Professional Learning

2024 Forests of NH Teacher Tour

NH Timberland Owners Association

This professional development opportunity includes a 4-day tour of New Hampshire forests and mills. The tour incorporates a Project Learning Tree workshop and lessons throughout the visits. Participants will have the chance to meet with loggers, foresters, mill owners, and other natural resource and forest products professionals. Each participant will be certified as a Project Learning Tree teacher and be eligible for certification of 30 contact hours. | July 23–26, 2024

Masters of Natural Resources – Environmental Education and Science Communication

University of Idaho - McCall Outdoor Science School

Earn your masters degree. Make a difference. Find your place.

Join our next cohort of leaders, doers and changemakers here at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus. This 10.5-month graduate residency allows you to earn your master's degree, make a difference in our award-winning program, the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS), and join our network of 400+ alumni. Contact us today to learn more. Scholarships are available.

North American Monarch Institute: Minneapolis

Monarch Joint Venture

The North American Monarch Institute is an intensive professional development for K–12 and pre-service teachers and non-formal educators. During this workshop, participants will learn about the monarch life cycle and migration, gain an introductory understanding of monarch conservation, and learn how to participate in multiple monarch community science programs. When: June 26–28, 2024

ABC's of Teaching Climate Change

Mass Audubon

There are still spots available in Mass Audubon's ONLINE course, "ABC's of Teaching Climate Change," a 3-part series to boost your knowledge and confidence in teaching Climate Change to Elementary-level students. Taught by Mass Audubon's Climate Change Education Manager and our Director of K–12 School Programs, this short course will be sure to inspire you, and benefit your students.
3 Thursdays -- February 29, March 14, March 28 -- 4:00–5:30pm Eastern Time

Protecting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in 2024

Green 2.0

Join Green 2.0 on February 28, 2024 at 2 PM ET, for a conversation with leaders working on equity to discuss expectations for 2024.

Climate Stories Ambassadors Spring Cohort 2024

Climate Stories Project

Become an Ambassador for Climate Storytelling! The Spring 2024 Climate Stories Ambassadors cohort is open for applications—the first of 3 free online workshops is on Wednesday, March 20 at noon ET.

Great Lakes Watershed Field Course

Inland Seas Education Association

The Great Lakes Watershed Field Course is a 4-day free professional development experience for teachers from throughout the Great Lakes region and runs from August 6–9, 2024 in Suttons Bay, MI on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. Training in the course includes watershed and environmental concepts, place-based education and environmental education pedagogy, and time for curriculum development.

Teaching Climate Change in the Classroom and in Your Community 

Climate Generation

This session will introduce both a framework for teaching climate change that fosters productive, solutions-oriented conversation and a toolkit for building a climate teaching network in your community.
Date and Time: Feb. 28 at 12 PM CT

Applying Behavior Change for Climate Action Workshop Series

Center for Behavior and Climate

The Center for Behavior and Climate is offering our first online workshop series on Behavior Change for Climate Action starting March 5, 2024, 6–7 PM EST. This practical and entertaining live virtual workshop series—the first of its kind for climate change—teaches you evidence-based behavior change techniques to accelerate collective and individual climate action. Three one-hour weekly sessions. Don’t wait—registration is limited!

"Be EPA" Virtual Hiring Webinar

EPA

Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a virtual hiring webinar on February 7, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET.

Systems Thinking for Climate Education & Action: An Online Workshop Series

Compass Education

Apply to join this virtual workshop series on systems thinking tools and mindsets that can help you teach climate education and engage your students in civic action! Free for a limited time only to PK–12 educators in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Climate Conversations

Strong Outcomes

Are you an environmental educator, conservation professional, or community advocate who would like to be more comfortable talking with people about climate change, but feel unsure about how to get the conversation started, or keep it going in a productive direction? Join 6-week interactive course to learn and practice skills that improve your ability to have effective conversations about Climate Change.

Winter Birding Workshop in the San Juans

The Whale Museum

Increase your birding skills through field trips and presentations! This year's Winter Birding Workshop, in partnership with San Juan Islands Audubon, will take place the weekend of March 8–10, 2024. This in-person workshop is ideal for those wishing to continue their education as a naturalist or for those who simply love birds!

Watershed for Every Classroom

Shelburne Farms

Watershed for Every Classroom is a year-long supported professional development program for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin of New York, Vermont, and Quebec. Begins July 16–19, 2024.

Enhancing Climate Change Education Through Active Learning

The Outdoor Learning Store

Feb. 27, 2024 | Learn key highlights from a national climate change education survey, conducted by Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) involving over 4,000 Canadians, and increase your repertoire of active learning strategies to effectively teach climate change.

Stories in the Wild: Animal Tracks and Traces

The Outdoor Learning Store

Feb. 20, 2024 | Join Wildsight educators Patty Kolesnichenko and Jill Jennings as they dive into a world of mystery and intrigue, of tracks and traces, of clues left behind by creatures you often do not see – a world of animal signs. Animal tracks and signs create the perfect scaffolding to storytelling, investigation, imagination, and FUN – all found in nearby nature.

Indigenous Resources for Outdoor Learning

The Outdoor Learning Store

Feb. 6, 2024 | Join Qultultun and Seabacola to learn about authentic Indigenous Learning Resources that connect educators with the Land from across Turtle Island. From traditional to modern stories, educational books and resources, this workshop will connect you with the wealth of authentic Indigenous resources available on The Outdoor Learning Store in partnership with Strong Nations—an Indigenous owned and operated publishing house.

Naturally Inclusive – Engaging Children of All Abilities Outdoors Fall Course

The Outdoor Learning Store

Starting October 2024, join this four-part learning series with Dr. Ruth Wilson as she weaves together advice, real-life examples, and testimonies from educators and families on the healing, nurturing power of nature in the lives of young children with diverse abilities.

Connecting to the Land, the Métis Way Summer Course

The Outdoor Learning Store

Join this four-part learning series with Leah Marie Dorian, and dive into excellent learning resources for kids to explore Métis knowledge, culture and history connected to the land. Resources include translations into Michif, and offers incredibly vibrant illustrations giving insight into Métis life. Starts July 8, 2024.

Michif Language Introductory Course: Celebrating Métis Culture!

The Outdoor Learning Store

Join The Outdoor Learning Store for this six-week online course on Introductory Michif Language Online Workshop: Celebrating Métis Culture, starting April 8, 2024!

The Unconference of Hope and Bold School Climate Action

DoorNumberOne.org

April 3–6, 2024 | Three days of learning, collaboration and networking for all K–12 stakeholders interested in transforming their schools into hubs of innovative, hope-filled climate change education and climate action.