Educational Outreach

SEDI Educational Outreach Center

The SEDI Educational Outreach Center manages NAU internships and outreach; FUSD and public school outreach; and the Teacher Awards for Sustainability Curriculum. Through these efforts, SEDI enhance partnerships with educational institutions in the region and develops programs that bring them together with businesses to foster sustainability programs and educational opportunities, including placing interns within SEDI.

Sustainability Education

The SEDI Sustainability Education team is facilitating the collaborations between school systems, the colleges and universities, environmental educators, nonprofits, businesses and communities to bring a sustainability framework and systems thinki

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2017 Teacher Awards for Sustainability Curriculum Applications Now Open

The 2017 SEDI Teacher Awards for Sustainability Curriculum (TASC) will be granted to teachers or groups of teachers, pre-K through 12, for lessons, units or projects that have already been developed and implemented in the classroom. These lessons, units or projects must reflect and reinforce the principles of sustainability for the 21st century. The contest period is the 2016/2017 school year. Up to four prizes of $2,500 each will be awarded.

SEDI Announces $16,000 in 2016 Teacher Awards to Northern Arizona Teachers

SEDI recognizes those teachers who help their students excel. This year, four award winners and six runner-up winners will receive a total of $16,000 in cash awards from citizen donors who support education, the largest single award for excellence in education in Arizona.

May 19, 2016 - TASC Awards Celebration

Attend the 2016 SEDI Teacher Awards for Sustainability Curriculum (TASC) cash awards of $16,0000.

2014 TASC Awards

The Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) of Northern Arizona recognized four teachers with a “Teacher Award for Sustainable Curriculum” and no-strings-attached checks for $2,500 at an awards ceremony on May 1 at the High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff.

2015 TASC Awards

The Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) of Northern Arizona recognized four award winners and eight runner-up winners who received a total of $18,000 in cash awards from citizen donors who support education, the largest single award for excellence in education in Arizona.