PALS+Grant+Award




 * Promoting and Improving Environmental Education for people of all ages in New Jersey **

**PALS Grant (P**SEG**-A**NJEE **L**earners in **S**ustainability**)**

The goal of the PALS grants is to create partnerships between non-formal EE providers and K-5 pre-service or practicing teachers. Successful partnerships will provide teachers with the knowledge, skills, and curricular materials to implement high-quality environmental education in their teaching year using the 2009 NJCCCS in Science and authentic assessment methods.

 **Educational Information & Resource Center (EIRC), Gloucester County ($15,000)**  **Green Schools Leadership Institute**

 EIRC will recruit teams of teachers from grades K-5 at various locations throughout the state to participate in one of three geographically-based Green Schools Leadership Institutes (GSLI) and Green Education Fairs. The GSLI is a weeklong face-to-face program that helps teachers create ways to green their schools. It achieves this through teacher-based development of instructional tools, using schools and school grounds as a context for learning. On the last day of the GSLI, the community is invited to participate in an all-day “green fair” that features expert speakers, policy makers, schools that have gone green, and fun learning activities. Major partners include the New Jersey School Boards Association, New Jersey Teacher Education Association, and Project Learning Tree. Additional partners include the PSE&G Energy and Environmental Research Center in Salem County, PrincetonGreen.org, NJ Department of Environmental Protection, the NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools, North Brunswick Township School District and West Orange School District, among others.

The PALS Grant will enable the EIRC to offer the Green Schools Leadership Institute at significantly reduced costs to districts throughout New Jersey.