Teacher Environmental Literacy Series
Register for an upcoming TELS Session:
Session 1: Sustainability through the Environment – Registration Closed
Tuesday, November 10th
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST
Cost: $30 per teacher (sign up with a friend & get $5 each off registration!)
Session 2: Sustainability through Economic Vitality – Registration Closed
Tuesday, December 1st
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST
Cost: $30 per teacher (sign up with a friend & get $5 each off registration!)
Session 3: Sustainability through Equitable Communities – Registration Closed
Tuesday, January 19th
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST
Cost: $30 per teacher (sign up with a friend & get $5 each off registration!)
Join CELF and teachers from around the country as we explore sustainability through the lens of the environment, equity and economics. Guest teachers will join us to share “bright spots” that model best practices to leverage the 3E’s into your virtual and/or hybrid K-12 classrooms. Participants will walk away from each session with ready-to-use student activities focusing on the foundations of sustainability.
Sign up for one, two, or all three sessions today!
Session 1: Sustainability through the Environment with Ellisha Newton
Tuesday, November 10th
The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) will launch the Teachers Environmental Literacy Series (TELS), a virtual opportunity for teachers to join a national professional learning community (PLC) which fosters collaborative learning among fellow teachers within K-12 education. This semester’s series will focus on teaching tools geared towards the 3Es of sustainability: environment, economic, and equity.
Session 1 will present teachers with environment-themed student activities – which can be implemented online or in-person – along with best teaching practices for an interdisciplinary audience. For the inaugural series, CELF has the privilege of presenting master teacher Ellisha Newton to share her teaching journey along with impactful teaching tips to improve student inquiry.
Session 2: Sustainability through Economic Vitality, with John Sigren
Tuesday, December 1st
TELS Session 2 will engage teachers to explore the role of the economy when considering sustainability education. Our master teacher guest, John Sigren from Sharpstown International School in Houston, will guide us through a student activity to help rethink our role as consumers. Come be a part of a shared space of educators gleaning from each other to better our students!
Session 3: Sustainability through Equitable Communities
Tuesday, January 19th
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm EST
As the first semester of this unprecedented academic year comes to a close, this TELS teacher connection looks at establishing equity within our classrooms and for our students by having academic conversations of what equity looks like through the lens of sustainability. Be a part of this PLC by joining and sharing equity stories and best teaching practices to promote. The CELF master teacher Bright Spot is Aimee Arandia Østensen.
Guest Teacher Bright Spots
Ellisha Newton
November Bright SpotSpring Independent School District
Twin Creeks Middle School
6-8th grade ELA Interventionist
John Sigren
December Bright SpotHouston Independent School District (HISD)
Sharpstown International School
AP Human Geography, Model UN, & AP Comparative Government
Aimee Arandia Østensen
January Bright SpotShelburne, Vermont
Shelburne Farms
Education for Sustainability
Past CELF Participant Testimonials
“Rooting my classroom in education for sustainability has changed my view of teaching and my students’ views on learning in school. They are more enthusiastic than ever, as we explore nature, outdoor classroom settings, field research, service learning activities, and a myriad of other activities that I learned from my time with CELF.”
Anthony P.
Science Teacher, Sleepy Hollow Middle School