Workshops

Experiencing Trees Through the Seasons with PLT

November 16, 2016 By vtplt

The Family Center of Washington County partners with Vermont PLT to offer high quality thematic professional development seasonally for early childhood professionals in the region. Late September brought a workshop based around autumn studies, Experiencing Trees through the Seasons. Over 35 home childcare providers, and early educators attended this two hour evening workshop. They experienced a… [read more]

Online Project Learning Tree Workshops Now Available

June 30, 2015 By vtplt

Project Learning Tree’s awarding-winning, multi-disciplinary curriculum resources teach students how to think, not what to think. PLT develops critical thinking, problem solving, and effective decision-making skills. Independent evaluators confirm PLT increases students’ knowledge, reasoning, and academic skills. Join the 650,000 educators across the country who use PLT’s flexible materials to bring the environment into their… [read more]

Research shows that people who enjoyed meaningful experiences in the outdoors as a child, are able to think critically and act responsibly on behalf of the ecological, social, and economic values of our forests and other natural resources as adults.

VT Project Learning Tree achieves its mission by training educators in Project Learning Tree®, the time-honored environmental education curricula developed by the American Forest Foundation.

VT Project Learning Tree relies on the support of every facet of the community--businesses, individuals and government--to accomplish its mission.