4-Teachers
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2026 4-Teachers Courses
A content-rich week immersed in classroom and field exercises to deepen teaching pedagogy. Teachers will walk away with lesson plans, resources, tools to help fit the curriculum into a classroom or virtual learning environment, and examples of place-based lesson planning.
Professional development that meets the unique needs of Alaska teachers...
4-Teachers courses are open to any teacher but primarily aimed at certified K-12 teachers in rural or remote Alaska who are not content experts in the course subject matter. Each 4-Teachers course is based on a one-week summer experience that includes developing a place-based lesson plan. An additional one-credit fall course includes implementation and reflection of the lesson created during the summer class.
Tuition
Alaska teachers can attend this program for free summers 2024-2026 thanks to grant funding! Tuition, academic fees, and housing are free. Travel and food stipends may be available.
Questions
For more information about this program, you can contact PWSC - Copper Basin Extension Site:
contact: Katie Bobowski
email: uaa_pwscforteachers@alaska.edu
call: 907-822-3673 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. AKST)
Why you should come...
Piloted in 2019, every student said this was the best professional development they had ever had.
- Not only will you develop your teaching skills, you will forge friendships and share experiences that are unparalleled - even in Alaska.
- Gives teachers the ablity to reconnect and re-energize their passion for teaching.
- Mixes classroom activities with place-based/outdoor activities, which asks the teachers to not only consider their curriculum, but to also consider their classroom.
- Collaborative workshop activities allow STEM teachers to meet and network with other educators who are living through the same experience.
Summer 2026 4-Teachers Courses
Click on the button for each course to find out more information!
The 4-Teachers courses include four primary components:
Program Funding
This work is supported by the USDA National Insitute of Food and Agriculture, the Alaska Mariculture Cluster Build Back Better Grant, and DEED Perkins Grant.
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