Growing Classroom Workshop: Garden-Based Learning for Educators

Where: Alice Birney Elementary School Garden, 717 South Avenue, Eureka. Park in the school parking lot. Signs will lead you to the garden.

When: Saturday, September 28, 2024. Workshop check-in begins at 8:30 AM, and the workshop runs from 9:00-3:30, with a lunch break (lunch provided). This is an active,
hands-on workshop, and we will be outdoors in the garden most of the day.

Who: Humboldt County School Garden Educators & Advocates — including teachers, after-school coordinators, administrators, and other interested school staff. Please be
prepared to share which school garden program you support.

Compensation: Participants will be eligible to receive a $300 educator incentive upon     completion of the workshop.

Workshop Description:
The HCOE Humboldt School Garden Collective invites local school garden educators and advocates to attend a Life Lab Growing Classroom workshop! Participants will learn to use a garden to breathe life into standards-based lessons, promote ecological literacy, encourage healthy eating, and support students’ social development. Using Life Lab’s Growing
Classroom activity guide for grades K-6, participants in this hands-on workshop will experience tried-and-true garden-based lessons linked to Common Core Language Arts, Math, and Next Generation Science Standards; practice basic gardening techniques; and develop management strategies for a school garden program.

We recommend that you bring the following to the workshop:
– Comfortable clothes for working indoors and outdoors
– Comfortable, close-toed shoes
– A hat, sunscreen and water bottle

Facilitator:
Our workshop will be facilitated by Regi Jones. Regi grew up and attended university in North Carolina. Their passion for education began while working with groups of Burmese youth in the summer. That launched me into moving to New Orleans to dive into my curiosity about the connection between food and education, primarily focusing on how food can be used to connect people across cultures and how what we eat is shaped by our own ancestral connections. When I’m not thinking about how to draw young people into those conversations, I love any outdoor activity, trying new foods, and watching That’s So Raven.

Contact:
For more information about the workshop, or to sign up, please email HCOE’s School Garden Coordinator, Jesse Alm (aka Farmer Jesse): jalm@hcoe.org.