Organization
Environmental Education Professional Learning / Professional Development Provider
- Logo
- Organization
- Watershed Agricultural Council
- Listed
- April 11, 2023
- Organization Type
- Non-profit 501c3
- Organization Website
- www.nycwatershed.org/forestry/education-training/urbanrural-school-based-education-initiative/
- Professional Learning Overview
- NYC Watershed forestry - learn about watershed form and function, forest ecosystems and their services, and the history, engineering and operation of the NYC water supply system with a special focus on the critical role of healthy, well-managed forests in filtering and protecting water quality.
Contact Person
The organization's contact person
- First Name
- Tyler
- Last Name
- Van Fleet
- Title/Position
- Forestry Program Coordinator
- Primary Email
- education@nycwatershed.org
- Secondary Email
- tvanfleet@nycwatershed.org
- Phone
- 12079397674
Program
The EE program(s) offered by the organization
- Program Name
- Watershed Forestry Institute for Teachers
- Program Description
- “WFIT will change your life!” Come spend 5 days & 4 nights at the Watershed Agricultural Council’s summer intensive where you’ll explore the forests, waters, science, history, and world-famous partnerships of the NYC drinking water Watershed. WFIT is a FREE program for 4-12th grade classroom teachers and non-formal educators from NYC and the NYC Watershed. You’ll earn over 25 CTLE credit hours, practice dozens of hands-on activities, and get trained in the Project Learning Tree and Project WET curricula.
- Audience
- Classroom Teachers, Informal Educators, college professors
- Length / Duration
- 5 days, 4 nights
- Fees
- FREE
- Grade Level
- Elementary School (Grades 1-4), Middle School (Grades 5-8), High School (Grades 9-12), college
- Credits Offered
- Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits
- Other Services
- Field Trips, In-Class Programs, Online Lesson Plans/Curricula, Stewardship Opportunities, Internship Opportunities
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