The Outdoor Classroom:

Where Education Comes Naturally

Time / Friday, Sept 26 / Location
8:00 – 8:45 / Arrival Check-in / Session sign ups / Registration Tent
9:00 - 9:20 / Welcome to TN Outdoor Classroom Symposium / Pavilion
9:30 – 10:30 / Workshop Block I / Meeting spaces
BREAK
10:45-11:45 / Workshop Block II / Meeting spaces
12:00 / Box LUNCH – pick up / Dining Hall
12:30-5:00 / Field Trips (all depart 12:30 from Pavilion)
3:00 / Registration open for TEEA / Gift Shop
5:00-6:00 / Happy Hour/reception…byob / Session & Field Trip sign ups / Pavilion
6:00 / Dinner…welcome-orientation
7:00 / Conference Opening
The Outdoor Classroom: Where Education Comes Naturally
Silent Auction open / Cove room
A sense of place…Night of Magical Connection
Take a deep breath…exhale…spend this first evening immersed in the mountains, feeling the heartbeat of the place, the pulsing of life, echoes of history, and enjoy our outdoor classroom. / Pavilion & beyond
Campfire – social, stories, songs, etc. byob
Through most of human existence, learning, culture, history, values, and more were shared through stories and songs around a campfire…we’re wired for it! Come ready to kick back, let your hair down, and enjoy each other at the Council House. / Council House
Saturday, Sept 27
6:30
Yoga / Spruce Fir room
7:00-8:00 / Breakfast buffet – for onsite lodgers
Coffee provided by Vienna Coffee House / Dining Hall
Opening session – Announcements / Pavilion
8:15-9:15 / Concurrent Session I / Meetings spaces
Break
9:30-10:30 / Concurrent Session II / Meeting spaces
Break
10:45-11:45 / Concurrent Session III / Meeting spaces
12:00 / LUNCH / Pavilion
TEEA Membership meeting
Environmental Education Awards
Group Photo
1:30 / Field Trips – depart at 1:30, locations TBA
Cades Cove – Butterflies!
Waterfall hike
Citizen Science
Little Greenbrier Schoolhouse - Robin Goddard
Liles Acres Organic Farm Sheri Liles - $5 per person
5:00-6:00 / Happy Hour / Pavilion
6:00 / Supper
6:15 / Silent Auction closes
7:00 / Live Auction
8:00 / Music of the Mountains – ‘Hellgrammites’ and caller
9:00 / Campfire, social, byob
Through most of human existence, learning, culture, history, values, and more were shared through stories and songs around a campfire…we’re wired for it! Come ready to kick back, let your hair down, and enjoy each other at the Council House. / Council House
Sunday, Sept 28
7:30-8:30 / Breakfast buffet for onsite lodgers
Coffee provided by Vienna Coffee House
return EVALUATIONS, lanyards, borrowed items / Dining Hall
Move out of Dormitory/Tents
9:00 / TEEA Board Meeting / Dining Hall
9:00 / ECO-Tenn meeting / Cove Room
See ‘Sunday Options’ for great day excursions in the Smokies!