Explore California Forests Today
Professional Learning for California Educators
Learn about the stewardship of California’s diverse
ecosystems in a living 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 $$$ 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
Fall 2025
FIT-Focus Sessions
Nevada County | Oct. 10-12, 2025
Shady Creek Outdoor School, Nevada City
Plumas County | Oct. 17-19, 2025
UC Forestry Camp and Baker Forest, Meadow Valley
Mendocino County | Oct. 31- Nov. 2
Hopland Research and Extension Center, Hopland
2026 Summer FIT Sessions:
2026 sessions dates will be announced by the end of September - Registration will open early November
"...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