This session will help nonformal and environmental educators prepare for leadership responsibilities rarely covered in traditional training. Led by Jonathan Marchal and Chip Freund, the session will explore practical approaches to skills such as marketing, hiring, budgeting, grant administration, supervision, and evaluation while helping participants identify peer expertise and conference connections that can support growth.
Chip is a former product marketing executive in the technology sector. In 2017 he began his encore carrer as a full-time fine art landscape and nature photographic artist and public speaker. Chip holds a BA with a double-major in environmental biology and computer science from Wittenberg... Read More →
What if your students saw nature as a design lab, not just a landscape? In this interactive workshop, you'll tackle a real NC environmental problem by heading outside to find nature's solution. You'll leave the workshop with a changed perspective on problem-solving and an inquiry method you can run anywhere, with any age, next week.
Discover what’s holding back school–community environmental education. This session reveals key barriers faced by middle grades educators, highlights inequities in access to partners, and invites you to help shape practical, justice‑centered solutions that make hands‑on, community‑rooted learning possible for every student!
