DREAM BIG with Design: TEACHER'S EDITION

On Sunday, October 6 – Tuesday, October 8, a cohort of elementary school educators joined ASLA members at the 2024 annual Conference on Landscape Architecture for DREAM BIG with Design: TEACHER’S EDITION, a three-day professional development event held at the headquarters of ASLA in Washington, DC.

Participants - ranging from STEM and art teachers, to librarians, and administrators - held a minimum of a master's degrees in either education, leadership and administration, library science, or public health.    

Instructors Arnaldo Cardona, M.Ed., ASLA, Taylor D. Metz, M.LA., ASLA, and Miranda Mote, Ph.D., ASLA brought extensive design and research experience to the workshop. Together, they introduced the profession of landscape architecture and delivered breakout sessions on design topics that framed lesson plans developed by the participants on the following: 

•  Schoolyard as Sustainable Laboratory 
•  Schoolyard as Therapeutic Laboratory
•  Schoolyard as Physical Health and Wellness
•  Schoolyard as Scientific Laboratory
•  Schoolyard as Art and Language Studio

View the Workshop Photo Gallery.