Shelburne Farms: Be recharged. Be inspired. For you, your students, and the planet

Give yourself the gift of learning and inspiration by joining us for a short course, a summer institute, or a year-long experience this year!

  • Shape your curriculum for a healthy and just future.
  • Cultivate a sense of joy, wonder, and hope in you and your students.
  • Inspire action in your own classroom and community.

Reach out anytime and we’ll help you find the program that best meets your needs and goals.

Jen Cirillo | 802-985-0315
Director of Professional Development


Education for Sustainability Leadership Academy

YEAR-LONG
JULY 20-22 kickoff

Meet seasonally with a learning community of peers to enrich your practice of Education for Sustainability, systems thinking, and school transformation.

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Watershed for Every Classroom

YEAR-LONG
JULY 6-10 kickoff

Explore the rich ecological and cultural stories of the Lake Champlain Basin and bring your discipline alive through watershed education.

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“Seeing educators from all around the country and world who are dedicated to thinking about sustainability education helps me feel really hopeful about our ability to create changemakers in our students.”

— Jodie Stewart-Ruck, Shrewsbury Mountain School


Collective Science and Stewardship in the Upper Valley

MARCH 20, Theme: WATER
APRIL 3, Theme: PHENOLOGY

Explore ways to engage students in authentic investigations, reflection, problem-solving, and public presenting, with opportunities to collaborate locally and internationally.

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ABCs of Farm Based Education

MARCH 27-29

Enrich your early childhood curriculum using the lens of sustainability and hands-on activities that connect young learners to the natural and agricultural worlds.

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“It was a retreat — to get out of the city and think about sustainability in a different context — and it was restorative. And inspiring!”

— Andrew Margon, School for Environmental Studies, NYC


Project Seasons for Young Learners: Cultivating Joy & Wonder

JULY 13-17

Enrich your early childhood curriculum using the lens of sustainability and hands-on activities that connect young learners to the natural and agricultural worlds.

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Education for Sustainability:

Summer Institute
JULY 27-31

Deepen your understanding and practice of Education for Sustainability with colleagues from around the country. Part workshop, part conference, part retreat!

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“This has just hit home for me — not only in how to implement these ideas in my classroom, but in the way I want to live my life.”

— Marie Fetters, Vermont Day School


Education for Sustainability: Immersion

AUGUST 13-14

A curriculum tune-up in a beautiful retreat-like setting for those with a strong background in Education for Sustainability and curriculum design.

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Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education organization inspiring and cultivating learning for a sustainable future. Based on Abenaki land along the shores of Lake Champlain, our campus is a 1,400-acre working farm, forest, and National Historic Landmark.

Shelburne Farms | 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482