[Ccpg] Advanced Teacher Training

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An Advanced Permaculture Teacher Training Course
June 19- 25, 2002

with

Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward

At a glorious site on the Bonny Doon, near Santa Cruz

With this Summer course, on the central California coast, we are continuing
to prepare a new generation of permaculture instructors for these new times.
We will provide a forum to develop teaching skills, discuss strategies and
techniques, and review the rewards and challenges of teaching a Permaculture
Design Course. A whole systems approach will be demonstrated throughout the
course. Everyone will gain experience and confidence through practice
teaching and supportive critique.

Course Topics Include:

Philosophy and Ethics of Instruction

Teaching Systems, Principles and Patterns

Planning, Marketing, and Economics

Adult Learning Styles

Organizing Curriculum, Modules and Resources

Teaching Space Logistics

Team Teaching

Presentations and Facilitators Roles

Time Management

Exercises and Media Aids

Interns and Apprentices

Evaluations and Feedback

Tricks of the Trade

Keeping Up The Spirit

Building confidence through practice

Prerequisite: A Permaculture Design Course Certificate
    is required in order to receive a Permaculture Teacher Course
Certificate

Instructors:
Jude Hobbs is a horticulturist, permaculture designer, and instructor. Since
1982, Jude's landscape design firm has provided environmental design
solutions for urban and rural settings. Jude has presented permaculture
workshops and courses throughout the West for 12 years. Her teaching
techniques are based on developing curricula that encompass diverse learning
styles. . She has written A Guide to Multi-Functional Hedgerows, and tends a
forest garden in Eugene, Oregon.

Tom Ward is an enthnobotanist, eco-forester and PC designer. He has
extensive multi-cultural experience in the USA and overseas. He is the
author of Greenward Ho: An ecological approach to Sustainable Health. Tom
has developed curricula for PC courses at Laney College and D-Q University
in California. He has taught PC Design Courses for 17 years and is based in
Ashland, Oregon, building ecotopian culture for 26 years.

Course Tuition:
Tuition for the course is $230 if you register before May 19 and will be
$305 thereafter. This includes instruction and course materials. An
additional fee for food and camping will be announced for out-of-towners.
This course is limited to 25 people. The price has been kept very low to
facilitate attendance and encourage community.
A $75 deposit is required to secure your space in the course. Deposits can
be refunded up until May 19.

Certification:
Course graduates that have a Permaculture Design Course Certificate will
receive a Teacher Training Certificate from the Cascadia Permaculture
Institute.

Course Schedule (Tentative):
Beginning Wednesday evening, June 19th, and ending Tuesday evening, June
25th. Class is held from 9:00 to 5:30.

For more information or to register, contact Rain at (831)457-9469 or at
raincascadia at yahoo.com.

Please send deposits to:
Rain
TT
316 Main St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060