Marcella Wells

Keynote:

Saturday, April 30 8:30am (tentative)

Visioning (Environmental) Education for the 21st Century

Join Marcella to vision a changing constellation of learning for the 21^st century.  Marcella will “reveal” how each one of us is a part of this puzzle by challenging some of our fundamental assumptions -- about teachers and learners, about settings, and about learning progressions.  Join Marcella for an entertaining and provocative discussion about environmental literacy in a changing world.

Following the keynote address Marcella will be available for a candid question and answer session.  Bring your questions (written down).  And if you don’t bring questions, Marcella will have some for you.

Biography:

Marcella Wells is President of Wells Resources, Inc, a woman-owned, small business that specializes in interpretive planning, visitor studies, and project management.  Founded in 1999, Wells Resources works with federal, state, and local land management agencies, informal learning settings (museums, nature centers, arboreta, etc), and non-profit organizations as an advocate for learners.  Before founding the company, Marcella was a faculty member in the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University where she mentored graduate students and taught several courses in interpretation, interpretive planning, environmental education, and leisure studies.  She is past Vice President of the Visitor Studies Association, current member of AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom), and intermittently involved with the Children and Nature Connection in Fort Collins, Colorado.