Explore California Forests Today
Professional Learning for California Educators
Learn about the stewardship of California’s diverse
ecosystems in a forest laboratory!
Where Environmental Literacy & Forest Stewardship Take Root
For 30+ years, FIT’s team of natural resource professionals and credentialed instructors have provided outdoor education experiences for teachers.
FIT offers affordable programing that certifies and trains educators in standards-aligned environmental education curricula.
By working together, we explore issues facing our state’s natural resources, and how to improve climate science and environmental literacy in the classroom.
Grow Your Teaching Practice Alongside Peers & Professionals
Work with peers and staff to develop a personalized Curriculum Project to use in the classroom.
Upon successful program completion you will:
Join a community dedicated to environmental and outdoor education
Earn a $300 stipend upon implementation curriculum project during the academic year
Receive certification in Project Learning Tree (PLT) and Project WET
Receive 50 hours of professional learning
Become eligible for 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from UC Davis or Cal Poly Humboldt
2025 Summer Sessions
El Dorado County | June 15-21th
Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown
Tuolumne County | June 22-28th
Sierra Outdoor School, Sonora
Shasta County | June 29-July 5th
Elevate Camps, Shingletown
Humboldt County | July 13-19th
Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata
"...conversations between participants and staff & landowners allowed me to gain a more accurate understanding of contemporary questions that foresters are grappling with. These sorts of questions become the juicy questions that I can open a lesson with or ask students to reason through."
- 2023 FIT-Focus Participant