Teachers writing and dressed warmly outside at the Eden Project

Eden Project Teacher weekends

Purpose and Wellbeing for People and Planet.

This unique development opportunity enables early career teachers and emergent or curriculum leaders with an interest in nature and sustainability to step out of the classroom and have a transformative weekend focused on wellbeing – personal, school community and planetary that is full of inspirational talks, workshops and coaching.

Participant

“ It has been a truly amazing experience and I cannot thank the Eden Project enough. I feel relaxed, reflective and ready to take on the term ahead. ”

What you can expect

Personal recharge and reflection time

Wobbly bridge stretching across the canopy of Eden's Rainforest Biome

Bespoke out-of-hours activities in the Eden Project Biomes

Inspiring input on wider world contexts

Hands laying leaves and flowers on cotton to make a natural dye print

Take-away teaching ideas and resources for nature-rich, outdoor and sustainability-led learning

Adults standing outside in a circle doing training at the Eden Project

Group coaching

Generous catering including pizza in the Mediterranean and a proper Cornish cream tea

A weekend focused on the 'why' of teaching and leading – not just the ‘what’ and ‘how’

Did you know?

17.2% of teachers consider leaving the profession within their first two years.

Our Teacher Weekends provide practical support, resources and models to early career teachers and leaders, helping reduce the numbers choosing to leave teaching at an early stage in their careers. Inspired by the unique setting and mission of our educational charity we create space and the opportunity to build connections and networks for teachers and curriculum leaders working to bring nature, sustainability and outdoors meaningfully into their practice and schools.

By spending significant time and space reconnecting with their purpose, our weekends are designed to strengthen teachers’ commitment to the profession: one third of the weekend unashamed well-being time, one third inspirational speakers and practical workshops on nature-based, sustainability-focused and outdoor learning, one third group-coaching and action planning for the future. The programme is designed to keep good people in the profession for longer, connected to their purpose and equipped to engage with the bigger ecological narratives and challenges facing schools and young people.

Over the last 5 years, 100% of previous participants say they would highly recommend the weekend to other teachers.

Facilitated by Alex Bell – an award-winning leadership and innovation coach at Portland Education – and by the Eden Project’s Education Team, the programme takes place in the breathtaking setting of the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Teachers writing in chalk on the paths in front of Eden's Biomes

Alex Bell, co-founder of the Eden Project ECT weekends

“What you teach will change over time. How you teach will improve and get better over time. But why you teach… that’s the precious flame we’ve got to nurture and intensify not diminish.”

How to book

If you'd like to learn more about these weekends or discuss how we can work together to create an ECT weekend for your group of schools or multi-academy trust, please contact education@edenproject.com.

Commissioning school

“ Alex and the team at Eden are expert purveyors of hope, people whose dreams have become reality because of their values. ”

Eden Project Teacher weekends