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Teacher Enhancement Training Program

For several years, The Mountain Institute ran a series of Teacher Enhancement Workshops at our Spruce Knob Mountain Center. K-12 teachers from across West Virginia and the country came for multi-day trainings in Environmental Science and Cultural Heritage. Below are images taken from those sessions. Currently TMI hosts a three day teacher training as part of a long term watershed education program, Potomac Stream Samplers: Caring for Our Watersheds from the Mountains to the Sea. Continue to check this site as more teacher enhancement opportunities become available in the future!

August 6-8, 2007: Potomac Stream Samplers:
Caring for Our Watershed from the Mountains to the Sea (BWET)

Photos of Previous Teacher Training Workshops

 

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Distance from-
Pittsburgh, PA: 4hrs Charlottesville, VA: 2.5 hrs
Washington D.C.: 4.5hrs

Teachers on a 'Bio Blitz' at Blister Swamp.
Teachers on a 'Bio Blitz' at Blister Swamp.

Teachers work together to create their own lesson plans and then practice on each other.
Teachers work together to create their own lesson plans and then practice on each other.

 

Teachers work together to create their own lesson plans and then practice on each other.
Teachers take tree core samples to determine the age of a grove of Red Pine

 

Having fun can be the secret ingredient to a successful lession!
Having fun can be the secret ingredient to a successful lesson!

Much emphasis is placed on 'doing' rather than lecturing and workshops are designed to get teachers outside.
Much emphasis is placed on 'doing' rather than lecturing and workshops are designed to get teachers outside.

Special guest intructors, such as locally renown botanist Robert Hunsucker, enhance the experience.
Special guest intructors, such as locally renown botanist Robert Hunsucker, are brought in to enhance the experience.


Mountain Geography July 6-11, 2003 Workshop:
Mountain Geography July 6-11, 2003 Workshop:
Kneeling: Debra, Dana, Elizabeth, Kevin
Standing: Wayne, Don, Don, Jim, Alton, Davey, Hope, Leslie
Mountain GeographyJuly 13-18, 2003 Workshop:
Mountain Geography July 13-18, 2003 Workshop:
Kneeling: Kevin, Beth, Lyn, Betsy, Elizabeth, Debbie
Standing: Wendy, Sherry, Brad, Alton, Ann, Nikki, Tim, Tammy, Don, Pam, Jody, John, Pat, Mary Jo, Ann, Georgia
 The Combined Biodiversity and Watersheds Weekend (Oct 3-5, 2003)
The Combined Biodiversity and Watersheds Weekend (Oct 3-5, 2003)
Kneeling: Patrick, Pete, Otto
Standing: Jill, Monica, Robert, Natalie, Jason, Heidi, Laurie, Mike, Alton, Patricia, Shannon, Barbara, Peggy, Pat
 Mountain Geography (the Folklore Weekend) (October 17-19, 2003)
Mountain Geography (the Folklore Weekend) (October 17-19, 2003)
Kneeling: Alton, Elizabeth
Standing: Brenda, Anna, Linda, Shannon, Bettie, Allison, Jan, Jackie, Wanda, Sandra, Gerry, Jane, Lori, Lynette, Melissa, Tim, Dorothy, Carol, Michelle, Nancy, Alice, Jo Ann, Jason, Heidi, Mary Alice

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