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Teacher Resources

Policies and Guidelines

  • Program Policies (PDF) 
  • Guidelines for Teachers and Chaperones (PDF) 
  • Outdoor Behavior (PDF) 
  • Dorm Behavior (PDF) 

Parent Information

  • Letter to Parents (PDF) 
  • Letter to Parents in Spanish (PDF) 
  • Health Form (PDF) 
  • Health Form in Spanish(PDF) 
  • Health Form (PDF) day only group 
  • Health Form in Spanish (PDF)  day only group 
  • What to Bring (PDF)
  • What to Bring in Spanish (PDF)
  • PowerPoint Presentation 

Classes

  • Class Offerings (PDF) 
  • Schedule Outline (PDF) 
  • Class Resources (PDF)  

Demonstration Lesson Plans

  • Birding (PDF) 
  • Forest Ecology (PDF) 
  • Forest Ecology - Immersion/Exploratory (PDF) 
  • Garbage Patch Dissection (PDF) 
  • Geology (PDF) 
  • Native Americans (PDF)
  • Orienteering (PDF) 
  • Pioneering (PDF) 
  • Survival (PDF) 
  • Water Ecology (PDF) 

Dining Hall and Dorms

  • Dining Hall Guidelines (PDF) 
  • Dorm Behavior (PDF) 
  • Dorm Layout (PDF) 
  • The ORT Report (PDF) 

Maps

  • Directions to Campus (PDF) 
  • Taft Campus Map (PDF)  
  • Taft Campus Topographical Map (PDF) 

Student Journal 

  • Journal Intro and Closure Pages (PDF) 
  • Class Pages (PDF) 
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Contact Us

Lorado Taft Field Campus
Melanie Costello, Campus Director
1414 North River Road
P.O. Box 299
Oregon, IL 61061
815-753-0205 or
815-732-2111
melcostello@niu.edu

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