Summer Training at Home

We are excited to announce the launch of Edible Schoolyard Summer Training at Home, a free, multi-month summer program of online training and professional development sessions for the field of edible education. The program will consist of a four-part workshop series on adapting edible education to remote and home learning and a three-part panel series on the core values of Our Pledge to Public Education for Children and Farmers: nourishment, stewardship, and community. 

All sessions will be offered at no cost. See the calendar below for more details and event registration links. Every workshop and panel is designed to be a stand-alone experience. You do not need to register for the whole series or have attended previous classes to participate. We've introduced a lottery based (rather than first come-first served) sign-up model designed to give everyone a chance at securing a spot for the live workshops.  

Adapting Edible Education to Remote and Home Learning

This workshop series will focus on adapting curriculum and instructional strategies to support students through rich, experiential learning that can take place at home. While the workshops are focused on designing for distance learning, the lessons within are valuable for all educators seeking to create student-centered learning experiences. Selected workshops will include group discussion sections and opportunities to dig deeper immediately following the workshop. 

Edible education typically takes place during in-person, hands-on classes.  This workshop will highlight curriculum design strategies for adapting edible education to distance learning and support participants to begin planning new lessons. 

Gardening and cooking have rich connections with every academic subject.  This workshop will outline approaches for building rich cross-curricular lessons through studies of food. 

Distance learning requires different approaches to instruction than classroom (or kitchen and garden) based learning. Participants in this workshop will learn a variety of instructional strategies for distance learning and identify the ones that fit their teaching style best. 

Distance and home learning do not have to be limited to virtual experiences.  This workshop will feature exciting examples of blended learning that support students in learning offline and engaging with the world around them.

The Edible Schoolyard Values - Exploring Intersections

Our summer panel discussion series will explore the values of Nourishment, Stewardship, and Community. These conversations will feature thought leaders in dialogue about the intersections of edible education and related fields. Following the webinars panels, participants will have opportunities to ask questions and engage in follow up discussions. 

Nourishment: Reimagining our Resources - September - Date TBA

Community: Edible Education & Equity - October - Date TBA

Stewardship: Curriculum for the Climate Crisis - November - Date TBA

Edible Schoolyard Summer Training 2019 

Summer Training 2019 gathered 80 educators from 14 states and 4 countries at the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley.  For four days in late June the group shared best practices and lesson plans, learned from one another in garden and kitchen based skill shares, visited local partner organizations addressing food insecurity, used design thinking to reenvision the cafeteria experience, and discussed key issues in edible education including culturally relevant curriculum and avoiding food shaming. 

Read what training attendees had to say about their experiences:

"I will always remember the mutual respect that you all have for creating an environment of wonder, learning, respect and positivity! Kudos!"