An ideal schedule for elementary schools: two morning assemblies and classroom visits for the balance of the day.

Each assembly is one hour long. Please add time for students to enter and exit the room. The first assembly is best scheduled for grades K-2, the second assembly for grades 3 and up. Allow twenty minutes between assemblies for Jane to have a break and for you to move students to/from the assembly room.

Schedule grade level visits after the assemblies for Q&A. For the best use of time, teachers should have a short discussion in their classrooms prior to the grade level visits so students can write down a question for Jane. When Jane visits each grade she can randomly select from the pile of questions. Ideal Q&A time with each grade: 20 minutes or more.

Your day might look like this:

7:30- Jane arrives to set up (needs 1/2 hour)

8-9 - First assembly program grades K-2 (students should start arriving in the assembly room at 7:50)

9-9:20 - First assembly program students exit, second assembly program students arrive

9:20-10:20 - Second assembly program (grades 3 and up)

10:20-11 Grade 1 Q&A visit

11-11:20 Grade 2 Q&A

11:20-12:20 Jane’s Break and also scheduled lunch with students or faculty

12:20-1 Grade 3 Q&A

1-1:20 Grade 4 Q&A

1:20-1:40 Grade 5 Q&A

Balance of day: special interest groups, writing workshops, nature walks, etc.

If you have a student special interest group or club (writing club, environmental club), Jane can also address that group for a Q&A session.

If you would like a short writing lesson or exercise with a particular class or grade, a nature journaling or nature walk, or any of that kind of interaction, please contact our office so we can accommodate you.

Feel free to schedule Jane to have lunch with students or faculty. Please provide a 20 minute break for Jane to leave the building around mid-day. Please note that Jane usually travels with an assistant. If you make lunch arrangements, please include lunch for her assistant.

For middle and high school visits, contact our office.