Name: Outdoor Learning for All: Beyond the Four Walls
Start: 2025-04-03T09:30:00-0700
End: 2025-04-03T14:45:00-0700

Welcome Deeper Learners!

This digital program is for all things DL2025! You may select your sessions starting March 12th at 5pm PDT.

You will need to select one Workshop Round 1 or Den Talk [for Day 1], one Deep Dive session [for Day 2], and one Workshop Round 2 or Den Talk [for Day 3]. These sessions have capacity limits and will fill up.

For an overview of the event and session types, campus map and frequently asked questions, check out the event info page here.

We can’t wait to see you!

Thursday April 3, 2025 9:30am - 2:45pm PDT

High Tech High International 124

Participants will learn and design outdoors during this deep dive for an immersive experience in the world. We'll focus on designing opportunities for place-based and outdoor learning for our own communities. We will head out for a half-day outdoor excursion in a nearby San Diego public space (beach or park) to remember and experience the benefits of creativity on learning when we are outdoors. We'll consider the assets and community partners that already exist in our own context and consider ways to help connect learning opportunities with outdoor experiences. During our session, the focus will be on your own local issue with tools and time to design real ways to connect youth with outdoor learning opportunities. From field trips, camping, garden-based learning and more, whether in an urban, rural, or somewhere between setting, come discover ways to support equitable outdoor learning for all kids.

Lunch is included in each deep dive.

Speakers

Jeff Embleton

Director, Forest & Tree

Jeff Embleton is the executive director of Forest & Tree, an outdoor organization in Oakland, CA. He also works as the Director of Uncommon Learning at ASCEND Tk-8 School in Oakland where he helps facilitate outside the building projects and expeditionary learning.