Transform how your students learn.


Immerse yourself in a transformative experience during our in-person courses.

Expand and elevate your approach as you discover how hands-on, heads-on, hearts-on learning revolutionizes traditional teaching methods. And rediscover why creating community in the classroom matters now more than ever.

We also create customized workshops that take your team and organization to the next level.
Let’s talk about your needs and where you want to go.

Build your skillset, mindset, and heartset
to create better learning experiences for
your students.

We invite you to leave behind what’s limiting you–as a teacher and learner. During our all-day and multi-day courses, you will move from awareness to action by experiencing firsthand our innovative learning models. Explore philosophy and essential concepts, gain exposure to frameworks, and practice routines. An ongoing part of every course is building collective knowledge with your cohort–gain insights and tips so you can modify and apply best practices in your own ‘classroom’.

Teaching Essentials

Go Beyond Hands-On

During this immersive and interactive workshop, the traditional teaching model that has been used for decades will be turned inside out. Enter, ‘Go Beyond Hands-On’. The focus expands beyond the skillset to develop the mindset and heartset. Right now we need to infuse more heart into learning.

Get inspired to rethink the way you’ve been taught and to explore new teaching theory and best practices based on the Beyond Hands-On model. Receive a BHO manual that lays out the model plus how-tos for adapting it to your own classroom setting.

Active participation and curiosity are essential! Be ready to think-try-apply and share your insights with classmates to build collective knowledge.

  • This course is open to all types of educators–instructors, trainers, supervisors, mentors, crew leads, administrators, instructional designers, and classroom teachers.

    Whether you are a formal or non-formal educator, whether you have been teaching for decades or are just entering the field of education, this course offers

    • Experience the Beyond Hands-On way of learning from both a student’s and teacher’s perspective

    • Compare and contrast the Beyond Hands-On (BHO) philosophy and framework to traditional teaching methods

    • Gain exposure to BHO foundational theory, framework and best practices that will level up your teaching 

    • Identify how lectures, demonstrations, and group projects can be revamped using the BHO model

    • Examine your own ‘teaching ‘toolbox’ to examine what’s working, what’s not, and identify new BHO methods to try

    • Explore BHO routines used to create community in the classroom and build collective knowledge

    • Practice the science of identifying essential vs. non-essential information

    • Practice the art of organizing an interactive lesson

    • Practice applying the BHO model to your craft/trade by designing and delivering a 10-minute lesson

    • Create an action plan with next steps to apply the Beyond Hands-On model to your teaching in the future

  • Available as:

    • Multi-Day Training

    • 1-Day Workshop

    • Presentation

    • Customize Experience

  • “Life and mind-changing in many aspects of my day-to-day leadership and teaching. The best and most useful training I’ve been to. Thank you BHO!”  -Ryan

    “Ground-breaking, unlike any training I’ve attended. Completely changed my approach to training for the better. This has been profoundly impactful.”  -Lisa

    “BHO is a model that I can incorporate into daily tasks/training at the worksite. The info used is NOT just for “Training”. I can see the value in leadership with my team starting as soon as I get back with them.”  -Garrett

    “This workshop provides a framework for teaching that is much more inclusive and effective than the traditional model we all grew up with.”  -Tom

    “As a hands-on preservation trade instructor, this workshop was invaluable. It taught me how to get my students to connect to the subject, take ownership of their learning and get motivated about it all in the process.”  -Joni

    “The Beyond Hands-On workshop was a valuable experience that challenged me to reevaluate how I approach teaching and the sharing of information. It got me out of my bubble of comfort. A workshop like this pushes you in ways you didn't even know were needed.”  -Natalie

    “Beyond Hands-On turns traditional learning on its head - makes it more fun, more interactive, and creates deeper community ties and understanding.”  - Jordan

Teaching Essentials

Learn Local,
Wherever You Are

During this immersive and interactive training, the widely accepted methods for place-based learning will be revisited and revolutionized. Enter “Learn Local, Wherever You Are”, a holistic and heartfelt approach.

Right now there is a big push for 3P Learning–Problem, Project, Place-Based– that places emphasis on producing a product to be shared with the public. Learn Local offers a unique and complimentary framework that emphasizes the process with sense of place as the foundation.

Get inspired to rethink the way you’ve been connecting people to place and explore new teaching theory and best practices based on the Learn Local model. Receive a Learn Local Field Guide–including a philosophy and framework that can be used wherever your classroom and community are located.

Replace the traditional field trip model with learning-in-the-field, gain usable tools to ensure the place is not a backdrop, and authentic ways to engage with your community.

Active participation and curiosity are essential! Be ready to think-try-apply and share your insights with classmates to build collective knowledge.

  • This course is open to all types of educators–classroom teachers, administrators, community partners, interpreters, tour guides–who are interested in place-based learning.

    Whether you are a formal or non-formal educator, whether you have been teaching for decades or are just entering the field of education, this course offers usable takeaways.

    • Experience the Learn Local way of learning from both a student’s and teacher’s perspective

    • Compare and contrast the Learn Local philosophy and framework with traditional place-based learning methods

    • Gain exposure to Learn Local foundational theory, framework and best practices that will level up your teaching 

    • Identify how field trips, community visits, tours, classroom lessons, and real-world projects can be revamped using the Learn Local model

    • Examine your own ‘place-based ‘toolbox’ to examine what’s working, what’s not, and identify new Learn Local methods to try

    • Practice the art of organizing a flow that supports learning in the field

    • Practice applying the Learn Local model by designing and delivering a 10-minute place-based lesson

    • Create an action plan with next steps to apply the Learn Local model to your teaching in the future

  • Available as:

    • Multi-Day Training

    • 1-Day Workshop

    • Presentation

    • Customized Experience

What People Are Saying

Past Collaborators

We are honored to collaborate with organizations, educators, and learners all over the country. Our past projects vary in scope and scale–half-day adventures with middle schoolers to multi-year curriculum revamps with the National Park Service.