ADJUSTMENTS THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE TO KEEP TOUR'S GOING. >>> IN A TWO-PART SERIES WE ARE
EXPLORING 4@OUTDOOR EDUCATION,
HOW IT'S WORKING FOR ONE NATURE-
BASED SCHOOL, AND NOW IN PUBLIC
EXPLORING 4@OUTDOOR EDUCATION, HOW IT'S WORKING FOR ONE NATURE- BASED SCHOOL, AND NOW IN PUBLIC@
SCHOOLS.
ADMINISTRATORS ARE LOOKING FOR
SAFER ALTERNATIVES TO 4@IN PERS
LEARNING.4@ 4@
>> LAST NIGHT WE SHOWED YOU HOW
IT WAS 4@WORKING IN A SMALLER
DISTRICT LIKE GEORGETOWN WERE
STAFF AND PARENTS COME TOGETHER
TO CREATE NEW CLASSROOMS4@ AND
HELP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS
WITH REINDEER, HATS, AND GLOVES.
CAN THIS WORK IN A LARGE
DISTRICT? 4@
WE SPOKE WITH THE OUTDOOR
LEARNING COORDINATOR.4@
EQUIPPING THE LARGEST CITY WITH
THE GEAR TO GET OUTSIDE THE
CLASSROOM.
>> THE COLOR CODE FOR SCHOOLS
IN 4@A SECOND MAINE COUNTY IS
BEING DOWNGRADED4@ BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
>> GETTING STUDENTS BACK INTO
THE CLASSROOM SAFELY HAS BEEN A
COVID-19. >> GETTING STUDENTS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM SAFELY HAS BEEN A@
TOP PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF
PARENTS, TEACHERS, 4@AND STAFF.
>> THE FIRST DAY WHEN THE KIDS
CAME IN THE DOOR WE 4@WERE SO
THRILLED TO SEE THEM AGAIN.
TO HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE IN
PERSON TIME TO BUILD OUR
COMMUNITY BACK 4@TOGETHER.
>> THE PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE @
THAN 6000 STUDENTS FROM PRE-K
TO FIFTH 4@GRADE.
KIDS 4@ARE SPLIT INTO TWO COHOR@
. THEY COME TO CLASS II DAYS A
WEEK THEN LEARN REMOTELY THE
REST OF THE WEEK. RECENTLY THE
SCHOOL HAS 4@ADDED NEW OUTDOOR
CLASSROOMS.
>> WE HAVE SOME IN THE WOODS
THAT ARE NOT4@ NATURAL.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE MORE OUT
IN THE SUN.
WE HAVE 4@SUNSHADE.
>> WE GET EXACTLY 50 HOTDOG
BUNS.
>> SCHOOLS4@ ARE USING THE SPAC
AROUND TH4@E BUILDING TO LET
THEIR STUDENTS READ A LITTLE
EASIER WELL FOCUSED ON
CLASSWORK.4@
>> THE MOST CONNECTION HAPPENS
WHEN YOU 4@ARE FACED TO FACE AN
YOU GET TO WORK EVERY SINGLE
DAY WITH 4@THES4@E KIDS.
IT'S APPARENT AND EVIDENT IN 4@
OUR CONNECTION WE GET 4@TO SHAR
IN THIS SPACE TOGETHER.
>> SOMETIMES THE CLASSWORK
CONNECTION LOOKS LIKE THIS.4@
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S ALMOST
EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE
INSIDE A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM.
>>4@ OUR INITIAL GOAL WAS TO JU
GET OUTSIDE AND DO WHAT WE DO
INDOORS OUTDOORS.
NOW FOLKS ARE STARTING TO ASK
HOW CAN I TEACH ABOUT THE
LEAVES IN THE SCIENCE GOING ON.
NOW WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT
PROVIDING CURRICULUM FOR THAT.4
>> OUR MUSIC TEACHER HAS BEEN
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
WONDERFUL OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS TO
BRING HER STUDENTS OUTSIDE TO
LEARN ABOUT THE NATURAL
PHENOMENON HAPPENING AROUND US
LIKE TREES CHANGING COLORS.
THEY ARE SINGING SONGS ABOUT
TREES, AND THE SEASONS.4@
THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND
MORE.
WE COULDN'T DO THAT INSIDE4@ IT
>> SETTING UP OUTDOOR
CLASSROOMS TAKES WORK AND
MONEY.
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE IT'S ALL
APPROACH.
CLASSES WITHIN THE SAME
BUILDING NEED4@ 4@DIFFERENT THI
AND EACH BUILDING WITHIN A
DISTRICT'S DIFFERENT.
>> HIGH SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING TO
HAVE BETTER WI-FI ACCESS.
I THINK IN TERMS OF4@ THE LEVEL
OF PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT
WE ARE TRYING TO GET DEVICES
INTO STUDENTS HANDS FIRST AND
THEN TACKLE HOTSPOT4@ WI-FI
ISSUES BECAUSE THERE ARE
DEFINITE TIMES WHEN THEY WOULD
BE HELPFUL FOR TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HOP ONTO THEIR DEVICES.
>>4@ SHE 4@IS THE INTERIM OUTDO
LEARNING COORDINATOR GETTING
EACH SCHOOL OUTFITTED 4@FOR MOR
IN PERSON LEARNING.
>> WE ARE AT APPROXIMATELY
$120,0004@. THAT 4@OUTFITS 5000
STUDENTS4@ WITH LEARNING KITS.
WE HAVE OVER 156 OUTDOOR
LEARNING SITE AT OUR 17
BUILDINGS.
>> SOME OF THAT WAS COVERED
THROUGH THE FEDERAL CARES ACT.
THE REST HAS COME FROM POPULAR
NEIGHBORS.
>> WE HAVE GOTTEN 4@BUCKETS,
WHITE BOARDS, FOLDING CHAIRS.4@
WE HAVE DONATED4@ AND BUILT 4@2
EASELS WITH UNITED WAY GREATER
PORTLAND.
>>4@ TELLER HAS BEEN GETTING HE
FROM THE 4@FOUNDER OF THE NATUR-
BASED SCHOOL JUNIPER HILL DOING
OUTDOOR LEARNING FOR 10 YEARS
NOW IN THE TOWN OF OMA.
>> THERE CONSULTANTS FOR ANTIOCH
UNIVERSITY AND NOW THEY ARE
DOING THIS WORK. 4@
I TEACH COURSES ON SETTING UP
THE FOUR WALLS OF THE CLASSES
OUTDOORS.
>> EDUCATION SHOULD INVOLVE THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY4@ AND SO FAR
WI4@TH EACH OF THE PUBLIC SCHOO
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO GET 4@THE
STUDENTS OUTSIDE. 4@
RIGHT DOWN TO MAKING SURE EACH
CHILD HAS THE RIGHT GEAR TO
STAY OUTSIDE AS THE WEATHER
COOLS DOWN.
>> ADMINISTRATORS SAY WE CAN'T
GET4@ THESE YOUNG PARENTS TO CO
TO PARENT NIGHT4@, OR EVEN A
CONFERENCE. 4@NOW THE PANDEMIC S
HAPPENED VIRTUALLY THEY ARE
SHOWING UP 4@IN DROVES.
>> RIGHT NOW AT THE COMMUNITY
SCHOOL IN PORTLAND THE GOAL IS
TO HAVE STUDENTS OUTSIDE FOR
50% OF THEIR TIME 4@AT SCHOOL.
THAT WILL LIKELY CHANGE COME
WINTER.
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
>> REQUIRING MATERIALS TO GET
OUTSIDE.
THESE STRUCTURES THAT ARE GONN4
HAVE TO AT EACH BUILDING4@.
THEY'VE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL IN
DESIGNING THESE AND ENGINEERING
THEM FOR US.4@
PHASE 3 IS HATS AND GLOVES FOR
OUR STUDENTS THAT CAN'T PROVIDE
THEM FOR THEMSELVES.
WE 4@ARE TALKING WITH OUR
FOUNDATIONS ABOUT THAT.4@4@
>> IN THE MEANTIME TEACHERS
LIKE ALLISON, IN HER SECOND
GRADE CLASS ARE HAPPY FOR MORE
TIME TOGETHER.
>> AS A TEACHER RIGHT NOW IT'S
HARD TO PUT IN ALL THE TIME I
WOULD LOVE TO GROOM THESE BASES
AND GET4@4@ THE KIDS WHAT THEY
NEED.
IF THERE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY 4@YOU ARE 4@PASSIONAT
ABOUT GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE AND
KEEPING THEM SAFE OUTDOORS TO
REACH OUT4@ TO THEIR COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN
HELP.
>> IF YOU'D4@ LIKE TO SEE PART
ONE OF OUR SERIES IN WHICH WE
EXPLORED THE MODEL 4@OF JUNIPER
HILLS SCHOOL A LITTLE DEEPER
HEAD TO THE 207 SECTION OF OUR
WEBSITE OR MOBILE 4@APP .