Professional Development

The NAGT conducts a number of programs through its officers, sections, and volunteers ranging from awards and scholarships to internships and bringing experts to campuses around the country. NAGT also sponsors the work by other groups of researchers and educators who are working on similar issues.

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Participants at the 2015 NGSS Summit discussing issues around implementing the Next Generation Science Standards.

Provenance: John McDaris, Carleton College
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NAGT's On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program

NAGT's core professional development program includes workshops, webinars, conferences, online resource collections and other efforts that support geoscience educators. The goal of this program is to improve teaching and learning about the Earth.

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NAGT Sponsored Programs

The NAGT sponsors a number of activities and projects in geoscience education that forward its mission and goals. Learn more about how to request sponsorship.

Awards

The NAGT supports both educators and students through a variety of awards including the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher award, the Neil Miner award, the James Shea award, and summer field programs.

Speakers and Topics

These faculty have given talks on various topics over the years. If you are looking for a geoscience speaker for your event, start here.

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Serving Our Communities

The Serving our Communities initiative celebrates the ways that educators and students are engaging with local, national and global communities and supports expansion of these efforts. This set of pages includes a blog that showcases the ways in which geoscience educators are serving their communities - local, regional, state, national and international - through their own teaching, research and service, or by engaging their students in these areas.