 Teacher and Group Leader Information
All information on this page is intended to make the teacher’s
job easier.
For reservations or questions call 831-684-0148 or email
admin@wolfschool.org.
Our job at the WOLF School is to offer academic programs,
challenging curriculum and exciting hands-on experiences that
support your classroom curriculum and enhance your students’
educational experience in our outdoor classroom.
WOLF School offers:
- Customized K-8 science, history and group building programs
- Teacher support
- Health and safety supervision
- Curriculum according to the state Content Standards and
Frameworks.
- Positive Expectations and Discipline Policy for students
- In-depth Teacher Handbook
- Comprehensive chaperone training
- Experienced, professional and friendly Naturalists and
Directors
- A bonding experience for you and your students
- Your choice of programs and facilities
- Good, healthy, kid-friendly food
- A pre-trip visit to talk to teachers, students and parents
 Teacher Support
When you sign up to bring your students to a WOLF School
Program, you sign up for great support from the WOLF School
Office. Whether you need assistance with deciding what campus to
attend or which program would be best for your students, our
professional education staff are available by phone or in person
to support you in making the decisions that are best for your
students. Health and Safety
Safety comes first at the WOLF School. All our staff are
certified in the Principles of First Aid and CPR, and carry
first aid kits and radios with them while out on the trails. All
staff are background checked and our campuses are closed to the
public. WOLF School’s Program Director typically acts as Health
Supervisor and handles medications and ill students in
coordination with the classroom teachers. All prescription and
over-the-counter medication must be in the original labeled
bottle and be accompanied with a signed doctor’s approval with
full dispensation instructions. Students are always in the
presence of a chaperone, teacher or WOLF staff member while at
our programs. Science By the Standards
 Our outdoor science curriculum as well as our living history and
WOLF P.A.C.C. program curriculum is correlated to current CDE
State Content Standards and Frameworks (see
Outdoor Science School, Living History
or
WOLF P.A.C.C curriculum section).
Correlations are available for all grades and content areas. See
below for example. Example - CA Science Content Standards Covered at WOLF School
| Lesson Type |
4th |
5th |
6th |
| Energy |
1g,
2a, b* |
2f, g |
3a,b,c,d,
4a,b, 5a |
| Cycles |
2a, b,
c |
1a, b, g, h,
2b, c, d,
e, f, g, 3a, b, c, d, e |
3a, c,
d, 5b |
| Change |
4a, 5a, b, c |
4a,
b, c, d, e |
1a, b, c, d, e, f, g,
2a, b, c, d,
4a, c, d, e |
| Adaptations |
3b, c |
2a, b, c, d,
e |
5c,d |
| Communities |
2a, b, c, 3a, b, c, d |
|
5a, b, c, d, e |
| Interdependence |
2b, c, 3c, d |
|
5a, b, c, d, e |
| Diversity |
3c, d |
|
5c, d, e |
| Night Hike/Other |
|
5a, b, c |
6a, b, c |
* Bolded standards are generally covered during a standard
outdoor science school program. Many non-bolded standards are
also covered each week. Programs can be tailored to meet your
school’s specific content needs. Behavior Expectations and Discipline Policy
Students attending WOLF School are expected to observe the same
rules they do at school. While it is an incredible outdoor
“science camp,” living history or group building experience,
students are still responsible for achieving their learning
goals and behaving like they are at school. For that reason,
there are well-defined behavior expectations and discipline
policy
 . Students, their parents, chaperones and teachers are all
responsible for being familiar with these expectations so they
can support their students putting their best foot forward at
the WOLF School. Teacher Handbook
Each attending teacher will receive a Teacher Handbook
(coming soon) that
contains all you need to know to plan your trip. It contains
facility information about your site, cabin diagrams, lists and
explanations of how to put your students into field study
groups, letters to send home to parents as well as pre and post
trip curriculum. In the front of the book it includes a timeline
of how to organize your trip. Chaperone Training
All chaperones and teachers are offered a comprehensive
chaperone training
 when they arrive. Chaperones also receive a chaperone handbook designed to assist in their responsibilities,
including information about the schedule, program goals,
behavior expectations, chaperone responsibilities and activities
to use with your students. Read and print the
Chaperone Handbook
. WOLF School Staff
Our experienced Program Directors will lead your program, from
health supervision to meals to evening activities. Our skilled
Naturalists provide safe and exciting environmental education
adventures in our outdoor classroom. From positive discipline to
water sampling to studying banana slug adaptations to
team-building activities, Naturalists plan and deliver a dynamic
hands-on experience for your students.
Living and Learning Together
Teachers often say they bring their students to an outdoor
education program f or two main reasons. First is the subject
area knowledge that the students gain—often more information and
more easily recalled because of the hands-on, out of the
classroom, inquiry-based way the knowledge was acquired. Second
is the group bonding that occurs at an environmental education
program. Students need to cooperate to get their showers done on
time and get to dinner. Students have to serve food and clear
tables and eat together at a table as a group. They have to
clean up after themselves. They see their teachers after hours
and teachers have the opportunity to see the best in their
students that may not shine brightest during regular school
hours. Most participating teachers and students say it is a
wonderful opportunity to learn to appreciate others in their
class or grade level they did not know or thought they knew, but
learned to appreciate more at the WOLF School.
Variety of Programs and Facilities
We offer programs for K-8th grade students at campuses
throughout Northern California. From rustic to retreat style,
our campuses highlight some of the best outdoor areas in the
Santa Cruz, Sonoma and Sierra Foothill areas. Check our
program
page to see the full extent of WOLF’s program offerings.
Healthy, Kid-Friendly Food
 Tasty meals are provided as part of the program starting with
dinner the first night and ending with lunch on the last day. We
provide healthy, kid-friendly food in either a buffet or
family-style setting. An example of a typical day consists of
pancakes, cereal and fruit for breakfast, build your own
sandwich (turkey, ham, peanut butter and jelly, cheese,
vegetables, tofu), carrots, trail mix and cookies for lunch,
pasta with choice of vegetarian or meat sauce, salad and bread
for dinner. We easily accommodate special diets/food allergies.
Contact us in advance of the program.
We’ll Come To Your School
We can provide an informational visit to your teachers, parents
and students.
Or we can lend you a video of our program to show
to your parents and students. Our staff are available meet with
your teachers or administrators to provide information or to
plan curriculum for your school’s trip. Contact us.
Teacher Forms – These forms are received by teachers as part of
their teacher handbook, master forms packet or while at the WOLF
School. If you need a new copy, you may print it from here.
Caution - Do not use forms from previous years as they change
each year. Note: all these forms are
pdf
Forms In Spanish |
