Teacher's Conservation Workshop
The Teacher’s Conservation Workshop is free week-long workshop for educators who want to incorporate the environment into their everyday curriculum. This workshop is designed with the teacher in mind with hands-on activities and field trips allowing you to learn the latest techniques in forest management that can be utilized in the classroom.
From the forest, to the products. Learn about the wood using industries and the care taken to ensure future forest health. This workshop explores economic links between natural resource management and stewardship.
Formore information, please e-mail Lisa at llynn@tnforestry.com or call 615.883.3832
Two workshops are held each summer. You have your choice of attending the University of Tennessee in Knoxville or Pickwick Landing State Park, Pickwick Dam. This course is considered a graduate course in Natural Resources and can be taken for graduate, undergraduate, or continuing education credits through the University of Tennessee. Participants are responsible for their own tuition.
For more information on obtaining this course credit, please e-mail Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck, Associate Professor at UT at wclatterbuck@utk.edu or call 865.974.7990
This course is free to participants, however we do ask for a $25.00 reservation fee to hold your place in the workshop. This fee is refunded the last day of the course.
There have been over 450 teachers trained in Teacher's Conservation Workshop as to date
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"What Teacher's say about the "Teacher's Conservation Workshop"
"This was one of the best workshops I have ever attended obtained a wealth of knowledge that I could carry back to the classroom and begin to use immediately. I found this workshop to be stimulating, practical and full of information that is applicable to my specific needs as a teacher."
Debra Lynne Rogers
Michle, TN
"Teachers work hard all year to motivate students. In turn, we need motivation. For me, this came in the form of the Teacher's Conservation Workshop. Nature has inspired me to coordinate hands-on programs all year. My own family has to continually tell me "keep my eyes on the road" because I just can't stop looking at the trees."
Pamela Bowker
Franklin, TN