Course Dates: May 21-23, 2024
Application Due Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Selection Letters Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024
Course Description: This entry-level professional development course is designed to prepare tribal staff to conduct a variety of education and outreach activities that will help tribal members increase awareness about environmental issues and abilities to make informed decisions that protect air quality and human health. Course participants will experience environmental education tools and curricula that can be used in either formal or informal educational settings. The course will include project based learning with participants planning and developing outreach tools for use in their own communities. Participants will receive a Particulate Matter (PM) sensor through a long term loan for conducting air quality outreach activities. During the course, participants will make presentations to demonstrate the skills they are learning. There will be small-group work and evening homework assignments. Participants are required to complete a pre-course online module.
Topics include:
- Assessing air quality needs and concerns in the community
- Developing an effective outreach plan
- Creating materials for outreach
- Developing partnerships for outreach
- Implementing citizen science in Tribal communities
- Using air quality sensors to increase awareness of air pollutants
Who should attend: This is an entry-level course for all tribal air quality professionals. Preference will be given to those who have an outreach task in their current work plan.
If you have questions please contact Christal Black, Assistant Manager, ITEP at
Christal.Black@nau.edu, or phone 928-523-8410.
