Educator Events

Spend a day at the NJ School of Conservation learning about the outdoor field experiences we have to offer to you and your students.We'll highlight upcoming professional development workshops, online resources and volunteer opportunities. Then, you'll get to "be a student for the day" and participate in several of our most popular field experiences, learn […]

Spend a day outdoors alongside like-minded educators to dive into how environmental education and social emotional learning go hand in hand.Challenged by integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into your work? The NJ School of Conservation has paved the way for SEL for 75+ years. Meeting the needs of students and educators, the NJSOC has aligned […]

Educators of middle and high-school aged students are invited to apply for the New Jersey School of Conservation’s summer workshop, Aquatic Connections: How Stream Ecology Tells the Story of Your Landscape. This residential program will take place from August 19-22, 2024 at the school’s 240-acre campus in the heart of Stokes State Forest in Sussex […]

Join us for a field-based workshop where K-12 educators can learn how to incorporate nature journaling into their teaching practice!Journaling advances the foundation of learning through outdoor inquiry, investigation and scientific thinking, whether it is of trees in the forest, birds on a pond, spring flowers and weeds sprouting in a community garden or muddy […]

The NJSOC is partnering with the NJ Forest Service to help educators learn about connections between forestry and climate science.New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation but an impressive 40% of our land cover is forested. Forests are critically important resources that provide wildlife habitat, food, recreation, and ecosystem services that […]