Professional Development in EE

A&WMA's Teacher Training Resources
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) believes that environmental education needs to be a continuous process that is both lifelong and forward-looking. At the heart of our teacher-training program is our Environmental Education Resource Guides which provide Air Quality and Nonpoint Source Pollution prevention for grades K-12. View their website for a sample of the presenters manual, free lesson plans, and fact sheets.

America Walks Webinars
For teachers and community organizers looking to encourage students to walk and bike to school, the Safe Routes Coaching Action Network is a way for you to learn from people who know how to make things happen. Attend FREE monthly presentations from experts across the country. Get FREE coaching from America Walks organizers with experience in your region.

ARMADA Project
The University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs conducts ARMADA Project-Research and Mentoring Experiences for Teachers.  The ARMADA Project, funded by the National Science Foundation, provides K-12 teachers an opportunity to actively participate in ocean, polar, and environmental science research and peer mentoring. 

Astronomy from the Ground Up
Astronomy from the Ground Up hosts free online workshops for informal science, nature center, and museum educators to provide them with new and innovative ways to communicate astronomy content to their visitors. Thanks to support from the National Science Foundation, the workshops are completely free for participating educators. Training is online or on-site.

Chesapeake Classrooms
This high-quality professional development program from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation equips educators with the knowledge, tools, skills, and confidence to use the local environment in their curriculum.  You'll examine the connections between land use and water quality through hands-on investigations, standards-based activities and assessments, and action projects.  Our on-site instruction takes place at schoolyards, local tributaries, and oftentimes at one of CBF's island educational centers.  Educators can receive recertification or graduate credit for participating.  Sponsored by National Geographic and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. 

Earth Expeditions
Earth Expeditions is a global conservation and education program supporting university courses, degree programs, and collaborative projects in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Through Field and Zoo Expedition courses, our mission is to build an alliance of individuals with firsthand knowledge of inquiry-driven, community-based learning for the benefit of ecological communities, student achievement, and global understanding. Earth Expeditions university courses are open to educators from all disciplines and settings.

Earthwatch Education Fellowships
Leave the four walls of your classroom behind; embark on a unique journey sure to transform your life and energize the classroom. As a fellow you will work side by side with a scientist conducting field research. You will contribute to our understanding of the environment, have a direct impact on urgent issues, and will ultimately inspire your students and community.

Environmental Concern
Environmental Concern's team of highly qualified wetland educators travel extensively teaching teachers how to bring wetlands alive and into their classrooms. All of their workshops are full of hands-on, inquiry-based cross-curricular activities that can be brought back to the classroom.

Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP)
EETAP is a national leader in the delivery of environmental education training for education professionals.  Their website offers educators information, resources, and links for promoting academic achievement and environmental literacy.  EETAP also offers online professional development courses in environmental education through the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.

GLOBE Program
GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program. GLOBE promotes and supports students, teachers and scientists to collaborate on inquiry-based investigations of the environment.

IslandWood Graduate Residency in Education, Environment, and Community
The graduate program at IslandWood, located in Bainbridge Island, WA, is based on the principle that a more sustainable future demands knowledgeable, committed and reflective educators. Each year, IslandWood graduate students live, learn, teach in a spectacular natural setting. Together they explore the meaning and power of education, environment and community. Students share their knowledge with culturally diverse communities through hands-on teaching experiences.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Ocean Explorer Workshops
NOAA Ocean Explorer workshops provide opportunities for teachers and other educators to engage in learning more about ocean exploration. Opportunities will focus on how educators can use the mathematics, science, and technology associated with exploring the oceans in their classrooms to help increase awareness and understanding of the ocean world.

National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitats Program
The National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats®Program has assisted over 2800 schools and outdoor education providers nationwide in the development of outdoor habitat areas designed to protect wildlife and enhance the educational experiences of students, teachers and community members.

Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree® is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in Pre K-12. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad. 

Project WET
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an award-winning, nonprofit water education program and publisher. The program facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET programs.

Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
The mission of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is to continue the legacy of Roger Tory Peterson by promoting the teaching and study of nature, and to thereby create appreciation and responsibility for the natural world.  Their online Nature Journal course offers educators the opportunity to learn more about nature journaling and how to bring it into the classroom.  Click here to learn more about how to register for one of their classes, or read a few of their Nature Journal Tips right now.

Seminars on Science
The American Museum of Natural History developed Seminars on Science, its online teacher professional development program, in order to connect teachers across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and to provide them with powerful classroom resources. The program consists of eight online graduate courses in the life, Earth, and physical sciences.

Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT) Program
The Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT) Program links National Park units with teachers from low income school districts. Under this program, selected teachers spend the summer working as park rangers, often living in the park. They perform various duties depending on their interests and the needs of the park, including developing and presenting interpretive programs for the general public, staffing the visitor center desk, developing curriculum-based materials for the park, or taking on special projects.

Teton Science Schools
The Teacher Learning Center of the Teton Science Schools engages teachers, administrators, and life-long learners in professional development opportunities that integrate educational excellence, innovation, leadership and place. Programming opportunities include summer workshops, school consulting in science and place-based education from their expert faculty and individualized programs developed for groups of educators at the Jackson Campus in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Toyota International Teacher Program
The Toyota International Teacher Program is a fully-funded professional development travel program for full-time classroom teachers and teacher-librarians of all subjects in grades 6-12.  The program offers country-specific themes to help educators expand their professional skills, increase cultural awareness, and enhance their understanding of environmental issues.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Online Environmental Education Courses
EETAP and the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point offer four online courses for students and professionals in the field of environmental education. Courses aim to improve the planning, implementation, and content of environmental education.