Welcome to Tremont’s Schoolyard Network
You don’t need a forest, a field trip, or a perfectly designed outdoor classroom to help students learn from the world around them. A patch of grass, a few trees, a sidewalk, or even the view from a classroom window can become a place for observation, inquiry, connection, and discovery. The Schoolyard Network helps educators build the confidence, ideas, and community to make that kind of learning part of everyday teaching.
Free for educators nationwide!
What is the Schoolyard Network?
The Schoolyard Network is a free virtual community for educators interested in experiential, place-based, and outdoor learning. Members connect with peers, exchange field-tested ideas and resources, and practice strategies that can be adapted across grade levels, subjects, and school settings.
Whether you already teach outside regularly or you’re wondering how to get started, you’re welcome here. There’s no required level of experience – and no expectation that outdoor learning has to be elaborate.
For more than 55 years, Tremont educators have used the natural world as a setting for curiosity-driven, experiential learning. The Schoolyard Network brings that approach to educators everywhere, with practical ideas designed for the places where you teach every day.
Upcoming Schoolyard Network Calls
Our free virtual meetings are typically held on the second Thursday of the month from 4:30–6 p.m. ET.
Each session gives you a chance to experience an activity as a learner, then reflect with other educators on how it could be adapted for different grade levels, subjects, and school settings. Topics vary throughout the year and may include observation, journaling, community science, seasonal change, and other practical approaches to experiential learning.
There’s no attendance requirement – join the sessions that interest you and fit your schedule. Meetings are eligible for professional development hours.
Ask questions, share resources, and build camaraderie with other educators in the Schoolyard Network Facebook group. Group members are the first to know about special discounts and program offerings for educators!
Start Where You Are
You don’t need special equipment. You don’t need to be a naturalist. And you don’t need to transform your entire curriculum. Start with one activity. One question. One trip outside.
Join a community of educators learning how to make curiosity, experience, and the world outside the classroom a more regular part of school.
Free to join. No attendance requirement. Open to educators nationwide.
As part of this network, you will receive information about professional development opportunities, resources, and upcoming virtual meetings. There is no cost to join or attend monthly meetings and no attendance obligation. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The Schoolyard Network is offered at no cost to educators thanks to generous support from
