Students in our program earn a Graduate Certificate in Education for Environment and Community. Explore the educational paths you can take after earning your IslandWood graduate certificate.
Spend two quarters at the University of Washington College of Education to complete your Master’s in Education. This option is best for professionals seeking leadership roles in the nonprofit or public sector, work as educators or administrators in informal education settings or private schools, or those interested in starting new educational initiatives.
Apply to the four-quarter Elementary Teacher Education Program (ElTEP) at the University of Washington and earn a Master in Teaching degree and teaching certificate.* This option is best for professionals seeking teaching careers in public schools, and/or who want to incorporate an environmental or experiential lens to formal education settings.
*A separate application and admissions review are required for the MiT program
Enter or return to the workforce as an educator for equity. This option is best for current educators and classroom teachers, or professionals on a teaching track who want to improve culturally responsive and experiential teaching skills.
IslandWood acknowledges that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suqʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855. While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.
IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.
4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206.855.4300