Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program

A Professional Development Opportunity

The Teacher Ranger Teacher (TRT) program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 classroom teachers to learn about the resources and educational materials available through the National Park Service and acquire new skills in experiential learning through a program provided by the University of Colorado Denver (CUD). The participants spend the summer working with park staff on education projects, learning about park resources, and developing lesson plans to use in their classrooms. Once they return to their schools, TRTs bring their national park knowledge and experiences into the school and classrooms throughout the school year to engage students, faculty, and staff in lessons and activities that relate to Cuyahoga Valley National Park and other national park sites.
NPS aims to reach students from underserved schools by recruiting teachers from Title 1, urban or rural schools and from tribal schools to participate in the Teacher Ranger Teacher program.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park TRT Program

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is recruiting two Teacher Ranger Teachers to be part of an idea generating phase of work to design a new learning opportunity for students about the environmental history of the Cuyahoga River.

This learning opportunity would be made available to local and national middle school and/or high school audiences. It will primarily be offered through distance learning, although in-park experiences could be included for local schools.

Teachers selected as TRTs spend 6-10 weeks between June and August working on the project based on the park's needs. TRTs must commit to a minimum of 240 hours and are automatically enrolled in an online graduate course through CU Denver. The tuition is paid by the National Park Service. TRTs are required to submit at least one lesson plan as part of the graduate course.