How do we equip environmental educators with the knowledge, skills, and vision needed to tackle today's most pressing environmental challenges?
At NAAEE, we recognize that environmental education requires educators to integrate multiple disciplines, balance varied perspectives, and guide learners through complex issues that demand both intellectual rigor and emotional intelligence. Through a range of professional development tools and opportunities, environmental educators can foster the cultural competence, innovative thinking, and collaborative skills they need to deliver high-quality programming and advance environmental literacy, civic engagement, and health and well-being in their communities.
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eeCOURSES and eeCREDENTIALS
Unlock your potential!
- Top-quality, easily accessed, flexible online courses and micro-credentials on key concepts in environmental education
- Offered by NAAEE Affiliates and endorsed by NAAEE
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Guidelines for Excellence
Defining best practices for environmental education!
- Guidelines for K–12 classrooms, nonformal programs, professional development, early childhood, materials, and community engagement
- Developed with input from thousands of EE professionals
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eePRO
A global online community for everyone who cares about education and creating a healthier and more sustainable future!
- Connect with other EE professionals
- Participate in discussions in eePRO groups
- Ground yourself in essential EE topics through our eeLEARN online learning modules
- Attend eeWEBINARS to deepen your expertise on emerging issues
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EE Certification
Distinguishing highly qualified EE professionals!
- Professional recognition offered by NAAEE Affiliates
- NAAEE accredited and founded on NAAEE’s Guidelines for Excellence
- Online options for out-of-state candidates
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NAAEE Annual Conference and Research Symposium
One of the largest and longest running professional environmental education gatherings worldwide
- Provocative keynote speakers and engaging sessions and workshops
- Cutting-edge research and resources
- Attendees hailing from the public, nonprofit, and private sectors and the global education community
- Alternating between in-person and virtual conferences
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Natural Start Alliance Annual Conference
Creating a world where every child has access to a great education that includes nature every day
- The largest national gathering of nature-based early childhood educators
- Workshops, featured speakers, sessions, and site tours
- Alternating between virtual and in-person conferences