20. The final three days of the workshop were geared towards the teacher participants transferring their learning back to their own schools, classrooms, and communities. The teachers also participated in a series of leadership initiatives as they pondered how to lead other teachers in their school & …
Integrating Place-Based Education in the Bhutanese Curriculum: From Theory to Practice
The essential questions, what is place-based education (PBE) and why is PBE important, were explored during the first half of the Damphu workshop. By day five, participants asked questions around how to integrate PBE into the existing curriculum and the feasibility of doing so, …
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. …
36th Annual Fundraising Auction
Teton Science Schools’ 36th Annual Fundraising Auction is on August 24, 2013 from 3:00 – 7:00 pm at the Jackson Campus. This year’s theme is ‘Lights, Camera, Auction!’ Please join us for a fun-filled day of both live and silent auctions, …
