NJAS is recognized as the leading environmental education organization in  New Jersey.

NJAS Department of Education is well connected to the environmental education community by its role as a founding member of ANJEE (the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education), and its current membership in the governor-appointed New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education (NJCEE) and the New Jersey Natural Resource Education Cooperative (NJNREC). The staff at our centers provides natural history information, networking opportunities, and resource materials for educators and the public.  NJAS is a professional development provider, listed with the New Jersey Department of Education.

Looking for professional development for summer 2008? Join us for the Honeywell Institute for Ecosystems Education:  Field Studies in the Hackensack Watershed.

NJAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

NJAS staff will:

Work with teachers to design professional development based on teacher/school needs.

• Audubon On Call - NJAS staff will come to your school grounds to design and implement interdisciplinary units that address your curriculum needs.  Experiences could include teacher professional development as well as lesson modeling using your schoolyard habitat or natural area.

• Design your own PD - just call the center closest to you to discuss with our professional staff.

Provide professional development on district in-service days. 

• Select from existing titles such as Bridges to the Natural World, New Jersey WATERS, Songbirds at the Crossroads of Migration, and Fishing for Answers in an Urban Estuary

• Work with NJAS staff to develop meaningful professional development that suits your teachers' needs.  Topics could include migration, forest health, habitat and watershed assessment and geology of New Jersey.

Conduct professional development services through established PD institutions, initiatives or programs including but not limited to:

New Jersey Science Convention
Northwestern SSI Regional Center
New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
Brookdale Math / Science / Technology Education Network
Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
Teachers for Biodiversity
Earth Science Teacher's Association
Watershed Partnership for New Jersey

NJAS Department of Education has received the following awards for its efforts in environmental education:

• Dr. Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award from Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin - 2005
• Distinguished Service to Education Award from New Jersey Educators Association (NJEA)
• Region II Environmental Quality Award (for Bridges to the Natural World) from US Environmental Protection Agency
• Division of Watershed Management Appreciation Award (for New Jersey WATERS) from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

For additional information, call, write or email
 NJAS Department of Education
 Center for Research and Education
 600 Route 47 North
 Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
  (609) 861-0700  

New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is a statewide, not-for-profit, membership organization committed to preserving New Jersey’s habitats and species biodiversity.  We invite your support through membership and participation in our programs.