PD Micro-credentials
Knowledge
Awareness
Problem Solving
Climate Action
Stewardship
Apply to Claim Your NJ Grant Award
To easily apply, the district grants/homeroom administrator should:
- submit interest with this form (we will send an email to confirm)
- log into the Grants Management System
- select the Climate Awareness Education: Implementing the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Climate Change grant from the grant options
- district will accept these funds as part of their standard application process in the grant portal
This grant is based on acceptance of these funds and the application of these funds to an acceptable program for use and distribution. Please see the state’s Q&A for greater detail about the acceptable use of these funds and the timeline in which these funds can be expended.
Take Action Global and the Climate Action Awareness Program align with both the acceptable use, as Climate Action Professional Development, and the timeline for funds to be expended, through the 3 month program to be completed by June 30, 2023.
Cost of the Climate Action Awareness Program: $6,000
Join.
Our Current Climate Action Schools join as:
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Benefits for Schools, Educators, and Students.
Climate Action Schools
Climate Action Schools
Participating schools join for the 3-month program with:
- Opportunity to join as part of a global network of like-minded schools from around the world
- School-wide recognition
- School-wide carbon tracking
- Enhanced school culture and teacher well-being
- School-to-home and school-to-community opportunities
- International, national, and local media coverage and guidance
Professional development
Benefits for Students
Timeline for Spring 2023 Program.
| March 1-17 | Grant Application |
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| April 1 | Schools Onboarding |
| April 15-May 15 | PD Part 1 |
| May 15-June 15 | PD Part 2 |
| June 15-30 | Certifications |
Program Highlights.
Supported by First Lady Tammy Murphy
Take Action Global is proud to collaborate with First Lady Tammy Murphy from 2022-2023
- 2020: Ms. Murphy joins for Climate Action Day as Featured Presenter
- 2022: Ms. Murphy joins for Climate Action Day as Featured Presenter with students from Tabernacle School District, NJ
- 2023: add
- 2023: Ms. Murphy sends personal message to TAG educators at TECHSPO, NJ Tech Conference
Case Study: Morris-Union Jointure Commission, New Jersey
Morris-Union Jointure Commission, New Jersey joined Take Action Global as a Climate Action School in 2022.
- District-wide professional development
- Climate Action across the curriculum
- Student and educator international presentations
- Experiences with LEGO and NASA
- Read more here
EarthProject Classroom App
The EarthProject app allows teachers and students to track and show positive impact of action.
- Free iOS and Android mobile apps
- Teaches and motivates for reducing carbon and plastic waste
- Track tree plantings
- Work as a team and earn badges
A global community of support.
It has been life-changing for many of my students and their families.
I found that absolutely thrilling.
Climate change is real. All around the world where the patterns are changing and affecting people, animals and the environment. To tackle this growing crisis we have to take action. We have to change mindsets.
We need youth’s creativity to repair our planet. We need students to invent and to innovate – to think beyond where we are now and to be optimist about our future.
Young people are on the frontline in the fight against climate change and will bear the greatest consequences of inaction. But, through changes to their own lifestyles and activist movements, they are also playing an important and growing role in pushing government and business leaders for a better response.
Schools and colleges can act as ‘levellers’ to enable all young people to have a minimum level of nature experience, when the opportunities and encouragement they get at home may differ enormously.
It was an amazing experience for the teacher and the students. The participation in this global community made us feel empowered and we appreciated the small yet essential changes in our everyday life we can all do to protect our planet.
I love to participate and that the students perceive that many young people just like them participate in the same actions and also have the intention that caring for the planet is a reality.
We’re really looking forward to understanding what state will be the second state to work together with New Jersey because we can’t do it on our own.
Our Climate Action Schools provide something for everyone. It allows our students to be involved in a front-and-center issue and have meaningful interaction and dialogue and be part of it, no matter what their ability level is.
At the end of the day, the greatest single impact on student outcomes is teachers.
Our climate action partners.
