Previous Workshops Below is a list of some of the previous professional development events ONREP has offered. Often workshop topics are presented again at a future time. If you have a specific request for a workshop topic, please do not hesitate to contact us. ONREP can often create tailored workshops to meet the needs of Oregon educators. Integrating Climate Education and Student Action Into ClassroomsRegistration for this workshop has closed. High school educators, are you interested in bringing climate-based student leadership projects and actions into your classrooms? Please join ONREP plus SubjectToClimate and Our Future Student Leadership Network to learn more about how secondary teachers across all subject areas can find lesson plans and other resources and integrate action items into the classroom, in partnership with a student climate leadership network. Date: April 23, 2024Location: OnlineFind out more Touch the Earth: Sensory Natural Learning Experiences for Early Learners Registration for this workshop has closed. In this workshop, educators of young children will have the opportunity to explore and practice ways to promote positive nature learning experiences for early learners. Participants receive Project Learning Tree's Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood guide and music CD. Date: April 21, 2024Location: Brookings, ORFind out more Green Jobs: Connecting Science with Career Opportunities Registration for this workshop has closed. Revised workshop now offering expanded curriculum! Hear first-hand from natural resource professionals and STEM researchers how their careers relate to your lessons in the sciences, sustainable forestry, and conservation. We also will include a focus on green career pathways of Black professionals in the U.S. All participants will receive at no cost: Project Learning Tree’s Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers curriculum and Project Learning Tree’s The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers Date: April 20, 2024Location: Eugene, OR Find out more Cancelled: Early Learner Nature Observations: In and Out of the Classroom Early Childhood providers and educators, join this interactive workshop and explore tools and curriculum to help you get your young students engaged in nature, both inside and outside of the classroom. This workshop has been cancelled. Plans are to reschedule for this fall. Date: March 14, 2024Location: Silverton, OR Find out more ODS/ONREP: Learning From Arthropods at Outdoor School - Supporting Students’ Curiosity, Awareness, and Engagement Join us in this workshop to explore ways to integrate arthropods into your teaching across multiple subject areas, and delve deeper into all the ways humans and arthropods are connected. Registration for this workshop has closed Date: March 14, 2024Location: Boring, OR Find out more ODS/ONREP: Gear up for Outdoor School - Nature Explorations This workshop has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Come to this workshop to learn how you can support your students as they gear up to attend outdoor school! We will explore a range of strategies for developing comfort with outdoor learning, naturalist skills, field trip behaviors and mindfulness. We will also share Project WILD and Nature Journaling activities. Date: February 12, 2024Location: Central Point, ORFind out more Get WILD: Learning Outside with Your K-5 Students Join us in this workshop to explore how and why getting kids outside is one of the best ways to engage with STEM activities and support them to build an appreciation for the natural world. Participants will receive Project WILD and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s Tribal History curriculum, Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: February 9, 2024Location: Beaverton, ORFind out more Teaching About Climate Science: Into, Through, and Beyond At Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center, "students are scientists" as they monitor the forest, collecting data used in climate science analysis. During this hands-on workshop, we will explore the model, resources, and tools that Yakona employs, and discuss ways that participants can replicate the data collection model at their site. Participants will explore and receive Project Learning Tree and Project WILD guides. Series over 2 Saturdays; January 27 & February 10, 2024. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: January 27, 2024 to February 10, 2024Location: Newport, ORFind out more ODS/ONREP: Things that Go Bump: Teaching about the Night, Darkness, and Nocturnal LifeThis outdoor, evening, workshop will introduce educators to the basics of nocturnal outdoor education, including astronomy, facilitating sensory activities like night hikes, and how to teach about nocturnal animals such as owls and bats. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: January 20, 2024Location: Silverton, ORFind out more ODS/ONREP: Black Oregonians’ Connection with Nature: Historical Context and Current Realities Come to this workshop series to learn about the historical context of the Black Oregonian experience in the outdoors - including uncomfortable truths about lived experiences, current realities, and what environmental educators can do to support fostering joy in nature connection. Series over the course of 3 Wednesdays: January 10, January 17, and January 24, 2024 Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: January 10, 2024 to January 24, 2024Location: OnlineFind out more OFRI & ONREP Natural Resource Educators Conference 2023 and Envirothon TrainingThis in-person conference will focus on the social, economic and ecological aspects of Oregon’s natural resources. The optional second day is training for Oregon Envirothon 2024. Registration for the Conference and Envirothon training have closed. Date: December 11, 2023 to December 12, 2023Location: Silverton, ORFind out more Introduction to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians & Vesper Meadow’s New Curriculum “Fire Ecology and the Human Relationship”This workshop is full. The registration list and waiting list have closed. Date: November 14, 2023 to November 16, 2023Location: OnlineFind out more ODS/ONREP: Integrating Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) SB13 Lessons into Classroom and Outdoor Learning Join us to learn about the history, culture, and natural resources of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Educators will be introduced to SB13 lessons created by CTUIR and will explore how to integrate them in classroom and outdoor learning settings, such as outdoor school. This workshop includes a guided tour of the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: October 28, 2023Location: Pendleton, ORFind out more Early Learner Nature ExplorationJoin this workshop to explore activities, art, math, literature, music, and movement to connect early learners to nature. Whether you regularly use the outdoors as a classroom or are new to taking students outdoors this workshop will provide tools, strategies, and hands-on resources to increase the quantity and quality of using nature as a learning setting. Participants receive Project Learning Tree’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood guide Date: October 18, 2023Location: Eugene, ORFind out more ODS/ONREP: Teaching the Whole Student with Nature Journaling Experience and explore nature journaling, a flexible, engaging, and adaptable teaching tool that helps students develop both scientific (NGSS) and social-emotional competencies. Whether you’re preparing your students to get the most out of an outdoor school experience, or hoping to develop inquiry in your very own schoolyard, nature journaling can be the multitool in your outdoor education tool kit. Date: September 26, 2023Location: Grants Pass, ORFind out more STEM Garden Education: Hands-on HarvestRegistration for this workshop has closed. Would you like to integrate more hands-on garden education into your fall curriculum? Come explore a variety of resources in environmental literacy and STEM related to harvesting, eating and planting Oregon’s fall crops. We will explore several hands-on activities using Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom lessons and kits. Educators will receive ready-to-go lessons to engage your students and the choice of a complimentary children's book for your classroom library. Date: August 19, 2023Location: Forest Grove, ORFind out more Cancelled: 2023 Summer Regional Experience for High School Teachers: Great Northern Basin, In Person, Burns This event has been cancelled. Date: June 21, 2023 to June 22, 2023Location: Burns, ORFind out more ODS/ONREP BIRDS! (and how to teach about them), in person, SpringfieldThis hands-on and approachable workshop will introduce formal and non-formal outdoor school educators (such as 5th or 6th grade teachers and outdoor school providers) to birds and birding, including how to observe, identify, and learn about birds before, during, and/or after outdoor school.No prior birding experience necessary. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: May 24, 2023Location: Springfield, ORFind out more ODS/ONREP: Integrating Outdoor School and the Classroom through Outdoor Learning , In Person, ClackamasIn this workshop, 5th-6th grade educators will be introduced to lessons and activities that focus on what educators can do before/after outdoor school to prepare their students and extend the learning that happens at outdoor school. Participants will explore and recieve Project Learning Tree’s Explore Your Environment Activity Guide. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: April 28, 2023Location: Clackamas, ORFind out more Trees as Plants - Gardens to Forests, In Person, Crow 3rd - 5th grade educators, spend a Saturday with us and celebrate Earth Day as we explore trees as plants. Workshop participants will receive PLT's Explore your Environment: K-8 curriculum and more resources. Registration for this workshop has closed. Date: April 22, 2023Location: Crow, ORFind out more