Meet AU's Green Teachers at the Annual Green Tea on November 2, 2011
CTRL invites you to celebrate American University’s 113 Certified Green Teachers on Wednesday, November 2 between 12 and 3 p.m. in Hurst 204. At this "Green Tea" you will be able to interact with a number of already certified faculty members, as well as find out more about getting your own courses certified. This is an open house, so please feel free to stop by any time. We will be serving hot apple cider and organic snacks.
It is not too late to apply for a Green Teaching Certificate for your 2011-12 courses.
CLICK HERE to start an application!
Presentation on Green Teaching at the 2011 POD Conference
The Green Teaching Program was represented by a Poster Presentation at the 2011 Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education (POD) Conference in Atlanta on October 28.
CLICK HERE to download the poster.
About the program
The Center for Teaching, Research and Learning and Eco-Sense piloted a Green Teaching Certificate during the 2008-09 academic year, and the program is entering its fourth year this fall. This is part of an attempt to reward faculty members who are green teachers, while giving green courses a familiar face among students. The Green Teaching Certificate is based on a system of self-reporting. Faculty members at American University can qualify for a Green Teaching Certificate by answering a number of questions about their efforts to make their courses more sustainable. Upon evaluation, qualified courses will be rewarded with a seal representing one of five different levels of the Green Teaching Certificate, which can be put on syllabi and Blackboard pages to market courses as green.
