CHILDRENS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY FOUNDATION INC
PO Box 412, Chappaqua, NY 10514 www.celfeducation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The organization's mission is to bring about enduring institutional change to education by promoting sustainability as a core K-12 learning framework. Through early education we can equip students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will lead to a sustainable future for everyone. CELF programs use sustainability as an integrating context for teaching and learning, decision-making, civic engagement, community partnerships and campus practices. The lens of sustainability transforms curriculum, school operations, physical surroundings and school-community activities and fosters the creation of responsible citizens

Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation Inc ("CELF") provides professional learning programs for K-12 teachers and administrators, educational programs, and curriculum design services in order to make sustainability education an integral part of the K-12 learning experience. Our programs for educators, students and the community complement our consulting services by providing necessary training and varying routes to bring sustainability education into the classroom.

CELF Summer Institutes: A professional development curriculum intensive designed to advance educational goals together with locally identified social, economic and environmental objectives. The Institute builds practical curriculum integration of stewardship perspectives, skills and action and the restoration, rebuilding, and reconnecting of human communities and community stewardship and civic life.

Civic ScienceInquiry to Action is a semester- or year-long program that engages educators and students in project-based STEAM learning outside of the classroom. Tailored to each school and community location, we offer professional learning workshops for teachers paired with on-site support to implement a project-based learning module that connects students to real-world challenges in their own neighbourhoods. The program combines the development of 21st century skills with the motivation and creativity generated by solving a problem in one's own community. Participants in the program will: Implement a project-based STEAM learning unit; participate in two professional learning workshops paired with on-site educator support; collect data with AirBeam monitoring technology combined with HabitatMap crowd-sourced data sharing platform; focus on air-quality while learning pedagogical principles that apply to a range of civic science learning opportunities; engage with local concerns through student-led inquiry.

Professional development and TrainingThe concepts of sustainability are universal, but every district and school starts from a different place in implementing sustainability education. CELF customized professional development (PD) helps schools infuse curriculum and school culture with education for a sustainable future. PD services include: gap analyses of curriculum maps; on-site Education for Sustainability training and resources (specific to grade level and school or district needs and interests); and review of facilities "green" improvements to help infuse projects into curriculum. We provide a framework for integrating sustainability concepts into existing curricula, and review curriculum exemplars and case studies on implementation of sustainability education at other schools.

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