Each day of the week-long program, educators will experience time in the field that will focus on Michigan wildlife, forests, freshwater resources and other related topics. In addition, DNR has partnered with conservation and education organizations and programs to train teachers on how to successfully use the most renowned conservation education curricula in America.
Teachers who participate will be certified to use Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, Project WET, the Leopold Education Project, and the Waste Information Series for Education (WISE). The DNR will provide these curricula materials to participants at the workshop.
Your cost for this initial workshop is $195. This includes room and board at the DNR's MacMullan Conference Center and a plethora of conservation education materials.
In addition, credit options will be available from Central Michigan University. (Participants are responsible for fees associated with college credit)
The academy begins with registration and check-in between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, and concludes with lunch on Friday, July 25. For information about registration, contact Kevin Frailey, Fraileyk@michigan.gov or call 517-373-7306.
The DNR has organized teacher training programs since 1937. As a result of the department's early success with these programs, the Higgins Lake Training School was opened in 1941. In 1972, this campus was renamed in honor of DNR Director, Ralph A. MacMullan, but is more popularly known as the RAM center.
Register early, space is limited.
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