Interest Form - ecotone course: Building and Implementing a Professional Learning System
This form is to express your interest in registering for this course. Because this is a pilot from which we hope to improve our offerings and support systems, we ask that you complete this form to share a bit about your organization and learning team. Registration interest forms will be reviewed on a first come/first served basis and once we determine that this course is a good fit for your team, we will follow up with an invitation to register. Your spot is secured once payment is received.

Course Description
We will invite 5 organizations to participate in our inaugural ecotone course: Building and Implementing a Professional Learning System. Through this course, teams of up to 3 people per organization will create professional learning plans that identify goals, resources, and actions for professional learning at their organizations. This course will also provide the tools and resources to support leaders to revise and update their plans, as their staff changes and grows.

Questions? Reach out to environmentallearning@berkeley.edu. We’re happy to answer questions by email or set-up a time to talk.

  • Eligibility: The course is open to outdoor environmental learning organizations, with teams of up to 3 people per organization. To get the most value out of this course, individuals on your organization’s team should have decision-making responsibility for professional learning at your organization and an understanding of the educator experience. For this pilot round, we are accepting 5 organizations only. 

  • Session Dates:

    • Session dates & topics*:

      • April 10| Session 1: Reflecting on Your Organization’s Current Professional Learning System

      • April 24 | Session 2: Exploring Best Practices in Teaching and Learning

      • May 8 | Session 3: Exploring Strategies for Professional Learning

      • May 29 | Session 4: Integrating Professional Learning into your Financial Plan 

      • June 26 | Session 5: Sharing Feedback on Draft Professional Learning Plan

      • Aug 7| Session 6: Addressing Common Barriers to Professional Learning

      • Aug 21 | Session 7: Sharing Plans and Reflecting on Learning

      • TBD: Individual Coaching: Each organization team will receive a 1 hour individual consultation, which can be scheduled anytime after Session 3. 

    • Possible pre/post work for each session, up to 1hr. 

    • After Session 3 you will be asked to draft a professional learning plan for review and discussion during Session 5. Plan for synchronous and asynchronous time with your team to complete this task.

    • All sessions will run virtually from 10am-12pm PST, including a 15 break. 

    • *Session topics subject to change :) This is a pilot, after all.

  • Cost: $500 per organization, includes all 7 sessions for 2-3 team members and 1hr of organization consultation. Once your registration request is approved, we will send the link for payment. Once your payment processes, your spot in the course is secured! (Note: This pilot course is being offered at a reduced rate. Future courses will be offered at a higher rate.)
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Organization Contact and Job Title (who we should follow up with after reviewing your interest form) *
Organization Contact email address *
Organization Name *
Organization Location *

Description of organization programming: please provide a short description of your organization's programming. Include information about program goals, audience, structure (residential, day program, open to the public, etc.), and staffing.

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Participant Information
It’s not required to know exactly who will be on your team but we do want to get a sense of who may be available to participate in order to gauge if this course is a good fit. You may choose up to 3 team members to participate in this course together. We expect at least 2 people from each organization to participate. Each session must be attended by the same 2-3 team members.
Please provide 1) a list of who you think will be on your team as well as 2) a 1-2 sentence description of each of their positions (title, role at organization, and scope of work responsibilities as it relates to decision making around a professional learning system at your organization, etc.). Bullet points are fine!

If you are unsure exactly who will be part of the learning team, please give your best guess and share any factors impacting the decision.
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To the best of your knowledge, can your team commit to attending each session date? Please mark the following dates that one or more team member will NOT be able to attend, or choose "My learning team has no scheduling conflicts with the course dates as planned"

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If you indicated any scheduling conflicts above, please elaborate here.
Course Interest
What do you hope to get out of this course? What are your goals in participating? *
What are the current challenges you are facing with your organization's current professional learning system and/or what are you hoping to change? *
This is a pilot! It is our first time offering this course, and there are bound to be changes made as we go, and lots of room for improvement. Your experiences will be critical feedback for us to revise and improve this course for the future. Throughout and after the course, there will be multiple opportunities to provide feedback anonymously or otherwise, if you choose.

Are you comfortable providing feedback to us on your experience?

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Please feel free to include any questions or additional information you would like us to know below.
Submission
Thank you for your interest in this pilot ecotone course: Building and Implementing a Professional Learning System. After you hit "submit" we will review your interest form and be in touch. We may follow up directly with a link to register and pay for the course, we may have additional clarifying questions, or we may determine that your organization type or learning team structure is not ideal for this pilot. 
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