Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Bradley Flamm
Submission Date July 31, 2012
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West Chester University of Pennsylvania
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Paul Morgan
Professor
Professional & Secondary Education
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Does the institution offer continuing education courses that are focused on or related to sustainability?:
Yes

Number of sustainability continuing education courses offered :
8

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
300

Does the institution have a sustainability-related certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program:

Education for sustainability (EFS) is a rapidly emerging field that is guided by a vision of a sustainable society and rooted in a simple truth: we learn what we live. EFS practitioners are trained professionals who understand the challenge of sustainability and who have been prepared to teach others, to catalyze institutional and cultural change, and to model sustainable ways of living.

These innovative programs prepare participants to create real change in their professions, communities, and daily lives. The EFS curriculum develops the necessary knowledge, skills, and perspectives in a way that integrates classroom work with plenty of outdoor, experiential, and project-based learning. The result is a certificate that is meaningful and immediately applicable. The parallel undergraduate and graduate programs feature combined sections that provide opportunities for mutually beneficial mentor-mentee relationships between working professionals and undergraduates with shared interests. Most students will also complete an EFS Certificate with a cohort – a community of learners who collaborate on various projects and establish lasting professional relationships.


Year the certificate program was created:
2,009

The website URL where information about sustainability in continuing education courses is available :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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