Events
Summer Institute Day 1 (of 3)
Date and Time
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location
William L. Seidman Center, GVSU
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI
49504
Description
Check out our Summer Institute Webpage for more details!
Thank you for your interest in being a Groundswell Summer Institute 2025 participant!
Summer Institute is open to any preK-12 educator or community partner organization in Kent or Ottawa County. This professional learning opportunity is designed for folks who are interested in or already facilitating place-based stewardship education (PBSE) and are looking to become part of the Groundswell network!
Whether this is your first year or 15th year being part of Groundswell as an educator or partner, we hope you join us to kick off the school year with enthusiasm for outdoor learning and making new connections in our community!
During this immersive three-day workshop, participants will: explore PBSE through hands-on learning experiences, learn the foundations of PBSE and how to implement an action project with Groundswell, and meet fellow educators who are passionate about outdoor learning!
What to expect this year:
- Project work time: we will be guiding you in ideating a potential PBSE action project throughout the workshop. You could end Day 3 with a near-complete proposal that is ready to submit to Groundswell, or at least well-developed ideas of what your project could be! This will give you great momentum going into the school year.
- Grade-band cohorts: work closely with educators and partners who also teach your grade level to discuss PBSE implementation tips and tricks, outdoor content specific for your students' learning level, develop project ideas together, identify curriculum connections, and establish a mini-network of educators and partners!
- Give back: we will end the workshop on Day 3 with a hands-on, community experience that demonstrates how a Groundswell project can give back to our community.
If you are not familiar with place-based stewardship education, learn more here: Place-based Education Information
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State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) and eligibility for up to $1,500 project funding from the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative will be available to educators who complete the entirety of Summer Institute.
Date: August 5, 6, and 7, 2025
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Location: William L. Seidman Center
Grand Valley State University
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI
49504
Value: $400 ( No cost to educators and community partners who work in Kent and Ottawa Counties)
SCECHs: approximately 15-20 hours (number finalized by June 2025)
Questions? Curious if Summer Institute is right for you? Please contact Groundswell staff at groundswell@gvsu.edu
Registration, a refined schedule, total SCECH credits, and other details coming soon!
This event has been tagged as education, educational, educators, environment, k12, professionaldevelopment, professionallearning, stewardship, teachers, and workshop.
Contact
Questions? Please contact our staff at: groundswell@gvsu.edu