School Programs

  • Professional Development

    Wayfinders provides facilitation workshops for teachers to integrate the practices of nature connection and social emotional learning into curriculum and advisory.

  • Student Community Building

    Wayfinders provides opportunities to cultivate community among new and existing students through facilitated nature connection and team building activities.

  • Sustainability Field Trips & Retreats

    From pollinator plants to team building, Wayfinders field trips & retreats get students and teachers connected & curious about nature! Customized half, whole day or camping trips.

Wayfinders Work with Schools: Community Building & Faculty Training

  • One-on-one activities like pair shares

    This game of “Shapeshifter” got teachers and administrators to hone their observation schools in preparation for supporting advisees through the Advisory Program.

  • Contemplative activities like "sit spot" and journaling

    Sit spot provides an opportunity to find a quiet place to observe nature with all of your senses. This opportunity to clear your mind often results in a sense of peace and connection with the natural world.

  • Inside schools building culture

    We love being outside and in nature and we also realize that a lot of time is spent inside the four walls of classrooms in schools. We join forces with teachers to bring nature into the classroom, especially when outdoor conditions don’t allow us to be outside.

  • Outside in City parks

    Nature is everywhere, even in the City, and we work with schools to find space to connect with nature.

Wayfinders Work with

Bard High School Early College - Bronx

Wayfinders partners with Bard High School Early College and their new campus in the Bronx. Through this partnership we provide professional development for the faculty to support teachers who also serve as advisors.

Wayfinders provides teachers with direct experiences with social emotional learning in preparation and support for the work they are required to do to support students in underserved communities in the Bronx. We also provide direct programming for the school through community days which takes the students out of the building into the local park (Crotona Park) to build nature connection in addition to social emotional learning and community building.

Learn more about our School Programs

Wayfinders provides after-school programs, in-school programs, field trips, and professional development for schools, including Bard High School Early College - Bronx, Temple Beth Shalom Nursery School and the Shames JCC Early Childhood Center.

Wayfinders engages children, teachers, and administrators in nature-based programming that builds connection and awareness of our relationship with the natural world while building community.

Social emotional learning and joyful adventure are at the heart of nature connection. Wayfinders integrates fun-filled team building adventures into exploration of the natural world so we’re always learning together as a group, and discovering our connections to ourselves and the way we work within our communities as we play.

Students practice skill building which encourages them to get their hands dirty, open their senses, and develop resilience and grit. Along the way, they discover the incredible beauty and peace of the natural world, and find their place in the web of life.