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Professional Learning in Environmental Ed

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 in Georgia.

EEA's Professional Learning Workshops

Please contact [email protected] to learn more about any of these EEA professional learning workshops and when they will be offered next, or to discuss a custom workshop for your school or organization. 

         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 Workshops & Support​
EEA offers custom workshops for school and school districts across the state. Click above to learn more.

     Environmental Action
EEA facilitates Earth Force Workshops in Civic Action and Environmental Stewardship

EEA's ECO-Educator Workshop Series: getting Every Child Outside for 3-D Science

EEA ECO-Educator Intro Workshop: 
Exploring 3-D Science & Outdoor Learning
Previously offered 8/23/2024; 1/7/2025
Next offering: 3/20/2025
​Kendeda Center, Georgia Tech, ATL
Registration opens: 2/1/25

EEA ECO-Educator Advanced Workshop:
​"3-Dimensionalizing" Outdoor Learning 
Previously offered 1/16/2025;
Next offering: 3/21/2025
Kendeda Center, Georgia Tech, ATL
Registration opens: 2/1/25

EEA ECO-Educator Deeper Dive Workshop:
3-D PBL, STEM & Stewardship ​
In development
Next offering: Spring / Summer 2025

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EEA's Specialty Workshops

Inclusivity, Representation, and Relevance in EE

previously offered 1/23
next offered Jun 2025

Overcoming Obstacles to Outdoor Learning

next offered
​spring 2025

Teaching about  Changing Climate
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​previously offered 2023

EEA Instructor & Facilitator  Part 1
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previously offered Feb 2024

EEA Instructor & Facilitator Part 2
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next offered online, spring 2025

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 [email protected].

• 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 Outdoor Learning Symposium: Oct 12 2024

EEA's MAG Pollinator Symposium May 17 2025

EEA Conference: Feb28 - Mar2 2025

EEA's EE Certification Program: ATEEG

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. You'll collaborate with a cohort of colleagues, gain a mentor, and explore ways to enhance your teaching skills.

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PL Workshops in GA based on Nat'l. Curricula
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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.

Project WET

Project Learning Tree

Project Wild

Projects WET, Wild & Learning Tree Combined Specialty Workshops

Triple Facilitator Workshop

Triple Early Childhood EE

Triple Climate Change Educator

Become a Facilitator who can certify educators in Project WET, Project WILD, and Project Learning Tree. A triple facilitator workshop is typically offered once a year during a long weekend in January.  Click above to learn more.

Get certified to teach Growing Up WILD, Trees & Me, or Getting Little Feet Wet, if your specialty is early childhood - OR attend a "Triple Early" workshop and complete all 3 courses at once.  The EEA Conference offers this opportunity!

Find out how to engage students in learning about climate with materials from the traditional Projects WET, WILD and Learning Tree curriculum books, OR from new climate publications. Click above and scroll to Lesson Resources.

Georgia-Based Professional Learning 

Rivers to Reefs
(Georgia Aquarium)

Paddle Georgia 
(Georgia River Network)

Teacher Conservation Workshop

 GYSTC 
​Teacher PL Workshops

             Beloved Naturalist            (Bird Georgia)

GA Master Gardener

GA Master Naturalist

Master Herpetologist (Amphibian Foundation)

Forest for Every Classroom

GA Coastal Ecosystems

GA Master Birder

Adopt a Stream Certification Workshops (Tested for Quality Control)
local trainers are available all over the state - click below to find yours!

Chemical & Physical Monitoring 

Macroinvertebrate Sampling

Bacterial Monitoring

Fun and Informative Adopt a Stream Workshops (Not Tested)
click below to find a trainer in your area

Intro to Monitoring

Get to Know Your Watershed

Wetland Monitoring

Amphibian Monitoring

Visual Stream Assessment

DIY & Virtual Professional Learning 

Guidelines for Excellence in EE:  Research-informed Best Practices 

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

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. These facilitator guides are aimed at preparing educators to design and lead impact field investigations.

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

Cornell Lab 

ecoRise

Captain Planet Fdn.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers professional learning through the lens of birdwatching, with online courses, webinars, and in-person workshops.  

Learn how to engage students in auditing school systems, identifying opportunities to improve sustainability, and implementing projects. 

Sign up for Project Learning Garden or another CPF program to gain access to professional learning opportunities. CPF is based in Georgia. 

Find out about National PL Offerings at eePRO

NAAEE manages the eePRO web pages - but you don't have to be an NAAEE member to access this treasure trove of information about free and fee-based resources for educators.  Click on the image at left to explore professional learning opportunities as well as jobs, contest, awards, and teaching resources. 

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, content, and approach.]  

Coming Soon! eeCourses  & eeCredentials

SPRING 2025 Offerings

Sustaining Outdoor Learning Spaces 

Overcoming Obstacles to Outdoor Learning