OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM GROWS EXPONENTIALLY This year, in the Duval County school district of Jacksonville, Florida, the Rainforest Alliance established an environmental education leadership team that included 45 teachers from six different schools and brought them together for training workshops. After the sessions ended, these teachers took the curriculum back to colleagues at their respective schools. By training the teachers to train their colleagues, we were able to bring 167 teachers up to speed and build environmental values among 2,500 students in the district – more than quadrupling the program’s reach in just one school year. “Our students are learning about the importance of rainforests and the products that come from them,” says Kathryn LeRoy, Duval County Schools Science Administrator. “The program involves reading, math, science, social studies and art, but it also extends students’ experiences beyond the classroom to gardening and recycling projects. We look forward to expanding our participation in the years ahead.”
2010
416%
600 Students
GROWTH
2011
2500 Students
STUDENTS TAUGHT (by year)