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Educator Training

Program

Educator Training

Grow WILDE equips teachers with the skills, tools, and confidence to deliver curriculum outdoors — through hands-on workshops, site-based training, and ongoing coaching grounded in real practice.

Service type
Educator professional development — outdoor teaching
Designed for
K-12 classroom teachers and school educators

What

Training teachers to teach outside

Many educators want to teach outdoors but lack training, resources, or confidence. We remove those barriers.

Through workshops, on-site coaching, and co-teaching models, educators learn to translate curriculum expectations into outdoor learning experiences — managing risk thoughtfully, using place as a teaching partner, and assessing learning authentically in natural settings. Training is designed by educators, tested with students, and adaptable to diverse school contexts.

Educator Training (what)

Vision

Every teacher, outdoor-ready

The goal is not to create outdoor specialists. It is to equip all educators to see the outdoors as a natural extension of their practice — one that strengthens student well-being, deepens learning, and reconnects education to the world it is meant to serve.

Educator Training (vision)

Purpose

Barriers removed, confidence built

The research is clear: outdoor learning is linked to improved academic engagement, mental health, and student resilience. The gap is not interest — it is preparation. Grow WILDE's training closes that gap by building practical, place-based competence in the educators who are already there.

Educator Training (purpose)

Plan

How it works

  • Deliver in-person and digital workshops tailored to school contexts and grade levels

  • Provide on-site coaching and co-teaching partnerships so skills are built in real classrooms

  • Offer mentorship circles where educators share practice and refine their approaches

  • Align training to Ontario Curriculum expectations so outdoor learning strengthens, not competes with, core programming

Educator Training (plan)

Get involved

Ways to support Educator Training

School boards

Partner with us to design and deliver professional development for your educators.

Partner on PD

Funders

Invest in training programs that make outdoor learning accessible to schools in every community.

Support training

Educators

Join a workshop or mentorship circle and bring outdoor teaching into your regular practice.

Join a workshop