Spanish for
Conservation Professionals
STATE PARKS EDITION
This 8-week / 12-hour interactive online course (via Zoom) is designed for English-speaking state park rangers, staff, and volunteers who want to better welcome, inform, guide, and interact with their Spanish-speaking visitors.
A good foundation in (and memory of) basic Spanish required.
This course can be tailored to accommodate staff at any type of federal, state, or local conservation area (i.e., National Wildlife Refuges, State Forests, Land Trust preserves).
What you get:
An overview and review of general Spanish language rules (particularly compared to English), pronunciation, everyday vocabulary / phrases, time, sentence structure, and conjugation patterns of essential verbs.
Introduction of vocabulary, verbs, phrases, scenarios relevant to state parks including: welcoming visitors; natural and man-made park structures or features; visitor-related services and FAQs; animals, plants, and habitats; popular recreational activities; park rules; emergency situations.
A relaxed but lively and positive learning environment with instructors in real time (via Zoom).
Course Length & Schedule:
Eight 1.5-hour classes available weekly between 9am and 2pm ET, Monday - Friday.
Other combinations of course- and class-length can be arranged.
Next course: January 2024, and upon request.
Course Price (per student):
$240. Minimum group size: 10.
If more than 20 students, class will be split into two identical sessions in order to maintain a low student-to-teacher ratio during small-group practice time.
TESTIMONIALS
"The [Spanish for Park Conservation Professionals Class] was incredible! It was very well-timed, extremely useful, engaging and well-presented."
—Dorie Stolley, Director,
Office of Community Engagement and Volunteerism, Virginia State Parks Department, VA
"The pacing was good. Most of the vocabulary was new,
and the listening/writing tasks were challenging enough."
—Laura Papp, Chief Ranger of Visitor Experience, First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, VA
"The class was great. I have already been using much of the vocabulary."
—Jamie Leeuwrik, Chief Ranger - Visitor Experience, Widewater State Park, Stafford, VA
"Instructors were very helpful, and very knowledgeable.
They catered the program to our needs in parks."
—Joanne D. Absher, Park Ranger, James River State Park, Gladstone, VA
"The class was very action packed. I felt that it was all relevant."
—Jennifer Ellington, DCR-VA State Parks Sign Shop, Graphics & Sign Production Supervisor, Virginia State Parks Department, VA
