September 22 – November 17, 2025
This fall AEEA is offering two online eeCourses to advance professional learning for educators. Teaching and Learning Outdoors is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources to take learning outdoors. This course should take you approximately 8-10 hours to complete.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Complete an outdoor learning plan which includes goals and objectives, getting support, inclusion, classroom management, location(s), curriculum connections, weather, safety and necessary materials and supplies.
- Articulate your case and include at least five research/evidence-based benefits of teaching outdoors.
- Have a working definition and be able to provide examples of what outdoor learning is for you as a teacher.
- Identify potential barriers for your students and articulate ways to minimize or eliminate those barriers.
- Identify and assess at least five outdoor learning opportunities for your students.
- Express the who, what and how of strategies for gaining the necessary support for your short, medium and long term outdoor learning goals and/or projects.
- Identify strategies for successful outdoor learning which include overall strategies, management of students, adapting for weather and using technology outdoors.
- Compare and contrast the learning environments of an indoor classroom space and outdoor learning space to more effectively teach outdoors.
Three scheduled Zoom meetings are an essential part of this course. These times could be adjusted by 30 minutes earlier.
- Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 – 7:30 pm
- Monday, September 23, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
- Monday, October 14, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
If you are interested in the course, but have a conflict with these dates, contact Sophia Stephenson at director@arkansasee.org.