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2023 Hog Island Educator’s Week Scholarship
​“Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week" ​July 16-21, 2023
Hog Island Audubon Camp, Maine
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Presque Isle Audubon Society of Erie, PA is pleased to announce their annual scholarship to attend The National Audubon Society’s “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” at Hog Island, Maine, which this year will be July 16- 21, 2023. 

This $2,790 scholarship is designed to cover the Camp's $1590 registration cost while also providing a $1200 transportation allowance. In return,  the 2023 “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” Scholarship Recipient will be required to:
  1. Design and implement a lesson plan about birds and the environment for your students.
  2. Give a presentation to the membership of Presque Isle Audubon about your experience by the end of 2023, in person or via Zoom.
  3. Write a brief article about your experience for our organization’s newsletter, the Tern of Events, by the end of 2023.
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Also of note:
  • Eligibility: Any educator who lives or teaches in Erie or Crawford Counties is eligible to apply. 
  • Prerequisites: NONE. You needn't be an experienced birder, just someone who enjoys birds and the outdoors and wants to teach others about them.
  • Application Deadline is April 1, 2023.  The application can be found below.
  • The Executive Board of Presque Isle Audubon will review the applications and announce the winning recipient on April 15, 2023.​

Interested in applying but have questions? Send them to president@presqueisleaudubon.org

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From their website: At Hog Island's Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week,  you will learn practical approaches and add inspiration to your environmental education curriculum during this action-packed program. Workshops using techniques in art, music, theater, journaling, and other disciplines will be presented. You’ll participate in a host of classic Audubon Camp field trips, including a boat trip around the restored Atlantic Puffin and Tern colony on Eastern Egg Rock, intertidal explorations, and hiking through Hog Island's unspoiled spruce-fir forest. In a beautiful outdoor setting, these experiences will provide a wonderful opportunity to learn new methods of teaching to take home to your students. You'll explore citizen science, create inquiry-based lessons on birds and other topics, and demonstrate low and high-tech methods of teaching.
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​Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) are available for completing the course from the University of Southern Maine.  

​“Best workshop I have ever attended. No teacher left inside. All teachers deserve summer camp! Total stress relief, FUN, FUN, FUN!"  -Deb, teacher, Alabama.

"Audubon Educators Camp was amazing from start to finish, I highly recommend it to everyone. The food was amazing too. The staff was professional and accommodating. The teachers were patient, knowledgeable & willing to change course to do what was best for us." -John Sullens, Maryland educator, 2022 camper

Please Note: National Audubon requires all participants to acknowledge their COVID-19 Guidelines & Cancellation Policy prior to registering. 


     2023 Hog Island Educator's Week Scholarship Application



    Guidelines Found here https://hogisland.audubon.org/covid-19guidelines

     ​Please answer the following questions in the spaces below:


    All completed applications must be filled in by April 1, 2023.
    The applications will be reviewed by the Executive Board of Presque Isle Audubon and the winning recipient announced on April 15, 2023. ​

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