Our Program
Looking to start or enhance an educational garden program, or elevate an existing one? Powered by Sprouts Healthy Community Foundation, our 8-week virtual course will guide and support educators in becoming Life Lab-Certified School Garden Educators! This series is open to all who want to earn this certification—no experience or degree required to join!
Next Cohort: 2/3/25 - 3/26/25
Program Overview
The Life Lab-Certified School Garden Educators Course will provide educators with tools and techniques to create inclusive and engaging school garden classrooms, integrating environmental stewardship, science-based learning, nutrition education, and community building to foster children’s social, emotional, and academic growth.
What you’ll earn:
Insights and inspiration from Life Lab’s 40+ years of experience in the school garden movement, a trusted leader in garden-based learning.
A supportive community of like-minded educators, sharing ideas, successes, and challenges.
A Recognized Certification as a Life Lab School Garden Educator, demonstrating your commitment to innovative, experiential learning.
What you’ll learn:
Enhance Social-Emotional Learning: Discover methods to create an inclusive garden classroom that supports students' social and emotional well-being by integrating mindfulness, respect, and equity.
Teaching skills: Practical, engaging activities and strategies to connect students with nature, fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and environmental stewardship.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits: Explore ways to teach nutrition through hands-on, garden-based activities, encouraging students to eat fruits and vegetables and understand food origins.
Become a Life Lab-Certified School Garden Educator!
Next Cohort:
February 3, 2025 - March 26, 2025
$1,400 for the course, materials, and the certification.
This course includes:
• Weekly synchronous virtual sessions (these sessions will meet over Zoom, on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 3:30 PM - 5 PM PT) that include discussions, sharing of resources, hands-on demonstration lessons, and community building. Participants should expect to actively participate in discussion groups and demonstration lessons.
• Two 1-on-1 coaching sessions that include specific feedback and reflection questions to support your teaching practice.
• Asynchronous content that can be completed on your own time
• Access to high-quality Life Lab vetted materials
• 1 copy of The Growing Classroom garden activity guide
• Digital copies of Life Lab’s Next Generation in the Garden lessons for K-2.
•Free Seeds!
Additional Information
100% of program graduates noticed a marked significant improvement in their confidence and motivation to inspire a love of nature, healthy eating, and learning through garden-based education!
“This is the most beneficial class I've ever taken. My confidence and knowledge in the realm of garden based education has vastly increased! I'm so excited to be a Life Lab Certified Educator.”
-Certification Course Graduate
“This is the first virtual course I've had with coaching sessions, and it made a huge difference in how much I was able to get out of the course.”
-Certification Course Graduate
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Meet Our Life Lab Course Facilitator and Guest Educators
Regi
Jones
Lead Facilitator
Jenna Mobley
Guest Educator & Coach
Kelsey Cerdas
Coordinator