Climate Corps Education Outside

Planting the seeds of science and ecoliteracy to grow environmental leaders.

Learn about the Fellowship

As part of a Fellow cohort, emerging educators work with students, manage their own garden space, and engage a school community while getting their hands in the soil.

Become a School Partner

Schools host a dedicated garden educator to grow your outdoor classroom and provide K-5 students with NGSS-aligned ecoliteracy lessons. 

Support our mission

CCEO places and trains emerging educators in elementary school outdoor classrooms to teach science and ecoliteracy.

At a Glance

​What We Do

​Climate Corps Education Outside (CCEO) advances science education and environmental literacy in public elementary schools by bringing student learning to the outdoor classroom. Our program:

• Sparks children's interest in science & connect them to the natural world through consistent, NGSS-aligned lessons in school gardens 
• Provides partner schools with a dedicated AmeriCorps Fellow to serve at their single school site for the school year to steward the outdoor classroom
• Transforms schools into more sustainable communities

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​Our Fellows

We recruit an exciting and passionate cohort of emerging environmental educators, whom we train to execute inquiry-based science learning, using the school campus as a learning laboratory. Our educators maintain thriving outdoor garden classrooms and engage their community in projects to improve campus sustainability. Fellows are AmeriCorps members.

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Our Impact
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​In the 2021-22 school year, we served:

• 11,000+ students
• 31 school sites in 9 Bay Area school districts across 4 counties 
• 15 Title 1 eligible schools
• 43% students qualifying for Free and Reduced Price Meals
• 4 school sites, specifically for students living with disabilities

In 2020-21 school year, adapting to Covid-19, we:

• Taught over 7,400 synchronous science and ecoliteracy lesson
• Created a library of over 30 instructional videos for asynchronous learning
• Provided 9,700 garden kits to students to grow their own plants at home

“My two year experience as an Education Outside Fellow transformed my perspective on education, environmental work, and public service. I gained experience in independent work that most young professionals don’t have access to until late in their career. It empowered me in my leadership and has further motivated me toward work in youth empowerment around climate change.”
- Former Fellow

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Let's Chat!

If you have questions about the Climate Corps Education Outside program, please reach out to our team at cceo@seiinc.org. ​

​Administered by California Volunteers and sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service.