Earth Partnership for Schools

Chicago Partnership  
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About the EPS-Chicago Partnership

The EPS-Chicago Partnership consists of education department staff members from the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Lake County Forest Preserves and the McHenry County Conservation District. Partnership agencies have been certified to provide instruction in the Earth Partnership for Schools program by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.

We invite dedicated teacher teams of three or more to apply for this outdoor, hands-on institute. Teams are trained to facilitate ecological restoration programs within their classroom, leading up to a schoolyard native plant landscape project. As part of the program, participants will receive more than 30 cross-curricular lesson plans aligned with state standards. Teachers will also build a working partnership with the education staff from the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, the Lake County Forest Preserves, and the McHenry County Conservation District. Reduced fees may be available for some districts, pending funding. Please note that individual teachers cannot register for this institute. If interested in the institute, teachers must recruit colleagues and register as a school team to ensure the success of the schoolyard project. Teams can be made up of teachers, administrators, and school board members.

Additional information about EPS is on-line at http://uwarboretum.org/eps/index.php.

For additional information please contact:

Eva Danon
Coordinator for Teacher Programs
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
Email: edanon@chicagobotanic.org
Phone: (847) 835-8253
Fax: (847) 242-6350
www.chicagobotanic.org/teacherprograms