Colorado PLT offers both in-person and online trainings designed to enhance your teaching skills and increase comfort teaching outdoors – in urban, suburban, or rural environments. Receive multi-disciplinary, hands-on lessons aligned with state standards. Put the materials to use right away in your own classroom, playground, or nature center.
From Passion to Impact: Empowering Environmental Education with Project Learning Tree
When: July 29th 9am-3pm
Where: El Dorado Canyon State Park Visitor Center- 9 Kneale Rd. Eldorado Springs, CO 80025
Cost: $35 includes all materials and a printed copy of PLT’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide Please bring your own lunch.
Join us for an interactive, in-person workshop with Project Learning Tree to level up your environmental outreach and education skills. You’ll gain practical strategies and confidence to effectively share your passion for natural resources with the public
- Discover PLT: Empowering educators and inspiring students since 1976, Project Learning Tree offers educational resources aligned with Colorado State Standards that advance environmental education, forest literacy, and green career pathways.
- Enhance Your Teaching Skills: Learn effective strategies to help with community outreach and engage learners of all ages with high quality forest education materials.
- Build Confidence: Gain the skills and tools to communicate about your critical profession with the general public.
- Connect with Fellow Professionals: Experience PLT activities firsthand and discuss how to integrate them into your existing programs with workshop participants.
Nature’s Rx: Engaging Learners Outdoors for Mental Wellness
When: July 30th 9am-3pm Registration closes July 23rd
Where: CSU Spur, Denver
Cost: $25 includes all materials and lunch. Scholarships and travel stipends are available *
This workshop is for anyone interested in exploring how trees benefit mental health, especially educators looking for actionable ideas to share with their students. We’ll dive into the science behind why trees are so good for us, and you’ll get to participate in hands-on activities that you can immediately take back to your programming.
You’ll also find excellent opportunities to network and form collaborations with other passionate professionals. We’ll help you create an action plan to promote outdoor learning and share valuable tips for teaching outside, including Project Learning Tree activities that foster social-emotional learning.
*Thanks to our sponsors at the Colorado State Forest Service and CSU Spur for supporting this event
Roots of Resilience: Trauma Informed Tools for Education and Outreach
When: 2-4pm August 6th & 13th Participants need to attend both days
Where: Zoom
Cost: *Sliding scale $20, $40, $60
Register: https://caee.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=550
This two part virtual workshop is designed to equip educators and natural resource professionals with essential trauma informed strategies to enhance your work with diverse populations. Whether you’re working in classrooms, community programs, or environmental initiatives, this training provides practical tools for fostering trauma resilience. Through a blend of expert insights and hands-on activities, participants are invited to:
- Engage with the concept of trauma and its effects on learning, behavior, and engagement.
- Explore trauma-informed principles and how they can be integrated into educational practices.
- Practice modifying lesson plans with a trauma-informed approach.
If you’re new to trauma-informed approaches or seeking to deepen your practice, this workshop will support your ongoing efforts to create inclusive, supportive spaces for learning not only for students but educators as well. Learn more about a Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching.
Yasmeen Hossain, PhD
Associate Director of the Oregon Natural Resources Education Program, Oregon State University Extension
Yasmeen has been combining her experience in the mental health field with her background in environmental science for over 20 years, serving as an executive director, trauma practitioner, program manager, educator, and teacher trainer throughout the US and internationally. She is passionate about tending not only to our ecosystems and natural resources but also the people who steward them. Yasmeen earned a PhD from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
*Special thanks to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for providing grant funding to broaden the reach of this training. Free scholarships are available. Please contact PLT Coordinator Danielle Ardrey for information- danielle.ardrey@colostate.edu 970-732-0569
Looking for something else? Request a training for your area or check out one of the online courses below.
Online Courses
Not able to attend an in-person workshop? You can access our professional development anytime and anywhere through our online courses.
