Professional Development
Birds Georgia's professional development workshops train PK-12 educators how to teach core concepts in STEM and other subjects through birds, their lives, and their conservation. Teachers receive training using Birds Georgia’s Learning About Birds curriculum, as well as resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Council for Environmental Education.
Taking Wing is a 40-hour continuing education opportunity for teachers and other environmental educators. The program includes field investigations led by professional ecologists and ornithologists; instruction on Georgia’s birds and native plants; an introduction to community science projects aimed at birds; and hands-on outdoor learning experiences to take back to the classroom. Through the course of a full academic year, participants will implement the training by developing a bird-related unit or community science project with their students, which participants will share with the group during the final one-day spring workshop. Launched in 2012, 170 educators have been trained, and these teachers reach hundreds of students each year. Program participants consistently report that Taking Wing is not only the best professional development they have attended, but that it is life changing as well.
To learn about upcoming professional development workshops or schedule a training for your group, please email Melissa Paduani, Education Program Manager.
Taking Wing is a 40-hour continuing education opportunity for teachers and other environmental educators. The program includes field investigations led by professional ecologists and ornithologists; instruction on Georgia’s birds and native plants; an introduction to community science projects aimed at birds; and hands-on outdoor learning experiences to take back to the classroom. Through the course of a full academic year, participants will implement the training by developing a bird-related unit or community science project with their students, which participants will share with the group during the final one-day spring workshop. Launched in 2012, 170 educators have been trained, and these teachers reach hundreds of students each year. Program participants consistently report that Taking Wing is not only the best professional development they have attended, but that it is life changing as well.
To learn about upcoming professional development workshops or schedule a training for your group, please email Melissa Paduani, Education Program Manager.
