Humane Education
Workshops
Best Friends offers a variety of on-site workshops throughout the year designed to educate and support you in your efforts to help the animals. For more information including classes, dates, availability status, plus registration forms, contact us at humane.ed@bestfriends.org or call (435) 644-3965 ext. 4317. We look forward to seeing you here!
Our Featured Workshop
Humane Education for Educators July 14-16, 2011
Best Friends' new Humane Education for Educators workshop will launch this summer. This dynamic class will help educators integrate the principles of humane education with standard core curricula requirements and will introduce the Best Friends humane education programs to parents and educators alike.
Topics include the history of humane education, an overview of our programs, curriculum development with humane education, the Best Friends campaigns from an educational perspective, the 'I Read to Animals' program presented to children during the workshop, analyzing children's books for humane education content, dynamic art projects to help animals, creating outreach projects for kids that make a difference for animals in your community, and much more!
There will also be a tour of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, times for questions and answers and special activities based on the humane education programs developed by our Humane Education Department.
Dr. Sandy Byland, Best Friends Humane Education Department Manager, has created the workshop with her team: Kim Dalton, Program Specialist; Medha Isaacs, Curriculum Coordinator; Jennifer Andrews, Campaign Support Specialist. Together the Humane Education Department will present the program, along with other Best Friends staff as guest speakers.
The $250 registration fee covers the 2 ½ day program, all course materials, the tour of Best Friends and 3 lunches. Thursday and Friday will be full 8 hour days with a half-day session on Saturday. Those wishing to volunteer with the animals during their stay at Best Friends are encouraged to arrange to come earlier or stay later than the workshop dates.
Space is limited! To register, please contact Glen Bolling-Burke at humane.ed@bestfriends.org. Credentialed teachers, humane educators, community youth leaders as well as parents are encouraged to attend!
