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“When I took my first nature center director position I was pretty green, so to speak, to the challenges and opportunities of being a nature center director. Luckily I found ANCA and in 1995 attended the first ANCA Summit at Treehaven in northern Wisconsin and it was truly an invaluable and life changing experience. I really did feel like I had found my people and life long friendships have resulted. ANCA is a wonderful organization and I am very grateful for all that is has done for me and so many of my colleagues and kindred spirits.” - Tim Sandsmark, Education Supervisor, Lookout Mountain Nature Center
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Graduate Programs & Trainings
If you're looking for a progressive graduate program that blends theory and practice within a professional learning community the following programs have been identified by ANCA as unique graduate experiences. The programs are specifically designed for students who wish to establish a career in environmental education. All are associated with ANCA member institutions that provide a professional learning community, professional mentors, and a national network of academic and nonprofit partners and fit the following criteria:
- These are intensive and immersive programs that follow a cohort model where the current students start and finish the program together.
- All are graduate level programs (Master’s/PhD/EdD level) with credits provided by an accredited, degree-granting institution.
- All provide graduate level coursework and focused mentoring.
- There is dedicated faculty at the organization that has some status of higher education distinction by the university partner, e.g. Adjunct faculty.
- They blend theory, practical application, and experience within an intentional professional learning community.
- Many of these programs are residential with students living on site or in shared housing with fellow graduate students.