Helping educators teach experientially.

Our Professional Development services for Educators increases teachers and schools capacity to improve student engagement, create a culture of caring and kindness, support social/emotional learning programs, and provide meaningful reflection opportunities. Educators and schools who utilize Project Based Learning, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry Based Learning, and Physical Literacy approaches in their educational programs will benefit from our Professional Development services. 

All professional development workshops are designed to meet the needs of educators and combine learning theory and research with hands-on opportunities for participation and leading. 

We currently offer in-person as well as virtual workshops

"My staff of 34 teachers was engaged. and challenged by the program offered by Adventureworks, and in the end, came away with positive experiences and understanding of collaboration, and the necessity of effective communication. These concepts, when applied, make for an unstoppable team able to achieve significant gains in whatever the purpose of the team may be, in our case, education."

Kelly Rizzo, Principal
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

Building Classroom Community

Become a more effective classroom community builder. This 1 or 2-day workshop will explore how adventure-based activities can be used to create healthy and effective learning communities. A group that develops as a community is more supportive, trusting, caring, and productive. Building community with groups requires time, a desire to create a positive environment, and a commitment to helping group members make meaningful connections with each other and with their shared purpose. This workshop will explore how groups form, grow, and evolve into effective communities. 

During this highly interactive workshop you will participate in a series of action-based, low prop, community building activities you can immediately implement in your classroom or educational setting. You will learn processing and reflection activities that immediately help learners connect lessons from the activities to their community. This workshop will enable you to utilize group and community development theory, along with adventure activities to develop effective communities in your education setting. 

Building Classroom Community Through Adventure is ideal for classroom teachers, youth workers, administrators, or educators in any other setting. This workshop can compliment current safe schools initiatives, and character education & school climate programs

Facilitating Adventure and Reflection

Facilitating Adventure and Reflection is designed to enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of educators who would like to utilize adventure-based learning and effective reflection strategies in their professional practices. The workshop’s experiential approach integrates program design, activity facilitation, and reflection techniques. The workshop contains a balance of active participation, reflection, and theoretical learning. By the end of the workshop participants will:

1. Develop a personal “tool box” of reflection strategies and techniques that can be used to help students transfer learning;

2. Expand their repertoire of experiential activities;

3. Reflect on their current experiential learning strategies.

Team Building and Leadership Activities That Work

Looking for strategies to engage students experientially in building team skills and leadership development? This workshop will introduce participants to a series of engaging experiential activities that can be used for leadership training, team development, and community building. Reflective strategies for enhancing learning will also be explored. During the highly interactive workshop our trainers will share their favourite activities, strategies and facilitation approaches for achieving specific team building and leadership outcomes.

During the time of COVID-19 we will also share approaches for incorporating physical distancing in these experiential activities.

Building Community Virtually

Making positive connections and being part of a healthy, secure, and supportive community is essential for students to be successful in their educational journey. This is even more true during uncertain times when a large portion of connections are happening online or in a virtual space. Building Community Virtually is designed to enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of educators who would like to utilize adventure-based learning activities and effective reflection strategies when building community with students in a virtual environment. The workshop’s experiential approach integrates program design, activity facilitation, and reflection techniques. The workshop contains a balance of active participation, reflection, and theoretical learning.

Custom Professional Development

Our team of professional trainers work with educators from Kindergarten through Grade 12 in both public and independent settings, to deliver meaningful and immediately applicable professional development sessions.

We use adventure-based and experiential learning activities to build staff team community, and to develop the skills of educators. Our Professional Development trainings support differentiated instruction approaches and can help educators and students make meaningful connections. Through activities and theory, these workshops explore how adventure-based learning can guide your classroom instruction.