Professional Development

Educator Workshops

Through our workshops, educators can receive instruction in conducting hands-on activities that can be immediately incorporated into the classroom. You have the option of joining our regularly scheduled workshops, or sending an email request for one to be set up for your school or group. Topics of these workshops may include, Creole Culture, Project Learning Tree, Place Based Learning, Teaching about Water, Climate Change, and more!
Workshops are open to all current and future educators! This includes teachers, school leaders, camp directors, home school leaders, an after-school leaders, religious group leaders, and students seeking a degree in any of these areas. We look forward to having you!

 

2022 Workshops:

 

The program promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources through its classroom-ready teaching aids.

Project WET

Project WET, Project WOW! & PLT

June 9th, 2022 9am - 3pm

Join us for a three-in-one workshop including Project WET, Project WOW! (Wonders of Wetlands,) and Project Learning Tree! This workshop is for teachers, educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth ages preschool through 12th grade. Join us for a day of exploring environmental education in one of your National Parks in this program provided in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture Forestry.
All participants will receive a set of activity guides, and a teaching supplies favor bag. Lunch will be provided by the Natchitoches Soil and Water Conservation District.

 

BSCS Science Learning

Invitations to Inquiry with FieldScope

Get students working with real-world data from citizen science projects using FieldScope!
In this workshop learn about Invitations to Inquiry with FieldScope, which are 2–4 class period environmental science instructional materials. These materials provide educators and students an initial experience with asking and answering questions by analyzing environmental community and citizen science (CCS) data. They are also designed to support educators and students in sensemaking using scientific data, making progress toward the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) practices of analyzing and interpreting data and constructing explanations.

 

PLT’s workshops are highly engaging and active learning experiences that provide participants the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to teach environmental education.

PLT

Project Learning Tree

January 22, 2022

Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. Join us to discover more ways to use the environment to engage children in learning both outside and indoors.

All participants receive a PLT ActivityGuide worth $25. Workshop is free of charge thanks to our partnership with the US Forest Service and the USDA.

 

Teachers come work with us through the Teacher Ranger Teacher program!

NPS

Teacher Ranger Teacher

The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program is an extended professional development opportunity for K-12 classroom teachers to learn about the resources and educational materials available through the National Park Service. Teachers selected as Teacher-Rangers spend the summer working with Park staff on education projects, learning about park resources and visitor services, and developing lesson plans to use in their classrooms. Once they return to their schools, teacher-rangers bring their national park knowledge and experiences into the school and classrooms throughout the school year to engage students, faculty, and staff in lessons and activities that relate to Cane River Creole and other national park sites.

The emphasis of the TRT program is to connect National Park areas with teachers and their students who may have little or no experience with National Park Service. The program is a partnership with the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) which administers the program and provides graduate credits to participants.

Teachers selected as a TRT spend 8-10 weeks between June and August working on a specific education-based project that varies from year to year based on the Park's needs. TRTs must commit to a minimum of 240 hours and are automatically enrolled in an on-line graduate course through CU Denver. The tuition is paid by the National Park Service. TRTs are required to submit at least one lesson plan as part of the graduate course.

Cane River Creole accepts applications annually each spring. Please check back for updates regarding TRT opportunities for Summer 2027.

For more information or questions, email the Cane River Creole Education Office.