PLT Celebrates Five Outstanding Educators for 2016
Helping kids learn from nature is all in a day’s work for Project Learning Tree’s 2016 National Outstanding Educators. Here’s how they do it.
Florida
Outstanding Educator
Karen Johnson Folsom
Karen Johnson Folsom is lead teacher at Nature’s Classroom Environmental Education Center in Florida, reaching 15,000 6th graders each year.
Outstanding Educator
Annie Oxarart
Annie Oxarart is an environmental education program coordinator at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who led Florida’s GreenSchools pilot program.
Outstanding Educator
Robert Raze
Robert Raze is a professor at St. Petersburg College in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he uses PLT to prepare pre-service teachers for their careers.
Outstanding Educator
Rebecca Wolfson
Rebecca Wolfson is a music teacher at Florida Virtual School in Orlando who advocates for sustainability at schools and leads many local service initiatives.
A Pioneer in GreenSchools Investigations
It’s clear why this Florida school was selected to help pilot the national PLT GreenSchools program.
A Win-Win Scenario at a Florida PLT GreenSchool
Strong support for PLT comes from the principal, teachers, and students at this Florida K-8 school.
Gardens, Gutters, Gophers, and GreenSchools
PLT GreenSchools investigations provide a firm foundation at Walden Community School in Winter Park, Florida.
Nature Is the Best Teacher at Learning Gate
The Learning Gate School community, including teachers, students, and families, lives and learns by the fact that “nature is the best teacher.”
Outstanding Educator
Brooke Mohr
Brooke teaches at Medart Elementary School in Crawfordville, Florida. She is passionate about environmental awareness and teaching her students to care about the environment.