Beginning in fall 2025, Hamline is launching the nation's first graduate certificate in nature-based education for classroom teachers and other school staff.
Nature-based education — which uses nature as a context for multi-disciplinary learning — has been documented to improve academic outcomes, social-emotional learning, and physical health for both students and teachers.
Building on the success of the Teacher Field School, a grant-funded program supported by the Legislative Citizens' Commission on Minnesota's Resources, the ten-credit certificate program includes nature immersion, individualized and team-based approaches to curriculum refinement and student support, and a final synthesis project.
For more information, please contact Dr. Patty Born (pselly01@hamline.edu), program director.