Dissemination and Professional Development
The Project Forest – Teacher Resource Package
is available to Primary and Secondary Schools and Colleges throughout
Tasmania. An initial dissemination workshop is provided to introduce
the package and related resources. Professional Development activities
are available for schools to pursue following the dissemination
workshop. Participation in professional development activities is
optional.
Professional Development:
The FEF aims to provide ongoing support to schools
utilising the Project Forest package and related resources. Professional
Development activities may be over a school term or calendar year
and may involve a series of after school / evening workshops, half
day / full day field trips, 2 to 3 day residential camps or a combination
of these. An allocation of teacher relief is available and will
be negotiated on an individual school basis.
Professional Development activities available
include:
Orientation field trips; to develop an interest
and understanding in the areas of forest ecology, forest management,
the processing of forest products and issues arising as a consequence
of human interactions with forest environments (includes visits
to: working forests / industry / FEF field study centres and developed
excursion sites).
School based workshops; to review resources, develop
units of work linking the curriculum with field site opportunities
for supporting classroom activities.
Residential experiences; covering the above (2 to
3 days - Programs negotiated with schools).
Orientation field trips:
As a follow-up to introducing teachers to the Project
Forest – Teacher Resource Package the FEF encourages teachers
to participate in a full day forest based orientation field trip.
These trips may be varied to suit the needs of individual schools.
Half day or 2 to 3 day residential experiences can be developed
on request.
Full day field trips available include: (see fact
sheets for further detail)
| Hobart and southern region |
Fact sheet No. |
Launceston and northern
region |
Fact sheet No. |
| Wielangta State Forest |
1 |
Hollybank Forest |
5 |
| Dromedary Forest Education Centre
and Derwent Valley timber processing mills |
2 |
Arm River Outdoor Education Centre |
6 |
| Florentine Valley |
3 |
Cluan Tier |
7 |
| Southern Forests |
4 |
Forest industries in the Launceston
area |
8 |
School based workshops:
These workshops would be negotiated to meet the
needs of individual schools and teachers following the Dissemination
workshop and prior to or following an orientation field trip.
Residential experiences:
The FEF can offer teachers various residential field
trips over 2 and 3 days. These may involve being based at the Arm
River Outdoor Education Centre in the Mersey Valley or involve some
travelling to cover aspects of the full day field trip programs.
Details would be negotiated with individual schools. |
