Advanced Permaculture Training in
Teaching Permaculture
at Midwest Permaculture, Stelle, IL
Aug. 5-11, 2012
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Pre-requisite: Permaculture Design Course (PDC) Certificate |
Learn how to Teach Permaculture to Offer Your Own Trainings, Workshop, Seminars and Talks  2011 Teacher's Training Course at Midwest Permaculture |
What Will be Covered?
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Who is this Training For?
This training is for graduates of the 72-Hour Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course.
We honor most all PDC certifications world wide.
This is a training for people who want to become great teachers
of this brilliant-design process we call “permaculture”.
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Bill Wilson Teaching at a PDC Course in Madison, WI
What to Expect from this Training
The primary focus will be on how one becomes an effective permaculture teacher. People who are passionate and committed to living and teaching an authentic way of living on the planet will likely find this training invaluable.
During the week in the sustainably oriented community of Stelle, and under the experienced guidance of Bill and Becky Wilson, students will be compassionately supported in exploring those parts of themselves that make us all more effective teachers, and not just of permaculture.
We will also offer each student teacher a wealth of practical resources from which to draw upon while they are developing their permaculture teaching skills and business. We will share some of the pieces and aspects of our PDC Courses that really hit home with most permaculture students.
Bottom-line: how do we transfer the brilliance of permaculture to the awakened, and non-awakened, individual?
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Why do you want to be a teacher of permaculture? Is it because you simply want to make money teaching something that is considered ‘Green’? Is it because it looks easy to market and host permaculture trainings? Is it because permaculture is in your bones and you just have to share your passion for this approach to living with others? Bingo…! Bill and Becky Wilson started Midwest Permaculture in 2006 and are now making their living by teaching, lecturing, and offering permaculture design services. They will share candidly with the students taking this training about what has worked well in developing themselves and their business, and what has not.
Who are those who Become… It is the one who knows that the deeper insight into permaculture is its ethical underpinning–seeking to find ways of healing the planet while caring for the human condition. It is the person who is passionate about sharing this inspiration and information, but they are also solid within themselves. We have found that it is not what a person teaches or how they teach that is so important, but rather why they teach that often makes the difference.. Are you willing to look deeply at that? Are you willing to come from your core when you teach and have loads of fun while you are doing it? If so, then we think this training is for you. |
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Milton Dixon – Additional Instructor
Urban Permaculturist, Wild-Edibles Forager, Internet-Technology Guru
Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup Coordinator
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Milton has been assisting with Midwest Permaculture’s webinars and trainings for several years now. As an urban dweller, he has taken many creative steps toward a more permaculture lifestyle including foraging for fruit in parks and alleyways, planting gardens, making wine and growing mushrooms…to name a few.
He is accomplished at identifying edible-wild plants and took his Advance Permaculture Teacher’s Training with David Jacke (author of Edible Forest Gardens) in 2010. Milton brings a spontaneity and youthfulness that is contagious and very complementary to Bill and Becky’s style of teaching. Students continue to tell us that Bill, Becky and Milton make an excellent teaching team. |
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DAY 1: PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS OF TEACHING PERMACULTURE/ PERSONAL STORIES –NEEDS-OBJECTIVES DAY 2: TEACHING SYSTEMS/ LEARNING STYLES/ THE ART OF TEACHING/ ROLE OF THE INSTRUCTOR DAY 3: CURRICULUM BUILDING (PDC & OTHER)/ MODULE PLANNING/ OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES DAY 4: FACILITATING A TRAINING/ TEAM TEACHING/ TIME MANAGEMENT/ MANAGING THE FLOW DAY 5: WORKSHOP PLANNING/ GETTING THE MOST FROM STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND FEEDBACK DAY 6: MARKETING/ ECONOMICS/ STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR MODULES/ CELEBRATION DAY 7: MENTORSHIP-APPRENTICESHIP-INTERNSHIP/ CERTIFICATES AWARDED |
More Practical Aspects of the Training
Daily Schedule
We will have class most days from 8:30 a.m. through 9 p.m. with good breaks for lunch and dinner (you’ll want them) and we will schedule an evening off in the middle of the week. This is a full training so we ask students to come ready to study, work and learn. There will be plenty of fun too.
Meals:
All meals, snacks, coffee, tea and water will be provided as part of the course tuition. Meals will be prepared from mostly organic and locally raised foods and will include vegetarian and meat options.
Camping and Accommodations in Stelle
As part of the price of tuition, free camping space will be made available with toilets and showers not far from the classroom. This is light camping as you will likely only be spending time in your tent to sleep.
There are also indoor lodging options available in Stelle that run $150 for the entire week. Some of our residents are delighted to rent out their guest rooms for this modest fee. Please email Becky (or call 815-256-2215) if you have any questions, otherwise, there is an option to add this lodging when you register.
What to Bring:
Three to four weeks before the training begins, every student receives a detailed email which includes a list of things to bring as well as more information about your training.
Course Fee & Registration:
The price for this course includes Bill and Becky Wilson as full-time teachers with Milton Dixon as assistant teacher, all meals, camping space (with shower facilities) and all handouts & other materials.
Training Fee $1,295
Early Registration – 60 Days Out: $1,145 (Save $150 before June 5th)
Early Registration – 120 Days Out: $ 995 (Save $300 before April 5th)
Course Limit: 20 Students
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Registration Options (Once Dates are Set) Option 2 |
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Down-Payment / Course Reservation
Our simple e-commerce page is not set-up to handle partial or down-payments. If making a partial payment is an important factor to your ability to participate, please call Becky at 815-256-2215 to work out these arrangements.
Low Risk Cancellation and Refund Policy
We know unexpected things happen or come up. Therefore, should a student have to cancel their enrollment in this training there is a
- full refund less $150 if 30 days out;
- full refund less $300 if 14-29 days out;
- full refund less $600 if fewer than 14 days out.
Note: 50% of the cancellation fee can be used as credit toward any future Midwest Permaculture teacher training, PDC course, or other advanced permaculture training.
There are no refunds for cancellations or for withdrawals once the course begins. However, in certain circumstances, we may extend partial credit towards a future training.
Questions? Need to talk this through a bit?
Feel free to email or call Becky. 815-256-2215
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About Training Location: Stelle, Illinois This training will be hosted in the sustainably oriented community of Stelle (rhymes with “well”), IL where Becky and Bill have been residents for over 30 years now.The community hovers around 110 people in size with 45 suburban homes, but there has been a strong sustainability focus among some of the residents for over two decades. During this time they have created such things as an organic garden co-op, a community tool co-op, a dinner co-op, a solar-powered telephone company (which includes solar-powered, community wide WiFi), a wind generator assisted fresh-water treatment facility, Illinois’ first straw-bale home, and more. If you would like to know more about the community of Stelle, visit our community website: As the home of Midwest Permaculture, students will be given a tour of the community and will be able to see first hand some of the early permaculture work that has been going on. In particular, students will be able to fully explore Bill and Becky’s permaculture yard. Since Bill and Becky have been involved in creating intentional community for decades, they are willing to share of this experience. Some of our evenings will be filled with open discussions on permaculture related topics. It will be a rich week.
 Stelle Wind Generator
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