Professional Learning
CTLE-credited workshops and trainings to bring real harbor science into your classroom. In-person and virtual options for NYC educators.
Varies
For Teachers
Our professional learning programs are designed by educators, for educators. Each workshop blends hands-on field experience with practical curriculum tools you can use the next day. Whether you're learning to maintain an Oyster Research Tank, lead outdoor investigations, or integrate harbor data into your lessons, every session is built around real classroom application.
Workshops are led by BOP education staff with deep experience in urban environmental education. You'll leave with lesson plans, data sets, monitoring protocols, and connections to a growing network of teachers across NYC who share your commitment to bringing real science into schools.
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Many of our workshops take place at Governors Island, at waterfront sites across NYC, or at partner schools — putting you in the same environments where your students will learn. In-person sessions include hands-on practice with oyster monitoring equipment, water quality testing kits, and field journaling techniques.
Virtual options cover topics like curriculum integration, data analysis, and connecting classroom lessons to harbor ecology. All formats offer CTLE credits.
All professional learning events offer CTLE credits for NYC teachers. Credit hours vary by workshop length.
Teachers at Title 1 schools can attend paid workshops for free. Contact us for a discount code before registering.
For in-person workshops: weather-appropriate clothes (training is mostly outdoors, rain or shine), a packed lunch, and a reusable water bottle.
A thriving reef cluster, building habitat for generations
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