September 2011-present.
Monthly Green School Committee Meetings.
Our Green School application process was started by 3 teachers in 2011 and now includes the entire school. Our committee meets on a monthly basis. Everyone has access to our Green School files to document the green school activities our staff was teaching.
Students are involved in the application process!
Students became involved in the application in July of 2012. They became our "weebly experts" by creating student Weebly's focused on "Saving the Chesapeake Bay."
Also, during the summer of 2012, students and staff began participating in Outdoor Education trips and projects as Baltimore Lab School Watershed Stewards. This was made possible by a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. After attending Chesapeake Bay Foundation trips students were motivated to investigate issues and ask questions. As a result of this process, teachers facilitated the completion of action projects through their academic classes.
All staff and students are aware of the Green School application process.
Additional students and staff were invited to join our application process in November of 2013. A Google doc was created to form the outline for the application and share the responsibility of documenting information with the whole school.
Let's give a big shout out to Nancy Feldman! Her students in 11th grade started an online environmental blog for everyday living, www.greencamera.weebly.com. The students added documentation and photographs to www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com starting in November of 2013.
Monthly Green School Committee Meetings.
Our Green School application process was started by 3 teachers in 2011 and now includes the entire school. Our committee meets on a monthly basis. Everyone has access to our Green School files to document the green school activities our staff was teaching.
Students are involved in the application process!
Students became involved in the application in July of 2012. They became our "weebly experts" by creating student Weebly's focused on "Saving the Chesapeake Bay."
Also, during the summer of 2012, students and staff began participating in Outdoor Education trips and projects as Baltimore Lab School Watershed Stewards. This was made possible by a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. After attending Chesapeake Bay Foundation trips students were motivated to investigate issues and ask questions. As a result of this process, teachers facilitated the completion of action projects through their academic classes.
All staff and students are aware of the Green School application process.
Additional students and staff were invited to join our application process in November of 2013. A Google doc was created to form the outline for the application and share the responsibility of documenting information with the whole school.
Let's give a big shout out to Nancy Feldman! Her students in 11th grade started an online environmental blog for everyday living, www.greencamera.weebly.com. The students added documentation and photographs to www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com starting in November of 2013.
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September 2012-May 2013. Master Watershed Steward Course. Watershed Stewards Academy, Arlington Echo Green Center.
Outdoor Education Coordinator: Patti Child. |
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September 8th and 9th, 2012
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Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS: Wilderness First Aid Training: September 8th and 9th, 2012
Teachers: Amy Kisler, John Mulherin Outdoor Education Coordinator: Patti Child |
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Wilderness First Responder Training: July 2013
Teacher: Karen Yeoman (WFR) |
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Outdoor Education and the Arts Conference. Oct. 2013
Staff: Annette Fallon and Patti Child |
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MAEOE Workshop: Nov. 2013
Staff: Patti Child |
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Sandy Springs Friends School Tour (woodlands, ponds, streams, wetlands and the aerial forest adventure park): April 13, 2012
Staff: Amy Kisler, John Mulherin, Patti Child |
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Middle School Staff Meetings
Middle School staff used staff meetings as a forum to discuss environmentally-themed lessons and share environmental/outdoor success stories before and after Genessee Valley bi annual camping trips. Teachers: Darlene White, John Morgal, Marianne Angelella, Caitlin Gnann, Kara Huggins, Zac Lawhon, Jackie Lesh, Jen Rollo, Amy Weishaar, Daniel Rozmiarek, Karen Yeoman |
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Future Professional Development for all staff members. Tentative date: March 26, 2014. Re-scheduled due to snow days. April 23, 2014.
Allyson Ladley Gibson will lead this Chesapeake Bay Foundation Professional Development Workshop to build confidence as educators and action project leaders.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation staff will be coming to The Baltimore Lab School to run a 1/2 day professional development workshop for our staff. They will use the CBF Issues Investigation Framework to facilitate an application session for our staff that ends in action projects (of various kinds, not just restoration). Everything will be tied to curriculum, standards, and what our staff already work with. They will present lots of options, grant sources, and ways to tie action projects to classroom work. Our students do field experiences with CBF and other Environmental Education providers, and have the inspiration and spark to take action. This workshop will help our teachers feel confident when they share project ideas and logistical details with students.
Allyson Ladley Gibson will lead this Chesapeake Bay Foundation Professional Development Workshop to build confidence as educators and action project leaders.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation staff will be coming to The Baltimore Lab School to run a 1/2 day professional development workshop for our staff. They will use the CBF Issues Investigation Framework to facilitate an application session for our staff that ends in action projects (of various kinds, not just restoration). Everything will be tied to curriculum, standards, and what our staff already work with. They will present lots of options, grant sources, and ways to tie action projects to classroom work. Our students do field experiences with CBF and other Environmental Education providers, and have the inspiration and spark to take action. This workshop will help our teachers feel confident when they share project ideas and logistical details with students.
Workshop for CBF by BLS Staff. Tentative Date: Summer of 2014.
Workshop by Baltimore Lab School Teachers about techniques for working with students on the autism spectrum at a CBF education staff training. BLS will train the CBF staff on how we work with students with special needs. The CBF staff has been extended an open invitation to visit the Baltimore Lab School at their convenience to observe our students and classes.
Workshop by Baltimore Lab School Teachers about techniques for working with students on the autism spectrum at a CBF education staff training. BLS will train the CBF staff on how we work with students with special needs. The CBF staff has been extended an open invitation to visit the Baltimore Lab School at their convenience to observe our students and classes.
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Monthly "free" Professional Development
Teachers: Donna Huong, Lauren Scally, Pat Vorsteg, Dr. Gwen Grant, Dr. Edwin Oliver, Erika Skoczylas, Dr. Carla Jones, Nurse Molly Watt. 50 High School students in grades 9-12. |
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Project Wet Online Training: August 22, 2013
Outdoor Education Coordinator: Patti Child |
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