PLACE-BASED EDUCATION INSTITUTE
Place-Based Education Institute
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) designed the Place-Based Education (PBE) Institute to benefit classroom teachers who are new to place-based teaching and student learning. GLSI launched the PBE Institute in 2024 to help teachers develop their understanding of:
- the core principles of place-based education,
- associated benefits and research-based findings,
- cross-curricular standards alignment opportunities,
- best practices and implementation strategies, and
- the elements of GLSI’s Place-Based Stewardship Education model.
Participants will also gain exposure to connections between place-based education and Great Lakes ecosystems and related issues by exploring resources from NOAA’s Great Lakes B-WET Meaningful Watershed Education Experience framework and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy Principles.
By the end of the institute, participants will have the skills and tools necessary to take their next steps in using place as a context for learning.
The Institute takes place across six Zoom-based sessions, so you can attend from anywhere.
Why Attend the Institute?
Institute participants say it best!
This was an exceptionally well thought out and organized course.
– 2024 PBE Institute Participant
I like how much detail was provided and all of the speakers were very helpful, understanding, and enthusiastic! This was an awesome professional development!
– 2024 PBE Institute Participant
The level of trust, information, and support was phenomenal.
– 2024 PBE Institute Participant
I really enjoyed the cameraderie of the Institute, and the encouragement offered to us teachers in the work we perform.
– 2024 PBE Institute Participant
Upcoming Institutes
WINTER 2025
The Institute will take place across six Zoom-based sessions from 4:30pm–6:00pm ET on the following Wednesdays:
- February 12
- February 19
- February 26
- March 5
- March 12
- March 19
Upon participation in the institute, participants will receive access to 2 hours of one-on-one coaching from a Place-Based Education Guide (fulfilled at the timing and request of the participant over the following year to support next steps with PBE), follow-on support from GLSI throughout the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, and access to a private peer exchange and mentorship community platform space.
30 participant scholarships are available for the winter 2025 institute that allow cost-free participation for eligible K-12 educators in the Great Lakes basin. Scholarship awardess will also receive a $200 stipend upon completion of the institute.
GLSI will work with institute participants to support fulfillment of state continuing education requirements and credits.
