MaineECO’s Professional Development Network is a statewide group of individuals with experience, training, and certification in outdoor and nature-based (ONB) early childhood education. Members of this network are available to provide professional development services including workshops, technical assistance, mentoring, site visits, and resource sharing.

Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to deepen your practice, we can connect you with someone in your region or with the specific expertise you need. Our professional development network serves those working with children 0-8 across a variety of settings.

Professional Development Services

On Site, Teacher Workshops

Technical Assistance & Resource Sharing

Mentorship Programs

Become a Member

Higher Education Partners

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Why are they partners?

“Reconnecting the human species with the rest of the world is the great work of the 21st century. Some of this work can be done by Congress or by the UN, by business and education and the great conservation organizations. The rest of it will be accomplished through small and meaningful acts, no more complicated than stepping outside among the trees with the people we love.”