Release date: May 21, 2002
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Associate Director, Media Relations,
at 404-727-0644 or dhammac@emory.edu

Oxford Offers Outdoor Education Workshop for Georgia's K-12 Teachers

WHO: Georgia teachers of grades kindergarten – 12th grade

WHAT: Oxford Institute for Environmental Education

WHEN: 9 a.m.--3 p.m., Monday--Friday, June 10--21

WHERE: Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, Ga.

COST: Free, plus a $100 stipend for accepted teachers. For more information, or to get an application, call 770-784-8397.

Oxford College of Emory University is still accepting applications for a comprehensive outdoor education program designed for teachers. For the 11th consecutive year, the college is hosting the Oxford Institute for Environmental Education, a program that trains Georgia educators in teaching ecology through hands-on investigations and field techniques.

The program is designed to boost the skills of teachers with varying levels of experience, many of whom have limited science training in their own college backgrounds. Educators gain the tools to design ecological investigations that may be taught in their own schoolyards, and are particularly pertinent to their students. Since the institute began in 1991, more than 200 teachers have participated in the program.

The Oxford Institute for Environmental Education is housed at the Oxhouse Science Center of Oxford College, a 47-acre ecology laboratory, which includes a small lake and 40 acres of forest, grassland and easy access to both pristine and polluted streams in the area.

Spaces are still available for this year’s institute. Thanks to corporate and foundation grants, there is no registration fee for educators accepted to the program, plus each will receive a $100 stipend. Teachers also can earn six staff development credits. For more information, or to get an application, teachers should call 770-784-8397 or e-mail institute director Steve Baker at sbaker@emory.edu.

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