Hello Educators!

Earth Force is excited to announce our virtual summer professional development workshop offerings! All workshops focus on building civic and project-based learning skills that harness students’ drive to change their local communities. This workshop is open to teachers in any subject area for grades 5-10.

**** Montgomery County Public School and Alexandria City Public School teachers are eligible for a stipend for successfully completing this course*****

We currently have two open sessions; both offer 12 contact hours but different delivery times to meet your scheduling needs.

Earth Force Three-week Workshop, beginning Monday July 20

Earth Force Six-week Workshop, beginning Wednesday July 22

 

What We’ll Focus On:

  • How to take community action using Earth Force’s award-winning Community Action and Problem Solving process

  • Integrating civic approaches into project-based learning

  • Targeting the knowledge and skills students need to be successful, then working backwards to understand how we can serve them best as educators

  • Taking advantage of the collective knowledge in our virtual space to promote creative design and planning approaches

 

What’s Included:

  • All Earth Force materials

  • A full school year (2020-2021) of continued support from Earth Force staff

  • Reduced registration cost of $25 for educators from sponsored districts in VA, MD, and DC

  • Access to our peer educator network

 

For more information, contact Alexis Thorbecke at athorbecke@earthforce.org