Thanks to a generous grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, the Chincoteague Bay Field Station will host three grade-level specific, three-day, two-night professional development workshops for Virginia public school teachers in 2024 at our campus in Wallops Island, Virginia. These workshops are free for all Virginia public school teachers and free on-site lodging in our dorm-style housing is available. Meals are not included with the workshop but are available at our on-site cafeteria for a cost of $70/person for the weekend. Sessions throughout the weekend will include information about coastal ecology and incorporating hands-on, field-based activities into existing standards-based curriculum. They will also include visits to field sites to get hands-on experience with the concepts discussed throughout the weekend.

Dates for the workshops are:
March 22nd-24th 
Elementary Grades
SOL-Based Learning Focuses: 
Patterns in Nature, Plant & Animal Needs, Life Cycles, Adaptations, Relationships in Ecosystems
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August 16th-18th 
Middle Grades
SOL-Based Learning Focuses: 
Adaptations, Relationships in Ecosystems, Human Impacts on the Environment
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September 20th-22nd 
High School
SOL-Based Learning Focuses: 
Adaptations, Relationships in Ecosystems, Classification, Plate Tectonics, Human Impacts on the Environment
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Spots for each workshop are limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Preference will be given for registration for the grade levels listed for each weekend, but please contact us if you are unable to attend the dates for your grade level and are interested in attending another weekend to be placed on a waiting list to be registered for those dates as space allows.
Please share information about these workshops with any Virginia public school teachers who may be interested! For more information or to register for these or other professional development opportunities, visit cbfieldstation.org/pd.html or contact Claire Teachey at (757) 824-5636 ext. 109 or schoolprogramsac@cbfieldstation.org. We are looking forward to a great year of professional learning in 2024!