Green Schoolyard Planning and Design

Start Date

12/18/2023

End Date

12/18/2025

Description

This six-hour course will identify schoolyard needs, wants and opportunities before exploring the design and creation of green schoolyard spaces. The course will explain the "greening" of schoolyard spaces, the creation of a schoolyard plan, how to incorporate play structures and additional elements and how they can be used as outdoor classrooms and community hubs.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Parks & Recreation

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

6.0

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcome 1:
Learners will be able to explore green schoolyard designs that serve multiple purposes, facilitate indoor/outdoor connections, and serve as a community hub.

Learning Outcome 2:
Learners will be able to utilize play structures to serve various types of play and comply with all applicable standards, safety requirements and maintenance operations.

Learning Outcome 3:
Learners will be able to create a schoolyard plan so that the space can satisfy multiple purposes, be utilized as outdoor classrooms and be utilized after school.

Learning Outcome 4:
Learners will be able to incorporate additional elements into green schoolyard designs such as garden spaces and wooded areas.

Instructors

Priya Cook, Jane Tesner Kleiner

Course Codes

P121823GRNSPD

Provider

HalfMoon Education Inc.

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