ABC's of School Programming

Strides to Success was created to work in partnership with the schools to provide innovative programming for these students and the school’s teaching staff. Since 2004, Strides has introduced hundreds of other equine professionals to the process of incorporating programs into the school culture. Workshop attendees will learn how to seek out the decision makers, share the value of equine assisted learning, design funded programs and develop collaborative contracts to meet the goals and objectives of educational institutions. This workshop is designed for center administrators, educators, program directors, instructors, teachers or anyone who is responsible for developing and contacting the schools to initiate Equine Facilitated Learning programs.

This workshop will cover the following subjects:

• Identifying and assessing school needs
• How to make your center a resource that schools can’t live without
• Contacting and approaching key decision makers
• Finding common ground between the barn and schools
• Designing pilot programs
• How to create budgets and get programs funded
• Evaluations & Rubrics Education Terminology
• Facilitating an EFL school based program & sample curricula