Session 1: Introduction to Place-Based Learning (Grades K-7)
Professional Development Webinar for Teachers | October 23 at 9:00 a.m. (PT)
What if your local forest, shoreline, neighbourhood, or schoolyard could become a classroom? This introductory session will explore the foundations of place-based learning and how educators can use the places and communities around them to create meaningful, hands-on learning experiences for students in Grades K–7. Participants will leave with new ideas for connecting place-based approaches to everyday classroom learning and the B.C. curriculum.
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Meet the Speakers
Cèilidh Smith
Cèilidh Smith is the Education Program Manager at Sierra Club BC, where she leads the organization’s environmental education and professional development programming for educators and youth across British Columbia. She holds a Master of Forestry from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Her approach to education centres justice-oriented, community-centred, and place-based learning, with a focus on creating opportunities for young people to build meaningful relationships with the lands and waters around them.
Photo Credits: Mya Van Woudenberg