Training For Education Volunteers At Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, January 19th and 26th

January 25, 2010

When: Tuesdays, January 19th (Winter Birds and Penguins), and January 26th (All About Raptors), from 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

EDUCATION VOLUNTEER TRAINING AT JOPPA FLATS EDUCATION CENTER

Do you love the outdoors and sharing nature with children? If you do, become an education volunteer at Joppa Flats!

Throughout the school year, Joppa Flats staff and volunteers offer a wide range of coastal ecology and birding programs for children on-site at Joppa Flats, at schools, and in various wild habitats.

Learn to assist children’s educator Lisa Hutchings in coastal ecology and birding programs in the field and at schools. No experience necessary. Post-training commitment: two half-days per month.

To prepare its volunteers to assist with these quality programs, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center provides complete in-the-field training. You’ll learn a wide variety of hands-on activities and experiments pertaining to levels of questioning, learning modalities, and using objects in nature to practice science.

Join the Center’s crew of trained naturalists and help Mass Audubon with its mission to increase awareness and inspire stewardship of the natural world.

After completing the training and performing three full shifts as an education volunteer for Joppa Flats, you will receive a full refund of your registration fees.

Dates:

Tuesday, January 19th (Winter Birds and Penguins), 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26 (All About Raptors), 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Fee:

Fee per session: $15. Pre-registration is required.

How To Register:

Registration is required for this program. Please contact Lisa Hutchings at 978-462-9998 or e-mail lhutchings@massaudubon.org if you are interested in participating in this training course.

Where To Meet:
Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

About Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center

Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education and visitor center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 to 4:00 pm.

Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center website.