Join Norfolk Botanical Garden for a half-day of refreshments, networking, campus exploration, and break-out sessions that invite educators to learn more about ways to utilize any available outside space as an outdoor classroom! The workshop schedule will be announced closer to the program date. The schedule below provides some information on break-out session and tram tour times. Participants will earn five (5) professional development points to go towards their licensure renewal by attending any combination of break-out sessions and tours of the Garden.
Registration is FREE and includes Garden admission, light refreshments, access to private tram tours, and entry into a raffle prize for several prizes.
- Price: FREE for Registered Educators
- Check-In: 8:45AM-11AM. The full workshop is 9AM-1PM.
- Break-Out Sessions: 9:15-10AM, 10:15-11AM, 11:15AM-12PM
- Session Topics Include: Session topics to be announced! Sessions are recommended for K-8 educators.
- Special breakout sessions will include 5th and 8th Grade Science SOL review content!
- Narrated Tram Tour: 12:15PM
- Self-Guided Tours: Tropical Display House, Japanese Garden, Rose Garden
- Raffle Prize Drawings: 12:45PM (After Tram Tour)
Registration Information
- To ensure we have the correct name and contact information for each attending educator, all attendants are asked to register their own ticket.
- Attending educators are asked to complete any combination of five (5) break-out sessions or tours of the Garden during the workshop to receive their five (5) professional development points.
- Educators are highly advised to wear comfortable walking shoes and to dressed to be outside for portions of the workshop. The tram is an open-air vehicle.
- Complimentary admission to the event is only extended to the teachers registered for the workshop. Additional guests are not permitted. If additional guests attend, they will be required to purchase Garden admission and will not have access to any of the workshop refreshments or amenities.
- The workshop is recommended for K-8 professional educators, homeschool educators, and college students pursuing licensure.
- Upon completion of the workshop, participants are required to complete a digital survey to provide feedback on the professional development opportunity. Certificates confirming the professional development points will be sent out once the surveys are completed.
- If you are having difficulty registering or have questions about the workshop, you can email youthed@nbgs.org or call (757) 441-5830 ext.463.
24-25 SCHOOL YEAR DISCOUNTS: Attending educators for both workshops will receive 20% off an NBG outreach and/or a full price guided field trip for all 2024-2025 programs! Discount credit is non-transferable and may only be applied to a single class.
