Credits

Teaching and learning Working Group Participants

Some of the resources and strategies created for the Education Outdoors chapter of the National Outdoor Learning Library were developed in 2020 by the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative’s Working Group on Teaching and Learning (WG#4/5); and some were developed later in 2021 by a Lawrence Hall of Science team funded by a California Collaborative for Excellence in Education grant and by Rachel Pringle of Green Schoolyards America. The list below includes the participants from all phases of the process. The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all of the organizations and individuals who collaborated to make this Initiative possible.

Working Group Leaders

  • Vanessa Carter, MA, San Francisco Unified School District

  • Jedda Foreman, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Rachel Pringle, MA, Green Schoolyards America

  • Emily Weiss, MA, The Lawrence Hall of Science

 

Working Group Participants

  • Anda Adams, MPP, Cambridge Public Schools

  • Malina Akau, Novato Unified

  • Elizabeth Babcock, MA, PhD, CalAcademy of Sciences

  • Jessica Baiocchi, Raskob Day School

  • Tamar Barlev, MLA-MCP, San Francisco Unified School District

  • Sarah Barnes, Sierra Nevada Journeys

  • Kevin Beals, The BEETLES Project

  • Jessica Bean, UC Museum of Paleontology

  • Erica Beck Spencer, M.Ed., The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Keren Bitan, BA, Tandem Impact, Whatcom Coalition for Environmental Education

  • Bendan Blue, CalRecycle, EEI

  • Sarah Bodor, NAAEE

  • Lydia Breen

  • Shannon Brown

  • Ann Bumby

  • Michelle Byron, MNRES

  • Will Cameron

  • Joseph Centoni, Cabrillo Unified School District

  • Whitney Cohen, MA, LifeLab

  • Jeff Cole

  • Sylvia Collazo

  • Susan Dalton

  • Rachel Danford, OUTlearn Consulting

  • Marie Dennan, MA, MPA, Big Green

  • Evan Dintaman, BLA, Out Teach

  • Stephanie Dobbie

  • Lisa Donahue

  • Kori Donley, MS, Westminster Woods

  • Patricia Dyc-O’Neal

  • Cristina Edwards, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Terri Elkin, Alameda Unified School District

  • Jennifer Elsen

  • Kristin Evans

  • Sophie Feng

  • Erica Fine, MA, M.Ed., E Movement

  • John Fisher, Life Lab

  • Daniela Casanello Frisius, MA, Ph.D., Ecoplan

  • Afrodita Fuentes

  • Sarah Gill, MPP

  • Toby Goldberg, MA, CuriOdyssey

  • Sherry Graham, Austin ISD

  • Ben Green, BA, Tandem Impact, Whatcom Coalition for Environmental Education

  • Reyna Hamilton, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Kelly Hardy

  • Kurt Holland

  • Cynthia Holt

  • Cindi Hron, MLA, MFA, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership

  • Quinn Hunter

  • Cassia Issac, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Janice Kelley, MS, Nature Detectives

  • Noura Khamees

  • Cecelia King

  • Jane Tesner Kleiner, RLA, nature+play designs

  • Heather Kuhlken, MA, Families in Nature

  • Brooke Larm, MA, Bloomfield Hills Schools

  • Michelle Lawton

  • Faye Lederman

  • Adam Lint

  • Vanessa Lujan, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Alison Makela

  • Arlene Marturano, Ph.D., SC Garden-Based Learning Network

  • Mahealani Matsuzaki, M.Ed., Kamehameha Schools

  • Ryan Mayeda, MS, Pathfinder Ranch

  • Briget McArdle, Fairfax County Park Authority

  • Jeanne McCarty, MA, Out Teach

  • Conor McMullan, M.Ed., North Vancouver School District

  • Colleen McVeigh, MA, Field Museum

  • Aisling Mitchell, BA, LifeLab

  • Colby Mitchell

  • Yalda Moddaber, BS, Golestan Education

  • Nicole Mueller Januario

  • Anne Muller, M.Ed., Austin Independent School District

  • Trena Noval

  • Nuala O’Sullivan-Haley, Jefferson Elementary School

  • Lisa Okazaki

  • Carl Oosterman, Curiodyssey

  • Sarah Pedemonte, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Sarah Jane Pepper, BA, Joshua Tree National Park

  • Eman Rashid

  • Michelle Renaud, M.Ed., MBA, Poway Unified School District

  • Estrella Risinger, BA, AEOE

  • Lisa Ristuccia

  • Celeste Royer, MA, Ten Strands

  • Olivia Rose, BA, The Watershed Project

  • Amity Sandage, BA, Santa Cruz COE

  • Alexa Sarussi, BS, Santa Cruz COE

  • Cara Sclafani, MBA, D3 Green Schools

  • Kim Schauer, BA, Fairfax County Public Schools

  • Heather Schwartz

  • Sara Severance, Life Lab

  • Tahareh Sheerazie, EnrichLA

  • Lynn Shelton, Bright School

  • Joanna Snyder, MA, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • George Spencer, BS, SEI - Climate Corps Education Outside

  • Simone Steger, BA, Joshua Tree National Park

  • Naomi Stern, San Mateo County Office of Education

  • Donnan Stoicovy, State College Friends School

  • Craig Strang, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Megan Sulsberger

  • Melissa Tang, Outward Bound

  • Samir Thadani, Millbrae School District

  • Carla Thomas

  • Laura Thompson, MA, Big Green

  • Betsy Ukeritis, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

  • Julia Vasiliauskas

  • Christina Vassallo, MSN, FNP-BC

  • Diana Velez, The Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Jill Vialet, MSC, Playworks

  • Mirem Villamil, Edible Schoolyards NYC

  • Amanda Ward

  • Yael Warshai, Portland Parks & Recreation Department

  • Kalle Waterhouse, PLA, Out Teach

  • Suzanne Whelan

  • Sarah Whitaker

  • Seraph White, MA, Outdoors Empowered Network

  • Dwain Wilson, Wildwoods Foundation

  • Shari Wilson

  • Jamie Wollum, BA, Garden for the Environment

  • Sammy Wren, Out Teach

  • Cathy Yuhas, High Tech High School, Hudson County Schools of Technology

  • Dianna Zeegers, M.Ed., Big Green

National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative

The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative supports schools and districts around the country in their efforts to reopen safely and equitably using outdoor spaces as strategic, cost-effective solutions to increase physical distancing capacity onsite and provide access to abundant fresh air. The Initiative seeks to equitably improve learning, mental and physical health, and happiness for children and adults using an affordable, time-tested outdoor approach to keeping schools open during a pandemic.

The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative was co-founded in May 2020 by Green Schoolyards America, The Lawrence Hall of Science, San Mateo County Office of Education, and Ten Strands. It has now grown to include more than 20 other partner organizations that are collaborating to build a national movement, hundreds of participating volunteers, and foundation partners.