Workshops for Teachers

Trees For Tomorrow offers teachers a variety of nature-oriented courses to provide an invigorating way to earn university credit or continue professional development.

Summer 2012 Schedule:

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Instructor: Doug Moore and Rob Wiener
July 11-15, 2012
Venture out into the beautiful Northwoods to learn how to take pictures of waterfalls, wetlands, sunsets and close-ups. You will learn about all aspects of photogrpahy such as lighting, exposure, composition and basic photo editing on the computer. You will become a better photographer no matter what your subject is. Suitable for beginner to intermediate photographers who use an SLR-style camera (a more advanced point and shoot is also accceptable). Please bring a laptop with your digital camera if you have one.
Workshop fee: $350 (Includes deposit, food and lodging, and instruction fees.
Credits: 3 Graduate Credits optional at an additional $330.
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Photography Schedule
Photography Credit Criteria

Utilizing Wood for Energy: The Options are Nearly Endless
Instructor: Don Peterson
July 23-25, 2012
Gain experience in adapting a wood energy curriculum specific to your community/area, the ability to explain the various wood energy products currently available and how they are produced, and the economic/societal/environmental impacts of using wood energy while earning 2 graduate credits. Explore historical, current, and potential uses of wood for producing warming heat, process heat, electricity, liquid fuels, and even air conditioning. Get out in the field to see woody biomass harvesting and processing in progress and view onsite uses for wood energy. Take home classroom activities including determining moisture and BTU content of woody biomass samples, how to evaluate your school or other facilities in your community for feasibility of conversion to a wood boiler system, and much more.
Workshop Fee: $50 non-refundable deposit. (Instruction fees, food, lodging, and credit fees are covered by a grant from OEI for up to 30 teachers.)
Credits: 2 Graduate Credits
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Wood Energy Schedule
Wood Energy Credit Criteria

Note: Courses are subject to change based on enrollment.

Registration
Please carefully review each workshop description for specific information regarding registration fees and scholarship availability.

Certified, practicing teachers may qualify for a scholarship for up to $150 to cover food and lodging expenses. Scholarships are very limited. Please contact Carol at 715-479-6456 for more scholarship information or if you have a scholarship from your school or other community organization.

Credit criteria and complete workshop information will be distributed after the registration information and reservation fee are received. Full payment for all workshops is due 30 days prior to the start of the workshop.

Register online, by calling 715-479-6456, or by mail (print out registration form and mail completed form with payment to: Trees For Tomorrow, PO BOX 609, Eagle River, WI 54521).

Instructors
All instructors are carefully selected based on their knowledge, experience, and ability to teach adult groups. Trees For Tomorrow staff have taken courses in each area of instruction to provide participants with a high quality learning experience.

Dining
Homecooked meals are prepared by the Trees For Tomorrow chef and dining staff and served in the historic dining hall on campus. A social hour is held prior to dinner on the first evening so that workshop participants have an opportunity to relax and discuss the events of the day with each other.

Lodging
Guests staying at Trees For Tomorrow will find the facilities to have the rustic charm of a Northwoods lodge. Each dormitory style building has a central lounge, a fireplace, and central bathrooms. Guests can request a private room or may choose to share a room with another participant.