Read about the EduCulture Project in the June 19th, 2009 Bainbridge Island Review article Farming's Future is in their Hands
Global Source Presents our Third Annual
Food, Farming, Culture & Education
Summer Institute
July 27-31,2009
9:30am-4:30pm (with optional evening programs)
A week of exploring the possibilities for teaching and learning about
food and farming in elementary and secondary education
Suyematsu/Bentryn Farms
8989 Day Road East, Bainbridge Island, WA
Betsey Wittick of Laughing Crow Farms shows highschool teacher Eric Hoffman how to steer a draft horse
(photo by Kathryn Keve)
Presented in collaboration with:
Bainbridge Island Vineyards
Laughing Crow Farm
Trust for Working Landscapes
Bainbridge Island School District
Healthier Kids Bainbridge
Leiter Family Foundation
Clovis Foundation
and others.
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The food we eat is the landscape we create.
- Gerard Bentryn, Bainbridge Island Vineyards
This week long intensive professional learning experience will take place amidst the natural beauty and agricultural richness of one of the oldest, most continuously farmed, working landscapes in our region, which is being transformed into a center of learning of K-12 and community based education. The institute is aimed at supporting educators in building their professional repertoire around cornucopia of food and farm related subject areas. Grounded in place-based education and framed around a curriculum for our bioregion, we explore the possibilities for enriching teaching and learning and bridging classroom and community. We are creating pathways for practicing education for sustainability and building stronger relationships between farms, classrooms, and lunchrooms. It has been a wonderful opportunity to practice the integration of scholarship, stewardship, citizenship, and sustainability. This is a great opportunity to be professionally fed and feed others!
- An in-depth exploration of authentic, meaningful and comprehensive ways to bridge classroom and communities with your teaching and learning.
- A lived experience to inform and cultivate a more lived curriculum.
- Deepens your professional repertoire and connect to people, places, projects and possibilities that enrich and enliven your teaching about
issues that we, as educators, already feel responsible for in our curriculum.
- Experience the sustainable farming and agrarian ideals practiced at Day Road Farms.
- Explore the possibilities of developing your own project
with a local farm or starting a school garden.
- Learn about local food.
- Explore the multicultural heritage of farming on Bainbridge Island.
- Hands-on farming activities and demonstrations
- Featured practitioners involved in regional sustainable agriculture and local food movements
- Evening events for participants and the wider community, from film screenings to guest speakers
- Spend time with our ever expanding collection of curricular resources and models for bringing farming and food to life for K-12 education.
- and there is more in the works!
Click Here for Current 2009 Summer Institute Itinerary (pdf)
Tuesday, July 28th, 7-9pm
Community Forum, Being a
Locavore: Creating a Bainbridge Island Report Card
Join for us a public dialogue on how we define and practice local food and farming as an Island community.
Location: 8989 Day Road East, Bainbridge Island
To RSVP, contact Global Source, 206-780-5797 |
Here is what participants had to say about last year's summer institute experience:
The program was thoughtfully designed and I felt we were pushed to consider a lot of aspects farming /agriculture and education… It was an amazing experience. I felt it was a very worthwhile institute and it fed my soul as well as my educational interests…Just getting my hands in the dirt and being on my knees was a powerful experience. – High School Teacher
I’d have to say the personalities of the Day Road Farmers and historical Bainbridge Islanders were a highlight for me. I also found it very valuable to be at the institute with others from our school to see how they plan to use the farm. Being a primary teacher, the “hands-on” experience solidifies the learning for me. I came up with so many ideas during that quiet time we spent walking around on our own. – Elementary School Teacher
Beautiful rasberries from Suyematsu Farms
About our 2007 Summer Institute
About our 2008 Summer Institute
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Program
Information:
Enrollment is open to 25 Participants.
At least 25 clock hours will be available (additional fee).
Tuition:
Paid before June 1st, $275 for Global Source members, $295 for others.
Paid after June 1st, $295 for Global Source members, $315 for others.
A $45 deposit is required to to
reserve a place in this program (refundable up to two weeks before the start of the program).
Lunch and Refreshments is included.
Institute Handbook is included.
Download a Registration Form
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**Program subject to change.
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have any questions or would like to learn more about this
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