NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS!
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United
States Botanic Garden
are calling for applications for the new Landscape For Life™ ‘Train the
Trainer’ webinar series offered free of charge in 2014. Bring Landscape For
Life to your community by becoming an official trainer. Ideal for botanic garden and horticulture educators, master gardeners,
master naturalists, garden clubs, landscape architects/designers and those
interested in teaching sustainable gardening practices.
The series of five,
two-hour webinars offers helpful teaching tips and tools that show you how to
effectively utilize the instructor’s manual to deliver this valuable
information to your target audience. The manual is a complete teaching toolbox
that comes with ready to go presentations that make the Landscape For Life
classes convenient to offer in your area.
The webinar series is a unique
opportunity that provides the following benefits:
- Discussions with the author of the curriculum
- An open dialogue with like-minded educators and colleagues
- Become better equipped to explore relevant topics of landscape sustainability with homeowners
- Access to additional instructor resources pertaining to landscape sustainability
- Gain hands-on experience through topical homework assignments
The LFL curriculum is
intended to be taught as a holistic educational program. The five classes
should be taught together in a series as each class and homework assignment
builds on the other resulting in a clear and integrated understanding of
sustainable gardening principles and techniques. Please see our curriculum
webpage to download and
review the curriculum materials.
Please note all
participants should possess sufficient gardening/horticulture background
knowledge and experience to teach the classes. Some prior teaching experience
is recommended. We expect trainers to teach the Landscape For Life classes
within one year of completing the training. Only one representative per
organization will be accepted.
Hardware &
Connection Requirements:
- A high speed internet connection is required for participation.
- A wired, high speed internet connection is recommended over a wireless connection.
- A computer/laptop is recommended over a tablet device.
- The computer will need functioning speakers to hear the webinars. Some trainers found that using a wired headset/headphones was helpful.
- Audio conferencing via phone is also made available.
Landscape For Life
‘Train the Trainer’ Webinar Series Schedule
Offered Tuesdays,
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. central time. Must
be able to participate in all five webinars.
Class Dates Fall 2014
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Oct. 21
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Oct. 28
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Nov. 4
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Nov. 11
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Nov. 18
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