National Geographic Educator Certification

The National Geographic Educator Certification presents ideas, methodologies, and resources for teachers to share the work of National Geographic and scientists in the field and bring that to the classroom.  This "course" is broken into 3 parts and takes 20 hours to complete over the span of 3 months.

Phase 1 - Through the online coursework, you learn more about the resources and ideas that National Geographic has to support K-12 education.  It also speaks to the belief system of National Geographic and what they believe science and social studies education could look like in 2018.

Phase 2 - With the assistance of a mentor, develop and implement two lessons that apply the skills from Phase 1, and reflect with the community on how it went.

Phase 3 - Develop a capstone project that shares your journey through the process.

Since working through this training, I have learned about a few resources, such as the ones listed below:

• National Geographic Explorers - have students research and learn about scientists in the field and the work that they are doing which is supported by National Geographic
• Fieldwork Map that shows where and what research is funded by National Geographic
• GeoBee Geography competition
• Explorer Classroom connects your classroom with a National Geographic Explorer in the field

If you are interested in any of these ideas and want help getting them under way for your classroom or you want to know more about the National Geographic Educator Certification, please let me know!