The Green Teacher Programme is founded on the premise that the environment concerns all teachers, not just science teachers. Hence, the online programme has been designed for teachers of all subject areas including the subject of environment. The Green Teacher offers teachers/learners an opportunity to empower themselves with the requisite knowledge and skills for the effective transaction of concepts in the environment and sustainable development in the classroom. The Green Teacher is open for teachers and other professionals dealing with education and communication for environment and development in a formal teaching-learning setup.
It’s a diploma course curated by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Vancouver, Canada for teachers, teacher educators and professionals. The diploma is now offered online through CEE Academy, which aims to empower educators with the requisite knowledge and skills for effective transaction of concepts in environmment and sustainability education.
Start date: December 2021
Language: English and Hindi
Duration: Overall 9 online sessions (2 hours each), self-study, assignments, course project, final report and year-end exam (approx 300 hrs for the complete course.)
Fees:
For Indian National - INR 15000/- Incl. GST
For NRI - USD 650/- Incl. GST
Diploma course will train learners in the:
Due to Covid 19 pandemic, teachers required training and handholding support to equip them with requisite knowledge of using various tools and techniques for EE. In this direction, CEE Academy was launched on World Environment Day 2021 where Green Teacher Short term Certificate Courses on EE have been announced in an online mode for teachers and educators. CEE Academy is offering following certificate courses in year 2021.
Start date: Next Academic Year
Duration: 9 hours spread over in 6 online sessions @ 1.30 hour per session
Language: English
Time per session: 2 sessions in a week (3 weeks) with tentative timings from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) on Tuesday and Friday.
Courses: Following three courses being offered in year 2021
Course 1 – Understanding Environment and Development Concerns
Course 2 – EE through Eco Club Approach
Course 3 - EE Pedagogy for Online Teaching-learning Course
Fee (for each course):
For Indian National - INR 5000/- Incl. GST
For NRI - USD 200/- Incl. GST
Key features of the course
Curriculum linkages
Environment Education is a compulsory subject in India. The National Curriculum Framework,2005 mandated the infusion of environment-related and work-based knowledge at all levels of school education and in all subjects of study. This has been also emphasized in the new National Education Policy 2020. Presently environmental content has been integrated and infused in the textbooks along with other oppurtunities. These online courses offered under Green Teacher programme aligns with the national curriculum.
Overall Benefits of Green Teacher Online Courses