Program Offerings
SCHOOL & ORGANIZATION PROGRAMS - GUEST TALKS - WORKSHOPS - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
“Through the confidence and skills that my students gained during their MOS experience, they have been equipped with what they need to explore and appreciate the world around them. ”
School Program Series: These immersive programs build student capacities for empathy, verbal communication, resilience, curiosity, fine motor skills, outdoor preparation, and much more through outdoor learning around their schools over time. These programs are focused on bringing indoor classroom content outdoors in a hands-on, place-based way, using input from the classroom teacher in order to align with standards and goals. Watch our School Offerings video here.
Field Trips and Service Projects: Have a MOS educator and guide meet you at a nearby trail or park to hike, learn about the ecology of that place, bring classroom content outdoors, and/or complete a service project. MOS encourages teachers to brainstorm service projects that would benefit their school and community that MOS could help facilitate with their students.
Programs for Organizations: Do you work for an organization that has educational goals, like a land trust or other conservation organization? We can provide short day camps or other programs on your site or lands where we focus on getting participants excited about your mission through an educational outdoor learning experience.
Workshops: Build your own resilience through learning or honing a useful craft: knitting, and soap-making are our specialties.
Guest Talks: Have a MOS co-founder join your class or event, either virtually or in-person, to discuss entrepreneurship, naturalist studies, or outdoor education.
Professional Development: Classroom teachers and other adult professionals will learn how to integrate outdoor, place-based, experiential education practices into their existing curricula or other offerings.
Paying for Our Programs: Maine Outdoor School is a mission-based organization. As such, MOS works to maximize accessibility to our programs. Because all our programs are customized to you, we will create a program and price proposal for you based on your budget and your goals. We can also help you with grant applications or finding other funding partners if need be.
If any of the above programs interest you, please contact us for details!