The Global, Environmental & Outdoor Education Council
Welcome to GEOEC! An Alberta Teachers Association Specialist Council.
GEOEC is your resource for teaching in the area of global, environmental, and outdoor education. Become a member, take part in our Conference and Workshops, receive teaching ideas and information, and bring environmental education into your classroom. You can stay involved and be part of our community by following us on social media.
Welcome to GEOEC! An Alberta Teachers Association Specialist Council.
GEOEC is your resource for teaching in the area of global, environmental, and outdoor education. Become a member, take part in our Conference and Workshops, receive teaching ideas and information, and bring environmental education into your classroom. You can stay involved and be part of our community by following us on social media.
January & February 2021 - UPCOMING EVENTS!
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Around the Camp Fire
with GEOEC Thursday, February 4th 7:00pm to 9:00pm We would love to chat with you about all of the AMAZING things going on in your classrooms. Like most camp fire chats we are hoping to have a very open mic forum around outdoor education topics and format. We just want the chance to connect you & other incredible teachers around the province. |
GEOEC is proud to sponsor the training & certification of Project Wild! Saturday, February 6th, 2021 Project WILD is a wildlife-focused conservation education program for K-12 Educators and their students. GEOEC Members only pay the shipping of supplies ($100 in savings)!! REGISTRATION IS LIMITED ! If you are interested in this workshop please register below |
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The Bunnyhill Experience: A First-Year & Pre-Service
Teacher Workshop November 19th, 2020, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Missed out on our Bunnyhill Webinar? Here is a PDF File that has all the incredible presenters contact information and how you can find out more! |
Outdoor Council of Canada
Field Leader Training & Certification Program To Inquire about future courses please click the email link below! Successful graduates will be certified as OCC 'Outdoor Field Leaders' with a 'Hiking' specialization. This course is suitable for anyone wanting the FL (Hiking) certification, or planning to become an instructor of this course. Don't miss out on this amazing training certification program! Follow this link to register and for more information. |
The Outdoor Playlist: Volume2
Presented by GEOEC Missed out on our Alberta Outdoor Play-List Webinar? Here is a PDF File that has all the incredible presenters contact information and how you can find out more! |
The Outdoor Playlist: Volume2
Presented by GEOEC Event is closed! Check out our information below for handouts The series will feature a handful of environmental and outdoor education service providers as guest speakers, acting as a one-stop-shop for educators to find out how they've adopted their programs and how teachers can get their classes involved. Not only will you hear from many of the top school service providers in Alberta, but we will be giving out FREE RESOURCES! |
2020 Fall Update
Dear Members and Associates,
Welcome back to another school year! I hope you had a wonderful summer and found time to head outdoors with your families, even though your plans might not have been what they originally were many months ago. I know I personally had some amazing adventures right here in our own backyard here in Alberta. Not sure if I would have adventured as much in local areas in a typical, busy, tourist year without the changes that took place.
So, what does this school year look like for GEOEC? This past weekend our Executive Team was able to make a great strategy plan for the implementation for another excellent year. We hope to continue our trend and offer many high quality Professional Development and Workshop events for teachers across Alberta. More than ever, educators and schools are taking kids outside, for all subjects, all grades and all kind levels of experiences. While we know teachers and students could access the outdoors at any time before all these world changes, it is a nice silver lining to see the outdoors become such an important learning environment for some. We at GEOEC want to make sure that you educators are provided with the best support, knowledge and information on how to get outside more, where to go, what to deliver, and why we need more time outside!
In the next few weeks you will see emails and social media updates on GEOEC Workshops and PD Events. Most events this year will be web-based meaning that you can take part in them from anywhere in Alberta. Being the nature of our council, we still have plans to get out to different parts of the province for hands-on PD and workshops. At all times, health and safety will be front and center, working closely with the ATA and AHS to ensure proper delivery.
We are wishing everyone a wonderful school year and are looking forward to connecting with each of you. Please remember to take time for yourself, family and friends throughout this year. The outdoors can be an excellent place for us to recharge, escape and clear our thoughts. Sometimes we work so hard to take our students outdoors, we forget that we might need that quiet, fresh air break as well.
If you need anything at all this year, please do not hesitate to contact us. It would be our pleasure to connect with you.
All the best
Court Rustemeyer
GEOEC - President
Dear Members and Associates,
Welcome back to another school year! I hope you had a wonderful summer and found time to head outdoors with your families, even though your plans might not have been what they originally were many months ago. I know I personally had some amazing adventures right here in our own backyard here in Alberta. Not sure if I would have adventured as much in local areas in a typical, busy, tourist year without the changes that took place.
So, what does this school year look like for GEOEC? This past weekend our Executive Team was able to make a great strategy plan for the implementation for another excellent year. We hope to continue our trend and offer many high quality Professional Development and Workshop events for teachers across Alberta. More than ever, educators and schools are taking kids outside, for all subjects, all grades and all kind levels of experiences. While we know teachers and students could access the outdoors at any time before all these world changes, it is a nice silver lining to see the outdoors become such an important learning environment for some. We at GEOEC want to make sure that you educators are provided with the best support, knowledge and information on how to get outside more, where to go, what to deliver, and why we need more time outside!
In the next few weeks you will see emails and social media updates on GEOEC Workshops and PD Events. Most events this year will be web-based meaning that you can take part in them from anywhere in Alberta. Being the nature of our council, we still have plans to get out to different parts of the province for hands-on PD and workshops. At all times, health and safety will be front and center, working closely with the ATA and AHS to ensure proper delivery.
We are wishing everyone a wonderful school year and are looking forward to connecting with each of you. Please remember to take time for yourself, family and friends throughout this year. The outdoors can be an excellent place for us to recharge, escape and clear our thoughts. Sometimes we work so hard to take our students outdoors, we forget that we might need that quiet, fresh air break as well.
If you need anything at all this year, please do not hesitate to contact us. It would be our pleasure to connect with you.
All the best
Court Rustemeyer
GEOEC - President
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Mark Your Calendar - MORE PD Opportunities!
October 14 - Getting comfortable with outdoor learning (in all kinds of weather)
October 18 (Deadline to Apply) - Environmental Student Action Challenge October 21 - Take Me Outside Day October 3, 4, 17, 18, 24, 25 - Flight of the Golden Eagles October 1-31 - ParticipACTION's Great Big Move Challenge October 2020 (Launch Date) - Climate Action Project November 7th - Project Wild Training Workshop & Certification (limited spots) November 19th - The Bunnyhill Experience: First-Year and Pre-Service Teacher Workshop |
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The GEOEC members want to hear from you!
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Have a great story from your classroom?
Perhaps you have a great outdoor experience with your students that you want to share?
Even better idea...get your students to share a story or two!
GEOEC is always looking for submissions for our Connections Journal!
Guidelines for Contributors:
Articles from all educators are welcome. Classroom teachers especially are invited to consider writing about topics that interest them. Submissions are requested that will stimulate personal reflection, theoretical consideration and practical application. Teachers appreciate articles that present differing perspectives; innovative classroom and school practices; recent literature reviews; trends and issues; research findings; descriptions, reviews or evaluations of instructional and curricular methods, programs or materials.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about submitted an article!
Contact us! connections@geoec.org
GEOEC - Award Nominations 2020 - 2021
Do you know a Teacher or Educator who is has done some outstanding work in the field of Global, Environmental and Outdoor Education?
If you know someone who deserves recognition in their field please take the time to read through our award applications and submit one today!
Do you know a Teacher or Educator who is has done some outstanding work in the field of Global, Environmental and Outdoor Education?
If you know someone who deserves recognition in their field please take the time to read through our award applications and submit one today!
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