Professional Development
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela
Oxbow Meadows, trained and certified staff, can provide your educators with a unique professional development program designed to meet the needs of your teachers. Read from the descriptions below to see which professional development workshop will fit your program.
To learn more about scheduling a professional development workshop for you school, please contact Lauren Johnson at johnson_lauren1@columbusstate.edu
Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
Project WILD
Project WILD is a wildlife-focused conservation education program for K-12 educators and their students. Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world.
Project WET
Project WET’s mission is to reach children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education that promotes awareness of water and empowers community action to solve complex water issues. Project WET’s award-winning Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0, and other Educator Guides are full of activities about watersheds, water quality, floods and water conservation, plus maps, posters and more.
Population Education
Population Education offers a broad range of custom professional development workshops
for teachers.
Our workshops are hands-on, interdisciplinary, and promote issue-based critical thinking
skills. All of our
lessons and activities are correlated to state standards, Common Core, and NGSS.
