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3/19/2008
Project Learning Tree (PLT) Facilitators Receive Awards |
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 On March 15, during the annual conference of the Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia at Unicoi State Park, Amy Taylor, a forester with Packaging Corporation of America in Valdosta, was awarded PLT's Outstanding Facilitator of the year for 2007.
During the past three years, Amy has been named outstanding facilitator twice. Amy has been instrumental in bringing to the forefront the premier pre-service program conducted at Valdosta State University in helping to train over 1000 potential teachers in the past 4 years. "Amy is a wonderful asset to our program," said Carla Rapp, PLT co-coordinator. "She is always willing to pitch in and help with workshops." Amy was Georgia Forestry Associations' intern for the summers of 2002 and 2003. She is the chair of Georgia Forestry Foundation's Education committee and is an integral part of the Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop.
John Gormly, retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC), was named PLT's Outstanding Educator for 2008. John became the Interpretive Education Coordinator for the GFC's Bartram Educational Forest in 1999 after retiring as a Rutgers University Professor. He built an environmental educational program at Bartram Forest which opened the doors of forestry to thousands who had never visited a working forest. He introduced the benefits of forestry and the practices needed for sustainable forests to more than 7,000 visitors each year. Project Learning Tree has been the cornerstone curriculum for the educational programs he has presented at the Forest and in the community.
In addition, John brought faculty and 400-600 new students from Georgia State College and State University to the Forest each year. He worked with the pre-service educator faculty to conduct workshops for preservice students to prepare them to use PLT with students they will reach in years to come.
He also provided PLT training for Outdoor Education students through Teaching Methods of Environmental Education courses. In all, he has trained more than 325 educators, natural resource professionals and other environmental education professionals in PLT workshops. John also served as a Georgia PLT Regional Coordinator. For more than seven years, he led and mentored PLT facilitators in his seven-county district - inspiring and presenting opportunities for improving their skills and confidence.
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