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PL Workshops and Resources

Professional learning workshops and self-study resources can further research-based practices and improve the effectiveness of educators. EEA recommends that informal educators, preK-12 teachers, and professors choose and complete relevant professional learning every year, to continuously approve the quality of environmental education and outdoor learning. Here are some of the options for professional learning offered by the Environmental Education Alliance and others.

EEA's Professional Learning Workshops

         Monarchs and More
​MAG offers Monarchs & More educator workshops by grade band (K-2, 3-5, or Middle School)

   Guidelines for Excellence 
EEA is a Guidelines Training Institute, offering workshops on best practices in ee 
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      Custom Workshop Series
EEA offers custom workshops for school districts i.e. Dalton City; Fulton, Gwinnett ​and Clayton County 

     Environmental Action
CoOL will be facilitating Earth Force Educator Workshops starting Fall of 2023

EEA's Conferences and Symposia

​Whether you're a PK-12 teacher, professor, naturalist, interpreter, ranger, riverkeeper, environmental educator, curriculum developer, or student, there are professional learning opportunities that can increase your capacity. For more information, email info@eealliance.org.

• EEA helps educators and schools find professional learning opportunities to fit their needs
• EEA offers Monarchs Across Georgia educator workshops and sponsors Project WET and Adopt-a-Stream workshops 
• EEA designs and delivers customized professional learning workshops for school districts. 

EEA's CoOL Outdoor Learning Symposium: NOV 7

EEA's MAG Educator Workshops

EEA Conference: Feb29 - Mar3 2024

EEA Certification in Environmental Education
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Make This the Year You Become Certified in EE!

Are you serious about increasing your capacity for teaching through an environmental lens? Are you ready to engage students in real-world investigations? Then, get certified as an environmental educator through ATEEG, EEA's nationally-accredited professional learning program. 

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Professional Learning Workshops in Georgia
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Project WET, Project Wild, and Project Learning Tree

These classic environmental education workshops are as effective in making teachers feel comfortable outside as they are in providing curriculum resources and offering strategies for managing students. Each workshop provides a curriculum book to participants. Click below to learn more.

Georgia-Based Professional Learning 

Rivers to Reefs

Conservation Teacher

 GYSTC 

 GA Beloved Naturalist 

GA Master Gardener

GA Master Naturalist

Conservation Research Bridge
and Master Herpetologist

GA Coastal Ecosystems

GA Master Birder

DIY & Virtual Professional Learning 

Research-informed Best Practices in the Guidelines for Excellence in EE

EEA promotes best practices in environmental education through the Georgia Guidelines for Excellence in EE Project, which offers professional learning workshops, self-paced courses (currently in development), and technical assistance to schools, environmental education providers, and others. The Guidelines project was created by NAAEE and coordinated by Bora Simmons, with feedback from all over the world. Read or download copies of each set of the Guidelines by clicking the sections below.

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Guidelines for excellence: EE in K-12 learning

Guidelines for excellence in EE Materials

Guidelines for excellence in professional learning for environmental educators

Guidelines for excellence in non-formal EE PRograms

Guidelines for excellence in early childhood ee programs

Guidelines for Excellence in Community engagement

EEA Guidelines trainers BUREAU and facilitators

Skills for Leading Outdoor Science and Field Investigations

Beetles offers virtual, self-paced, professional learning sessions for program leaders of outdoor science investigations. K-12 teachers and non-formal educators will benefit from these two- to three-hour modules. 
Build your skills and increase your capacity to lead environmental education in outdoor settings.

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Assessing for learning

Constructing understanding

Evidence and explanations

​field journaling

making observations

Nature and practices of science

promoting discussion

questioning strategies

teaching and learning

Outdoor science experiences for students

other resources for K-12 teachers

About beetles

STEM Practice Briefs for Culturally Responsive Teaching

These STEM teaching tools were developed as part of a National Science Foundation grant initiative by Philip Bell. 

Brief 15: Promoting Equity in Science Education

Brief 25: culturally responsive argumentation

Brief 54: equitable learning in the science classroom

brief 55: making cultural diversity visible in stem​

Brief 57: How place-based education supports equity

Professional Learning based on STEM Teaching Tools

Leading High-Impact Field Investigations

The Pacific Education Institute promotes high impact field experiences and real-world science for all students, in an effort to advance scientific literacy and sound decision-making for a sustainable world.

dESIGNING HIGH IMPACT FIELD EXPERIENCES

ngss aligned field investigations

PRoject-based Learning investigations

Schoolyard biodiversity investigations

fostering outdoor observation skills

technology for field investications

Field engineering projects for grades K - 5

field engineering projects for grades 6 - 12

K-3 Schoolyard investigations

solution-oriented storylines

Brush up on Content Knowledge in Environmental Education Topics

Bozeman Science and The Wonder of Science websites, created by science teacher Paul Andersen, provide short videos explaining every topic taught in environmental science, as well as core ideas related to each Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) at every grade level. [Although Georgia did not adopt the NGSS, there is substantial overlap in topics and content.]  

EEA PRO (provider recognition for observance of best practices) is a distinction for organizations and agencies that offer high-quality, cost-effective, equitable and inclusive, Georgia Standards of Excellence-aligned environmental education and outdoor learning in Georgia (coming soon)

EE Credentials are short, self-paced, online courses

EE Specialist Certificates and graduate credit​

CoOL Schoolyard Certification will be offered at three levels for schools where learning happens outside (coming soon)​