Support you need for the results you want
We help…
1) school divisions reduce classroom anxiety and raise academic achievement in schools
and
2) executive directors with environmental education programs to initiate, revise, and expand educational programming…
…in order to create communities of happier, healthier, empowered people.
Your students, your staff, your communities all need this.
A rising number of studies from fields such as medicine, psychology, public health, and education show positive correlations between regular, intentional outdoor education and a person’s physical, mental, emotional, social, and cognitive well-being. Furthermore, the social and emotional benefits that students and educators derive from spending just one hour per week on outdoor learning raise their abilities to think creatively, morally, analytically, and objectively.
Explore Nature By Nurture offers consulting, training, and coaching options to help your team feel confident in teaching effectively outside. Whether we’re working on self-efficacy, outdoor group management, curricular correlations, interpretation, or supporting your adoption of a citizen science project, if you want to get your teachers and students holistic help, we’ve got you covered.
Get excited and inspired
Our trainings and workshops are designed to excite educators about the possibilities and give them immediately actionable strategies and tools. Our experts are informed by data from more than five professional fields, and our experience teaching in formal and nonformal settings allows us to choose among a variety of methods to fit an organization’s situation.
We have worked with staff who come from backgrounds in education, science, and public outreach. Depending on your situation, we’ll recommend a selection of actions and training sessions customized to meet your needs.
Ensure a return on your investments
Stop wasting precious time and money on professional development packages and materials that your staff don’t need or can’t use.
We work with you and your staff to identify critical success factors that are or are not working for you, and we’ll help you put an action plan in place. The result? Your staff walk away from our training and workshops with new ideas, strategies, and enthusiasm, and even better - the supports and confidence they need to implement.
Consulting about Assets and Programs
Don’t lose enthusiasm for outdoor education for want of expertise or a good plan.
Whether you’d like a school-wide plan for maximizing the benefits of your campus features or your teams just need help developing confidence and finding the right projects, our consulting services are about making sure your spaces and projects move your educational goals forward.
Coaching and Mentoring Services
Overcome the challenges of implementing new structures and strategies.
The benefits of outdoor education make the prospect of implementation exciting. But, it’s not always easy and habit is…well…habit. We go beyond the one-and-done workshop model to help administrators, educators and students through the unexpected and tough moments that can arise as they practice new skills.
“….Her wit and sense of humor make learning fun and her scientific content knowledge is impressive. Her passion for the out-of-doors and for inspiring others to make discoveries for themselves is unmatched. "
— Gretch Boeren, Virginia Science Teacher and Environmental Educator for Roanoke City Dept. of Parks & Recreation
