Visit Us by Scheduling a Study Tour | Boulder Journey School

The Study Tour Program provides an opportunity for educators to develop a personalized Professional Development Experience.

We offer both In-Person and Virtual Study Tours.

Additionally, we offer Self-paced Virtual Workshops.

Virtual Study Tours

We will collaborate to develop a personalized virtual experience offered over Zoom. Using a variety of strategies, including dialogue with Boulder Journey School faculty, guided workshops, and/or presentations, we will explore topics that matter most to you and your organization. Topic possibilities include environment design, curriculum development, observation and documentation, and more.

The dates and times are flexible to meet your time frame. Organizations are welcome to bring as many members of their faculty as they like. Use the form below to inquire about our Virtual Study Tour option.

Cost: $250 per organization per hour

Are you a University professor looking for high quality content to be shared with your undergraduate class? We are always happy to support students. We offer complimentary Virtual Study Tours to colleges and universities on topics including curriculum development, environment design, pedagogical documentation and more!

In-Person Study Tours

Visit Boulder Journey School while the school is in session to see the classrooms in action.

We will collaborate to develop a customized itinerary based on participants' professional and personal goals and experience. Visitors tour the school and spend time in classrooms to study the unique learning process and environments within the Boulder Journey School community. In the afternoon, we will use a variety of strategies, including dialogue with Boulder Journey School faculty, guided workshops, and / or presentations to create a forum for reflection based on the questions you have developed.

Cost: $250 per person per day

Organization of the day during an in-person study tour:

9:00-9:30
Arrive at Boulder Journey School / Review the information in your folder / Formulate questions for the tour.

9:30-10:30
Tour Boulder Journey School with Study Tour Program Coordinator. Visit classrooms and community spaces, while the Coordinator shares information about our school’s history, philosophy, and classroom investigations.

10:30-12:30
Observe in classrooms and other areas of the school that are of interest to you.

12:30-1:30
Enjoy a leisurely lunch with a Boulder Journey School Faculty Member.

1:30-3:30
View presentations and engage in discussions with Boulder Journey School Faculty Members. Faculty will share their work, including struggles, evolution and understandings. The content of the afternoon sessions is based on your questions, as well as your personal and professional goals.

3:30-4:00
Reflect on the day, and discuss short and long term goals.

If you are visiting for more than one day, the entire morning is spent observing. Each afternoon, a different topic is discussed with Boulder Journey School Faculty Members.

The experience was unforgettable!

We gained an enormous amount of information and truly valued our time in the classrooms and with each staff member. Every teacher/staff was incredibly helpful and provided us with a ton of very useful information.

The teachers and I are slowly meeting with our teachers and sharing with them the knowledge we gained while in Boulder. Just today, we had a discussion with the infant teachers focusing on the tone and pace teachers are using in the infant rooms.

The teachers seem to be very open to this approach and agreed we need to slow things way down in the infant room.

-Study Tour Participant

“Getting to observe the classrooms, teachers, and children in action was so beneficial.

The authentic conversations and honest questions and reflection. The reflective questioning and helping to redirect to find our own answers.

When I return to to my own context, I will be questioning the norm, observing, and listening to the children to make decisions for the classroom and materials that will extend their engagement and understanding.”

- Study Tour Participant