Register now for Summer Institute 2024!

June 24-28th: World Fellowship Center, Albany, NH

How can we make climate learning accessible, hands-on, and solutions-focused while still meeting or exceeding your standards? Come work and play with us in the White Mountains of NH as we tackle these questions together. You will plan a curriculum that cultivates hope and brings students meaningful learning opportunities to tackle relevant climate solutions for their community. Open to all educators, any grade, any subject, anywhere in the world.

Feeling more confident

I am feeling much more confident about what we’ll do and how we’ll do it. On top of that, what we’re doing is now connected to the standards, feels joyful, and is part of what needs doing in the world. – A teacher attending the 2023 Summer Institute

Participants will: 

  • Figure out how to make climate learning hands-on and accessible to all students
  • Become comfortable using student-driven learning practices as modeled through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
  • Find locally relevant, hopeful, solutions-focused learning opportunities related to climate and energy
  • Practice finding a pathway to action while navigating specific standards, constraints, and circumstances

** Our data and case studies are generally specific to Vermont and New Hampshire, but the content should be universally applicable.

COST: $600 for programming, $500 for room and board = $1100 total (Save $100 by registering before May 6th!)

This low cost for teachers made possible through support from Efficiency Vermont, the Windham Foundation, the Byrne Foundation, the Oakland Foundation.

Further scholarships available for VT and NH teachers–please contact us to apply.

CREDIT

All participants will receive professional development certificates.

Graduate credit is available through Castleton University for an additional fee ($600 for a 3 credit course) and some continuing coursework.

We hope to make Summer Institute accessible to all Vermont and New Hampshire educators interested in participating in the program. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions about the program cost. Out of state educators are welcome to join, but at this time our funding can only subsidize the costs for Vermont and New Hampshire teachers.
Looking to sponsor? Learn more here.

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All meals are included. Please describe any food sensitivities/allergies or dietary restrictions you have.
Participants will be lodged in a shared, camp-style bunkhouse unless you choose a private room for an additional cost. Use this space to tell us if you have any roommate requests (specific person, same gender, etc). *If you have a private room, it is possible for family or guests to stay with you. We will need to make arrangements with the World Fellowship Center for additional fees for your guests.
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Highlights from 2023 Summer Institute