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Monday, November 11, 2013

NOAA Climate Stewards: A National Education & Action Project.

NOAA Climate Stewards: 
A National Education & Action Project. 
Find Out How To Join this Exciting Community of Learning!


Would you like to increase your climate science knowledge?

Would you like to join a national community of educators interested in projects that make a difference in your local area?

NOAA's Climate StewardsEducation Project (CSEP) provides formal and informal educators working with elementary through university age students with sustained professional development, collaborative tools, and support to build a climate-literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship.

After completing minimum requirements, you will be eligible for:
  • Mini-grant funding to develop and implement a climate stewardship action plan
  • Travel stipends to attend and present at key professional development conferences.
  • Special CSEP contests with monetary and educational resource prizes.
To learn more about CSEP and find out how to apply, you must attend one of the introductory program webinars. Click on one of the links below to register for your desired session. Application information will be provided following each webinar session.



Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration with information you need to join the Webinar.

Please read the “Important notes for participating in the webinar” at the bottom of this email.

The Fine Print… If you decide to join this effort, you will be committing to:
  • Complete and reflect on at least 15 hours of professional development (PD) training in climate science and education in 2014. 
  • Complete and reflect on at least 9 hours of PD training in climate science and education for each additional year you remain with the Project.
  • Fully participate in monthly CSEP national and regional events during evening hours. National level events occur on the first and last Monday evenings of every month.
  • Develop and Implement a climate stewardship project in your school, community, or organization, focused on mitigating the effects of climate change.
  • Use the CSEP Wiki to post PD reflections, classroom activities in climate change, stewardship project plans, progress updates, as well as share resources, comments and results with other CSEP educators.
  • Fully participate in CSEP evaluation efforts
 Applicants selected to participate in CSEP will be notified by the last week of December 2013 

Join us!

Important Notes for participating in the Webinar:

1. Plan to log into the webinar at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. GoToWebinar has recently upgraded their software. We want to be sure that your computer has time to access the upgrade and you are able to access the presentation and meeting.

2. Please use the VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) option for this Webinar. If you elect to use the phone number provided for audio (
1-470-200-0305, Access Code 510-317-632), you will be charged for a long distance call.

3. When using the VOIP option for this Webinar, You must use a headset or ear bud-speakers. This will keep your output audio from re-entering your microphone, causing distortion.
4. If you have difficulty logging in to the webinar go to: http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/Webinar/contact?question=l
  • The ID Number for the Webinar on November 13 is: 784433602. 
  • The ID Number for the webinar scheduled on November 19 is: 303156594 

System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Mac®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer

Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet