The goal of the program is to provide teachers with the tools, skills and knowledge to effectively teach their children about forest management and forest ecology. Global Environmental Change University of Texas summer institute for teachers, encompasses the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Big Bend National Park to study impact of man on the environment. An independent institution of higher education dedicated to the study of social ecology. ISE offers intensive summer programs, a year-round B.A. degree program, workshops on issues such as biotechnology, fall and winter lecture series, internship opportunities, and a speakers bureau. The teacher training institute for middle level educators, designed to bring the concepts of sustainability to the classroom through hands-on activities.
Students commence a community investigation and then implement a community action project.
The curriculum is aligned to National Learning Standards. The institutes are fully funded and teachers are offered a stipend. Applications for 2001 will be available online in early October, 2000. Programs focusing on linking school gardens with science education, language acquisition, resource conservation and waste reduction. Managing the School Website Instructional Technology Teacher provides guidelines and resources for creating a web site for your school.