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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.

This 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, 2023
Location: 
Springfield, OR

In 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, 2023
Location: 
Clackamas, OR

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, 2023
Location: 
Crow, OR

Experience and explore lessons from Project Learning Tree's (PLT) Explore Your Environment guide and Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom (Oregon AITC). Take the ready-to-use curriculum and materials back to your students! Intended for formal and nonformal K-5 educators.

Registration for this workshop has been extended and will remain open until 5 PM on Tuesday, April 18th.

Date: 
April 19, 2023
Location: 
Tualatin, OR

Designing habitat for wildlife is a powerful way to engage students in environmental learning and stewardship through an outdoor classroom. This workshop is intended for K-8 classroom teachers and features the National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats Planning Guide.

This workshop is full and registration has closed.

Date: 
April 15, 2023
Location: 
Forest Grove, OR

Engage students in crayfish and water quality investigations while interacting with and learning how to include NGSS into your learning environment. Learn how you can be a part of The River Mile network's Crayfish Study. Participants receive Project WILD’s Aquatic WILD guide
Registration for this workshop has closed.

Date: 
April 7, 2023
Location: 
Coos Bay, OR

This workshop will feature instructional tools from the BEETLES Project (beetlesproject.org) that will equip Natural Resource and STEM professionals with the skills and self-efficacy to facilitate equitable and engaging lessons with youth at educational outreach events, including outdoor school.

Registration for this workshop has closed.

Date: 
April 4, 2023
Location: 
Cove, OR

During this in-person workshop, Early Childhood Educators and Providers will be introduced to Project WILD’s Growing Up Wild Activity Guide to use as a tool for nature exploration with their 3-7-year old’s.

This workshop is full and registration and the waitlng list have been closed.

Date: 
March 16, 2023
Location: 
Silverton, OR

Educators, join us at the Bureau of Land Management’s Cathedral Hills Trail System to experience and explore nature journaling, a flexible, engaging, and adaptable teaching tool that helps students develop both scientific and social-emotional competencies. Intended for formal and nonformal 3rd- 8th grade educators, but all grade level educators are welcome.

Registration for this workshop has closed.

Date: 
March 7, 2023
Location: 
Grants Pass, OR

Registration for the Conference and/or Envirothon Training has ended.

Date: 
December 14, 2022 to December 15, 2022
Location: 
Silverton, Oregon

This workshop is FULL and registration has closed.

Join us for this interactive, online, workshop, the first to explore newly modified Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities! The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR) chose 3 activities to supplement and infuse with their culture and Indigenous Knowledge to make them place-based; one for K-2 grade students, one for 3-5 grade students, and one for 6-8 grade students.

Date: 
November 1, 2022 to November 3, 2022
Location: 
Online

As part of the Malheur Fall Professional Development Day this interactive and hands on session will explore SB 13 and how activities from the new Explore Your Environment Project Learning Tree K-8 Guide can complement Tribal History, Shared History lessons and our Indigenous neighbors’ perspectives.
The Regional Educator Network has made all session open to Malheur, Grant, Harney, Lake, and Wallowa County educators.

Date: 
October 7, 2022
Location: 
Ontario, OR

Would you like a little bit of practice using trauma-informed strategies and tools to support your students?
In early 2022, ONREP published the Trauma-Informed Toolkit - A Resource for Educators . It is a resource document on trauma and trauma resilience including practical strategies and tools for educators, and an example of applying a trauma-informed lens to a fire ecology lesson plan.
In this workshop educators will have the opportunity to discuss, practice, and apply some of the strategies and tools mentioned in the toolkit.

This workshop is full and registration has closed.

Date: 
September 22, 2022
Location: 
Online

Would you like a hands-on introduction to salmon & trout for your students? The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fish Eggs to Fry (FETF) program brings salmon and trout eggs into learning experiences - to be raised in an aquarium and then released into the wild. Educators get an introduction to ODFW’s FETF program and receive Project WILD’s Aquatic WILD curriculum.

Date: 
September 17, 2022
Location: 
Eugene,OR

As part of the Malheur Fall Professional Development Day, we will explore SB13 and how activities from the new Explore Your Environment Project Learning Tree K-8 Guide can complement Tribal History, Shared History lessons and our Indigenous neighbors' perspectives.

Date: 
September 1, 2022
Location: 
Ontario, OR

This workshop has been cancelled and will be rescheduled..

This workshop is intended for formal 3rd - 8th grade educators of Salem-Keizer Schools.

This in-person* workshop has a primary focus on water and water quality education. Activities we will explore are from Project WILD’s Aquatic WILD, Keizer's Adopt a Stream, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Date: 
August 23, 2022
Location: 
Keizer, OR

Come to this engaging workshop to learn from the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) about their history, first foods, effects of climate change, seasonal rounds and more.

Registration for this workshop has closed.

Date: 
August 16, 2022
Location: 
Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton, OR

Early Learner Series, August 2022
Each of the two online workshops in this series is a standalone workshop and educators are encouraged to register for one or for both.

Registration for this PLT workshop has closed.

Date: 
August 11, 2022 to August 12, 2022
Location: 
Online

Early Learner Series, August 2022
Each of the two online workshops in this series is a standalone workshop and educators are encouraged to register for one or for both.
Have you noticed how innately curious young children are about the natural world around them? Are you interested in getting your early learners outside and in nature more often? Join us for an interactive workshop about how to connect young children to the natural world.
Participants of Workshop 1 will receive Project WILD’s Growing Up WILD guide

Registration has closed for Early Learner/Growing Up WILD..

Date: 
August 2, 2022 to August 4, 2022
Location: 
Online

Spend a few days this coming summer with Oregon Natural Resources Education Program, Willamette National Forest, and Friends of Fish Lake for this first ever geology, hydrology, and history immersion workshop.
This workshop is full and registration has closed.

Date: 
August 2, 2022 to August 4, 2022
Location: 
Fish Lake Remount Depot, McKenzie Bridge, OR