→ Establish a mission for the group (will continue to refine this…)

~ Providing resources and support.

~ Connecting with our communities.

~ Inspiring one another.

~ Reconnecting with fundamentals.

~ Maintain openness.

Connecting in a network in order to:

Providing one another with resources, ideas and information

Linking to our communities – sharing community connections

Making each other aware of conferences; professional development; webinars

Inspire and provide support to one another; problem-solving

Serving as examples to one another; providing each other with concrete situations to consider

Reconnect with fundamentals – connect to nature ourselves as educators

Providing resources and support, connecting with our communities, inspiring one another,

→ Establish 4 meeting dates/times for the 2018-2019 school year

(We can Zoom people in who can’t attend the meetings physically.)

1) Tuesday, Sept. 25th 5:00-6:30

Songs, Games, Stories, Books:

Successful share
Provide a physical takeaway
Bring a recording device so we can create audio files
Will create a resource page on the webpage

If you’re open to visitors from our network at your site, describe your program, describe the terms of a site visit, and suggest possible dates. How many observers? With or without children present? Name your terms and whoever wants to attend can RSVP.

2) Inside Outside conference (Symonds Elementary School, Keene, NH - Saturday, October 27th)

3) Tuesday, Nov. 27th 4:00-5:30

Grant Writing for Supplies

Support one another with the grant writing process
Various ways to approach this
Particular grants that might serve our specific needs
Successful stories
Bring in Antioch grant writer or teacher who has already done this successfully (Ellyn M.? Laura C.?)

4) In Bloom Conference (Kittery, ME - April????)

→ Topic list for future meetings:

Licensing

Family Engagement

How do programs get kids geared up

Supportive Administrators

Discipline

→ Who is missing from the table?

In Bloom conference attendees
Folks who have taken a Nature-based Ed course
Public school teachers
Sophia’s Hearth, CDC, Harrisville, Garland School,
tutors / one-on-one teachers

It may take some experimenting to figure out how to advertise the group and how to not over-advertise and en up with too many. To some degree, the more the merrier, but maintain a balance.

→ Round table check-in