The Walden Woods Project offers seasonal week-end workshops for educators  to reflect on our lives and teaching through an exploration of the natural world in Walden Woods and beyond.  These gatherings use encounters with the natural world as a focus for reflection on the connection between who we are with what we do. 

Voices from the Land:

Exploring Language & Landscape, Art & Culture

October 1 & 2, 2011  

Saturday 8:30 am - 3:30 pm and Sunday 8:30 am - 1 pm

Presented by the Monarch Teacher Network and hosted by the Walden Woods Project

Where:  Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods at 44 Baker Farm Road, Lincoln, MA

Who Should Attend:  Teachers ranging from pre-K through high school level; informal educators  are welcome, too. 

Workshop Description:   Voices from the Land uses a natural landscape as inspiration for workshop participants to explore the power of written and oral language, digital photography, performing arts, online publishing… and the power of working collaboratively with other people. Through the Voices process, students design and publish books and/or posters showcasing their art and poetry and sharing it with their school, community, and beyond.

Voices of the Land Project:  is sponsored by EIRC, a New Jersey public agency that has provided education programs and services to schools and communitities since 1968.   To learn more about Voices from the Land, go to www.MonarchTeacherNetwork.org.

   What to Bring:   Dress for the weather.   This workshop will be canceled only in the event of severe weather.

• Lunches (both days)
• Digital camera (if possible bring a USB cable, card reader and memory stick)
• Water bottle
• Journal and/or notebook and pens
• Rain gear, warm clothes, and a set of dry clothes and shoes (if needed)
• Optional: a lap top computer
• Optional: pair of rubber waterproof boots
 

Cost: $99 - Grant-funded scholarships are available to sponsor a limited number of educators at a rate of $50 per person.  Space is limited; applications are accepted on a first-come first serve basis. 

Registration:   To register, download this registration form and mail the form and your check to Voices at EIRC, 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite 200, Mullica Hill, NJ 09062-4446.  To fax your forms dial 856-582-4206.

Questions: Contact Erik Mollenhauer at 856-582-7000 ext 128 or email erikm@eric.org

PDPs/CEUs:  10 hours