EE JUST Institute Receives Grant From Wellborn Ecology Fund
Funds designated to help Upper Valley educators attend E.E. Just Educator Institutes
Dean Goodwin, Director of the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute, announced today that the school has received a $5,000 grant to help to fund scholarships for Upper Valley educators who wish to attend the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators.
Dean Goodwin, Director of the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute, announced today that the school has received a $5,000 grant to help to fund scholarships for Upper Valley educators who wish to attend the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators.
THE E.E. JUST ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AT KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY RECEIVES $5,000 GRANT FROM THE WELLBORN ECOLOGY FUND.
Funds designated to help Upper Valley educators attend E.E. Just Educator Institutes
May 1, 2006 --- Meriden, NH --- Dean Goodwin, Director of the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute, announced today that the school has received a $5,000 grant to help to fund scholarships for Upper Valley educators who wish to attend the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators. "We are very excited to work with individual educators, school districts and environmental non-profits to make this unique opportunity accessible by local educators," said Goodwin. Institute costs range from $640 to $950. Partial and full scholarships are available and will be distributed on a case by case basis. We encourage all interested Upper Valley educators to contact us at (603) 469-2358 for more information.
In an attempt to meet a need for high-quality professional development opportunities for environmental science educators, the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators is helping K-12 teachers develop curricula and methods that will promote better understanding of environmental issues, the leadership skills to affect change and the inspiration to bring their classrooms alive. We have formed partnerships with environmental education experts both locally and from around the country. These include Vermont Institute for Natural Science’(VINS), Vital Communities, Seattle based Facing the Futures’ systems modeling experts see Systems (Lebanon, NH), the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education (NYC), the Student Conservation Association (SCA - Charlestown, NH), Sierra Club’s Student Coalition, and many more (see www.eejust.org for a complete list).
"Close cooperation with leaders in environmental education offers mentoring so critical to our program's mission: Stewardship for Sustainability; Leadership for the Future," said Kimball Union Head of School Michael J. Schafer.
Founded in 2005, Kimball Union Academy's E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute offers ten different one-week Educator Institutes during July. Graduate credit is available through Plymouth State University. All Institutes are located at the Kimball Union Academy campus in Meriden, New Hampshire.
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Funds designated to help Upper Valley educators attend E.E. Just Educator Institutes
May 1, 2006 --- Meriden, NH --- Dean Goodwin, Director of the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute, announced today that the school has received a $5,000 grant to help to fund scholarships for Upper Valley educators who wish to attend the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators. "We are very excited to work with individual educators, school districts and environmental non-profits to make this unique opportunity accessible by local educators," said Goodwin. Institute costs range from $640 to $950. Partial and full scholarships are available and will be distributed on a case by case basis. We encourage all interested Upper Valley educators to contact us at (603) 469-2358 for more information.
In an attempt to meet a need for high-quality professional development opportunities for environmental science educators, the E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute for Educators is helping K-12 teachers develop curricula and methods that will promote better understanding of environmental issues, the leadership skills to affect change and the inspiration to bring their classrooms alive. We have formed partnerships with environmental education experts both locally and from around the country. These include Vermont Institute for Natural Science’(VINS), Vital Communities, Seattle based Facing the Futures’ systems modeling experts see Systems (Lebanon, NH), the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education (NYC), the Student Conservation Association (SCA - Charlestown, NH), Sierra Club’s Student Coalition, and many more (see www.eejust.org for a complete list).
"Close cooperation with leaders in environmental education offers mentoring so critical to our program's mission: Stewardship for Sustainability; Leadership for the Future," said Kimball Union Head of School Michael J. Schafer.
Founded in 2005, Kimball Union Academy's E.E. Just Environmental Leadership Institute offers ten different one-week Educator Institutes during July. Graduate credit is available through Plymouth State University. All Institutes are located at the Kimball Union Academy campus in Meriden, New Hampshire.
