Tales from the Field
Tale from the Field: How Our BEETLES Implementation Was a Learning Experience for Everyone Involved
May 21, 2019: Tales from the Field
By Keith Williams, Executive Director, Richard Garber, Director of Education, and Salena Garber, Education Manager, NorthBay, Elk Neck State Park, Maryland. (Note: This post was originally published in the BEETLES Guide for Program Leaders. Check the Guide for Program Leaders publication out for additional implementation support and Tales from the Field.) When Daksha and I came […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: Improving Teaching and Learning Through Shifts in Program Policies (2 of 2)
April 10, 2019: Tales from the Field
Tara Fuad and the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy in San Diego, California, attended a BEETLES Leadership Institute in the summer of 2017. Tara has done a lot in the year and a half since attending the Institute and has used BEETLES materials and approaches to transform the way teaching and learning happens at her site. Part 1 […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: Improving Teaching and Learning Through Shifts in Program Policies (Part 1 of 2)
March 21, 2019: Tales from the Field
Tara Fuad of the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy in San Diego, California, attended a BEETLES Leadership Institute in the summer of 2017. She’s done a lot in the year and a half since attending the Institute and has used BEETLES materials and approaches to transform the way teaching and learning happens at her site– but […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: Inquiry Fever With Students
August 21, 2018: Tales from the Field
What can BEETLES activities and approaches look like with a group of students? Outdoor science education consultant and past BEETLES Leadership Institute attendee Sarah Johnson writes about introducing several foundational BEETLES student activities and Exploration Routines on the first day of a summer camp, and an experience of “Inquiry Fever” and exciting student-led investigations that followed. […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: BEETLES in a Day Program
July 17, 2018: Tales from the Field
When BEETLES began hosting Leadership Institutes, we focused on Residential Outdoor Science Schools. Over later Leadership Institutes, we have expanded our audience to other outdoor educational programs including nature preserves, day programs, nature centers, garden programs, and other types of programs. Luana Rivera Palacio of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy attended our December 2017 Leadership […]
Read More »BEETLES Strategies in History Programming
June 25, 2018: Tales from the Field
The Ocean Institute Outdoor Education Department attended the BEETLES August 2015 Leadership Institute in Santa Cruz, California. The Ocean Institute has a well-respected outdoor science program, and they also run a large history program for 4th graders in California. The Ocean Institute has used what they learned at the BEETLES Leadership Institute to strengthen their […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: Engaging and Managing Students Applied to Teen Outdoor Experiences
May 23, 2018: Tales from the Field
Xander Tartter, a former field instructor with San Joaquin Outdoor Education and Walden West Outdoor School, now runs BOLD & GOLD, an outdoor leadership program for the San Francisco YMCA. Here, he shares how some of the key concepts and strategies in the BEETLES Guide to Engaging and Managing Students in Outdoor Science apply to […]
Read More »Tale from the Field: Inter-Institute Collaboration on Professional Learning for Elementary School Teachers
April 6, 2018: Tales from the Field
Sarah Johnson of Wild Rose Education and Sara Monson of Walking Mountains Science Center are both based in western Colorado. They attended two different BEETLES Leadership Institutes– in August and December 2017, and had heard of each other prior to the Institute. Sara Monson had grant funding from the EPA to facilitate a daylong workshop […]
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Tale from the Field: After a Leadership Institute
January 15, 2018: Tales from the Field
When Jamee Puccio and Paige Marley returned to their organization after participating in the BEETLES August 2017 Leadership Institute, they got right to work using some of the resources they’d been introduced to. Jamee wrote to us to share her experience and we thought she so perfectly articulated the combination of excitement for improvement and […]
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Tale from the Field: Birding on the Trail
December 2, 2017: Tales from the Field
By Ian Gledhill At Shady Creek Outdoor School, it is not uncommon to have a kid screaming with delight when they identify a bird. Birding is fun because birds are pretty, it’s science, a competition, and just like Pokemon, you gotta catch ‘em all. We teach that birds are nature’s storytellers, and we give kids […]
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