LANDSCAPE TO LIVING! Learn • Train • Complete • Certify •
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
- 6-Week ONLINE Landscape Contractor Training & Certification Support Program
Academic Coach
Each participant will work with a Unity Academic Coach who will help establish and monitor an individualized Weekly Course Completion Plan.
Academic support includes:
• Weekly course-completion goals
• At least twice-weekly progress checks
• Monitoring coursework, homework, quizzes, and final-exam preparation
• Assistance understanding course instructions and assignments
• Reading and learning support when needed
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Digital-learning assistance
• Identifying barriers that may interfere with course completion
• Career preparation
• Employment-readiness support
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Entrepreneurship preparation
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
- The primary focus of this program is helping participants successfully complete the landscape contractor training requirements while developing practical knowledge in:
- • Landscape design
• Planting and landscape maintenance
• Irrigation equipment
• Drip irrigation
• Water-management tools
• Water-efficient landscaping
• Customer service
• Water conservation
• Available incentives and rebates
• EMWD Landscapes for Living resources
Participants work independently through the online landscape training while receiving structured academic support from Unity.
Unity Educational Services'
Landscape Certification Pilot Program is a six-week supported training program designed to help participants successfully work through Eastern Municipal Water District's free online Landscape Contractor Training Program.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
THE GOAL: LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATION
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Male and Female who are Motivated, Committed, and Ready for Success!
The Landscape Certification Pilot is designed for adults 18 years old and older who are interested in becoming trained landscape professionals,
INCLUDING:
• Individuals interested in entering the landscaping profession
• Existing landscapers seeking additional professional training
• Uncertified landscaping workers
• Unemployed or underemployed adults
• Adults experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity
• Shelter and transitional-housing residents
• Re-entry participants
• Individuals on probation or referred through appropriate court programs
• Social Services/Welfare-to-Work referrals
• Current and former foster youth
• English-language learners
• Adults who may need additional academic support
6-Week Saturday School Program Water
• Wastewater • Recycled Water • Conservation • STREAM •
- ENGAGING AND EDUCATING OUR FUTURE
Unity Educational Services proposes a six-week weekend Water Education Academy designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of the value of water, establish positive water-use habits, understand water, wastewater and recycled-water systems, and discover career opportunities within the water industry. The program will incorporate age-appropriate educational materials and learning concepts available through Eastern Municipal Water District's Education Program.
• Wastewater • Recycled Water • Conservation • STREAM •
Careers: ENGAGING AND EDUCATING OUR FUTURE :
Unity Educational Academy proposes a six-week Saturday School - Water Education Academy designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of the value of water, establish positive water-use habits, understand water, wastewater and recycled-water systems, and discover career opportunities within the water industry.
Hands on Learning
The program will incorporate age-appropriate educational materials and learning concepts available through
Eastern Municipal Water District's Education Program.
Students will participate in hands-on STREAM activities — Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics — while learning about water, wastewater, recycled water, conservation, and careers.
Pathway to STREAM
This structure tracks well with EMWD's actual education pathway. EMWD says its education program covers 2nd–12th grade through college and water-career preparation, and provides schools in its service area with lesson plans, curriculum packets and student materials.
EMWD Its current field-trip program also gives Grades 3–12 opportunities to learn about wastewater and recycled water, while Grades 6–12 have additional filtration/desalination experiences.
For Grades 10–12, the curriculum can go substantially deeper. EMWD's Environmental Water Resource CTE program includes careers, the urban water cycle, imported and groundwater, distribution, filtration, water quality/testing, wastewater treatment, job shadowing and a capstone project.
EMWD states that this high school curriculum meets Common Core, NGSS and CTE standards.