Date
-
Time
Online synchronous meetings Wednesdays and Fridays 9-11am ET (GMT -4:00), with asynchronous assignments
Fee
$250; optional 3 graduate credits for an additional fee.
Location
online
Registration Details

REGISTER

Registration required; additional registration for graduate credit through the University of Vermont. 
Participant Fee: $250, excludes graduate credits. 

Scholarships may be available on a need-based scale. Please fill out the scholarship application prior to registering for the program.

Optional three graduate credits for an additional fee. $705 for in-state and $900 for out-of-state paid via Shelburne Farms; there are no refunds available for graduate credits. 

For program and graduate credit questions, please contact Jen Cirillo at jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org or 802-985-0315.

For registration and scholarship questions, please contact registration@shelburnefarms.org.

Education for Sustainability Immersion - Online

Educator Programs

Reflect, learn, and collaborate online with a group of teacher colleagues from across the country and globe, as you dive deeply into your sustainability work.  Our month-long Immersion program blends a design studio feel with self-directed learning.  For those who already have a strong foundation in Education for Sustainability.

Each module will explore a different essential question:
Module 1: What is Education for Sustainability?
Module 2: How do we design and educate for sustainability?
Module 3: How is place part of who we are? How does who we are impact how we teach?
Module 4: What can I offer, what can I gain from a network of EFS leaders?

This course is action-oriented with an expectation that participants will create an EFS portfolio that includes an EFS Action Plan, an EFS unit or project design, and a Sustainability Ethics and Values Statement.

Program with 3 graduate credits meets July 6-August 13, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9am-12pm; and will include a 5th module "Personalized Deep Dive". There is additional asynchronous time and course work for graduate credits.

Education for Sustainability Immersion is offered in partnership with the University of Vermont. 

For other online opportunities this summer, see:

Course Goals and Objectives

Educators in this course will:

  • Deepen your understanding about EFS in order to:

    • identify the associated pedagogies,
    • analyze and evaluate curriculum
  • Design and create EFS projects/curriculum with student voice and community relevancy.
  • Share your sustainability ethic and values as a practitioner.
  • Using a sustainability lens, self-assess your values in comparison to EFS key competencies.
  • Practice leadership skills and reflect on agency and collaborative capacities
  • Apply principles of systems thinking to your teaching and learning context and your practice to elevate strengths or make change in their systems.
  • Engage in a network of educators and leaders- within this course and and in your own setting - working collectively at a variety of scales to shift systems to wholeness, equity, and joy.

Instructors

  • Jen Cirillo, Director of Professional Development, Shelburne Farms
  • Aimee Arandia Østensen, Professional Learning Facilitator, Shelburne Farms
  • Emily Hoyler, Professional Development Coordinator, Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education, University of Vermont