Here’s where you can spot PLT in the wild at events happening across the U.S & Canada! Mark your calendar and be sure to register early!
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- West Coast/Mountain West Professional Development Workshops & Events
- Midwest Professional Development Workshops & Events
- East Coast Professional Development Workshops & Events
- Canada Professional Development Workshops & Events
- National/Regional Conferences
Upcoming PLT Professional Development Workshops
Save your spot for these upcoming PLT professional development events!
If you’ve never taken a PLT course, get ready to roll up your sleeves, learn ways to elevate your teaching, and have a ton of fun! You’ll form lasting connections with other educators all while exploring how to use nature to teach students about STEM, language arts, social studies and more.
Don’t see your state listed below? Visit your state’s PLT webpage and connect with your PLT State Coordinator to get more information about future workshops happening near you!
West Coast/Mountain West
- Alaska | June 8 – PLT Soil Health in Alaska Workshop
- California | June & July (Various Dates) – Summer Forestry Institute for Teachers
- Colorado | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Forest Literacy: Understanding the Values of Trees, Forests, and Sustainability
- Idaho | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children
Midwest
- Arkansas | July 10 – Butterflies, Bees & Pollinator Trees
- Illinois | June 30 – PLT & Project WILD Facilitator Training
- Indiana | July 30 – Project Learning Tree and Tree SB
- Kansas | June 1-19 – Exploring Green Careers with Teens eeCourse
- Kentucky | June 8 – Outdoor Classroom Institute: Roots, Rivers and Wildlife
- Michigan | August 11 – PLT Explore Your Environment K-8
- Minnesota | Virtual (Available Anytime) – PLT’s Trees and Me
- North Dakota | June 22 – GeoFIT 2026: Living with Our Environment
- Oklahoma | July 8-10 – Oklahoma Environmental Education Bootcamp
- Tennessee | June 24-25 – Teacher Conservation Workshop
- Wisconsin | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Teaching about Careers in the Forest
East Coast
- Alabama | July 14-16 – Teachers Conservation Workshop
- Georgia | June 13 – Environmental Education Techniques & Strategies Workshop
- Maine| July 6 – 2026 Forests of Main Teachers’ Tour
- Mississippi | May 31-June 4 & June 14-19 – 2026 Teachers Conservation Workshops
- New Hampshire | July 21 – 2026 Forests of NH Teacher Tour
- North Carolina | June 27 – PLT Explore Your Environment K-8 Workshop
- Pennsylvania | July 22 – PLT Educator Workshop
- Virginia | July 6 – Teaching Trees at New Kent Conference Center
Canada
- Check back soon for future events!
National & Regional Conferences
- NatStart Conference | June 24-47. PLT will be exhibiting and presenting Sense It Out: Sensory Exploration with Project Learning Tree.
