Green Classroom Professional Certificate Program
We are currently making upgrades to the Green Classroom Professional Certificate. Registrants are still able to participate in the course during this time, but the actual exam will be unavailable until May 29, 2012. We greatly apologize for this inconvenience as we work toward providing you with the best user experience possible.
If you have any questions during this time, please contact GCP@gbci.org. Thank you!
What?
The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council proudly introduces the Green Classroom Professional Certificate Program. The program encourages sustainable practices in classrooms to further the mission of creating green schools for everyone within this generation.
Green classroom professionals advocate for healthier, more environmentally responsible places in which to work and teach. With the Green Classroom Professional Certificate, the classroom will turn into a living laboratory, creating foundational awareness of greener lifestyles, energy savings, and environmental health in students and educators.
Who?
The program is designed to provide pre-K–12, teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, and other pre-K–12 stakeholders with the knowledge and skills to:
- Identify features that support or impede environmentally healthy, resource efficient, and sustainable learning spaces, and
- Recognize, adopt, and implement practices that promote health among students and school occupants.
Other requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must Agree to GBCI’s Disciplinary and Exam Appeals Policy
Why?
- Support the health among school occupants
- Provide the best environment for student academic performance
- Decrease absenteeism due to environmental factors
- Support environmentally responsible practices by learning how to: save energy, save water, and improve indoor environmental quality
- Apply for elective continuing education credits to maintain your teacher certification
- Foster an attitude among youth and future generations to appreciate and model sustainable practices
- Help create an awareness of the importance of greening a classroom
- Be part of a green building community
Thanks to the following organizations for supporting the Green Classroom Professional Certificate:
