Growing Our Teachers

Growing Our Teachers is a cohort-based professional development opportunity for teachers to take their school gardens to the next level and further integrate Farm to School education into their schools. The training takes place over nine monthly sessions (October to June) that cover a range of topics to empower educators and build peer-to-peer support.

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The goal of this professional development opportunity is to build a cohort of 10-15 educators who are empowered to integrate school garden education in their schools on a regular basis and support each other as well as other educators to enhance agriculture, nutrition, and environmental education equitably across the region. The training takes place over nine sessions covering a range of topics including garden planning and design, school garden tours, outdoor classroom management, school garden best management practices, nutrition education, curricular connections, and strengthening equity and inclusivity in programming and our community.

Schedule

Growing Our Teachers includes 9 sessions, held in person on the first Tuesday of the month (except where marked with an asterisk*) from October 2026 to June 2027 (10/6, 11/10*, 12/1, 1/5, 2/2, 3/2, 4/6, 5/4, and 6/1) from 4:30-6:30pm. Most of our meetings will occur at the Civic Garden Center, located at 2715 Reading Road in Cincinnati, OH.

Benefits

Growing Our Teachers participants have the opportunity to enjoy the following benefits:

  • A stipend of $250 for their school garden (must attend 7 of 9 sessions to receive the full stipend)

  • Skill building

  • Peer support

  • Access to regional experts

  • Certificates for contact hours

Interested?

Applications are now closed for the 2026-27 cohort. Sign up for the interest list and we’ll let you know when applications are open for 2027-28!

Questions?

Please contact our Youth Education Coordinator, Ellie Falk: youtheducation@civicgardencenter.org.