Seedlings Educators Collaborative

11/17/2025

🎉🎉So proud of this contingent representing CT at the National Place-Based Education Conference organized by Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative in Michigan -- all of them friends and/or alumni of Seedlings, and many of them presenting the impact projects they developed in their year with our Community of Practice! Congratulations to you all. We are proud to know you! 🎉🎉

One of the big takeaways from the conference was the reminder of what we know in our hearts: That is through the practice of relationship-centered, place-based education that we will mend the pieces of this world, and that teachers are doing this work day in and day out. Thank you, educators. Hope to see even more representation from CT at the next PBE conference in two years!

If your curiosity is peaked and you want to find out more, contact [email protected].

Clinton Avenue School New Haven, CT Six to Six Interdistrict Magnet School Adam J. Lewis Academy St. Thomas's Day School Cold Spring School Connecticut State Department of Education

10/29/2025

WATCH WITH US!
Saturday, November 1 from 9:30 - 11:30 am
Doors open at 9:30am (coffee/tea reception), film starts at 10am, followed by a Q&A
Please RSVP as seating is limited.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/basedinplay

RSVP to attend a screening of Based in Play: How Children Learn Best, our documentary on play-based learning. We are so grateful to all of our educators featured in the film for inviting us (and you!) into their inspiring classrooms and schools. You will likely see a few familiar faces as some of the educators featured in the film are alumni of the Seedlings' Summer Workshop. In every school and play-based learning classroom you'll see children meeting and exceeding expectations.

Flint Street Theater at the Friends Center for Children
25 Flint Street
New Haven, CT

08/07/2025

The vibes will be immaculate for this *free* mini-retreat tomorrow. 🌞🌻🌾 Aug. 8th 2pm-4pm at West Rock Park. Join us, and bring a colleague! Learn more and register here. https://forms.gle/3MKamwBNynGZdXcS6

08/02/2025

Are you a Seedlings alum who wishes the collaboration and energy could continue through the school year? Apply to join our Community of Practice, now in it's third year running. Together, we work toward putting Seedlings ideas into practice in the classroom and develop resources to positively impact our community. All while having a whole lot of FUN! Participation is limited to 15 people. Learn more and apply here: https://forms.gle/fyVLuyywAvMgZ6RM8.

07/28/2025

Reconnect with Seedlings for an afternoon of reflection, restoration, and nourishment in advance of the new school year, facilitated by the ever-inspiring Emergent Nature With Sandrine Harris. Friday, August 8th from 2pm-4pm at West Rock Park. Click here to learn more and to reserve your spot: https://forms.gle/jfo42xbCQrAk3vnL9

What: An afternoon of reflection, restoration, connection, and nourishment. When: Friday, Aug. 8th 2pm-4pm Where: West Rock Park. Park in the lot for Elm City Montessori (495 Blake St. New Haven), and cross the footbridge to the open field ** In the case of inclement weather, Elm City Montessori has...

03/06/2025

Tonight at Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop from 6-7:30! This is always a fun, community building event. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBU9T59-vNfcRFp0qtv82Fm9w1cP74gqISwXtOKH05pkK6pg/viewform

03/04/2025

Teachers--we see you showing up for your students and making meaningful, lasting impressions for so many young people. 🥹❤️

Thank you for sharing this story, The Chats Fam:!

02/26/2025

Check out this free event coming up on Wednesday, March 5th at 4:45: How did New Haven's environment come to be, and how can we help shape its future?

The New Haven Environmental History Project explores the history of the built and natural environment of the New Haven, Connecticut region.

The free teaching website curates engaging and easily accessible historical materials organized around key themes in environmental history– water, energy, transportation, land use, and public health. The content includes historical photos, maps, textual documents, infographics, and other materials.

The New Haven Environmental History Project aims to connect students and faculty with the community and invite us all to think about why the New Haven region has developed the way that it has, and how it might change in the future.

At our launch event, our special guests will each speak briefly on a theme in New Haven’s history, drawing on an item from the new website, and we will invite attendees to join a conversation on topics and themes for teaching the environmental history of the city.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbQI69y7mgbuHd2jSfQCqjmQUY4azpTFCmA8Vo6EUx6H6sYw/viewform

02/14/2025

Connecticut Pre-K to Grade 6 Educators: Ready to be re-inspired and re-invigorated in your teaching practice? Apply for the Seedlings Summer Workshop! Know of a talented educator who could use a boost? Tell them, too! More info: https://seedlingseducatorscollaborative.org/summer-teacher-workshop/

01/14/2025

It's that time of the year! Pre-K to grade 6 teachers: apply for the Seedlings Summer Workshop! June 23 to 27 in New Haven, CT! Application deadline is March 31st.
https://seedlingseducatorscollaborative.org/summer-teacher-workshop/

01/02/2025

The Mill River ecosystem map created by teachers at our Seedlings 2024 workshop is on display at Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop until MLK day! Check it out, and bring a colleague. While you're there, share your ideas about how you would adapt this activity in your classroom on our Padlet page and be automatically entered into a drawing for a Seedlings-funded field trip to the museum! To learn more about the map, click here: https://seedlingseducatorscollaborative.org/2024/11/discovering-the-mill-river-from-field-to-the-classroom/