Programs For Educators
PROGRAMS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE EDUCATORS
Curated by our educators, these tools, strategies, and ideas are designed to help teachers engage students in meaningful learning that leverages their homes, neighborhoods, and communities as powerful sites of exploration and discovery.
The IslandWood Graduate Program in Education for Environment and Community is a 10-month immersive residency in justice-oriented environmental education; experiential, student-centered learning; and culturally-responsive teaching and curriculum development.
Working Group members will be developing Amplify Science Unit appendices that provide teachers and districts who have adopted Amplify, ideas for incorporation of localized content, students’ own personal and cultural identities, regional data sets, and relevant climate science.
Our professional development opportunities are designed to support place-based, culturally responsive learning experiences that connect to students’ lives and communities.
Our summer programs internship provides an opportunity for aspiring educators to work with our instructors and campers, and gain valuable experience in environmental education.
“The biggest takeaway from IslandWood was my philosophy of education—more specifically, how I see my students as whole children, not just learners in my classroom…Children are not just experiencing the world but are instead using their past experiences to shape the world around them.”
– Kacey Lebby, IslandWood Graduate Program in Education for Environment and Community, Class of 2014
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