Curriculum Design Studio 2025
This year’s curriculum design studio will be hosted on August 11-15 in-person at the Omega Center in Rhinebeck, New York and online via Zoom.
Dates: August 11-15, 2025
Locations: In person at the Omega Institute & Virtually via Zoom
Campus Address: Omega 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
You can join us for the Five Day Curriculum Design & Coaching program or for a One Day Introduction to Education for Sustainability
Five Day Curriculum Design & Coaching
In this 5-day curriculum design studio, we use backwards design, or Understanding by Design, to reorient, innovate, build, and map curricula designed to meet academic standards and EfS standards, performance indicators, and enduring understandings—without additional class time or add-ons. We offer extensive periods of coaching and personal work time.
Participants who join in person will have the opportunity to experience the beautiful campus of the Omega Institute and enjoy the retreat setting. During the week, participants get to connect with peers formally through guided activities and informally through shared meals, nature walks, and more. The Curriculum Design Studio is an opportunity for people to connect with their peers and enjoy some focused time to work on a curriculum project.
Dates: August 11-15, 2025
Cost: $499
One Day Introduction to Education for Sustainability (EfS)
The One Day Introduction to EfS immerses participants in systems thinking games and simulations, group discussions about economics and quality of life, and the science of sustainability. Stories and case studies will be shared, and we will envision what is possible when we educate for sustainability.
This special, single-day offering is designed to increase participants’ awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the core concepts, content, and habits of mind that characterize Sustainability and Education for Sustainability (EfS).
Date: August 11, 2025
Cost: $149
Campus Details
Campus Location: Omega 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
If you are joining in person, you can either stay on campus at the Omega Institute or book your own accommodation.
For a fee, participants who join the Curriculum Design Studio in person can eat their meals and enjoy the retreat setting.
Please call Omega at 845-266-4444 if you would like to book accommodations during the workshop or have any lodging questions.
What is the Curriculum Design Studio?
During the Curriculum Design Studio, Educators, curriculum specialists, administrators, and program designers:
Learn what Education for Sustainability (EfS) is;
Learn how to embed standards into curricula, assessments, performance criteria, and performance tasks;
Gain access to expertise, resources, and tools to re-orient and enrich curricula;
Participate in guided working sessions, learning circles, coaching, peer review, and optional mini-sessions;
Develop units and protocols that prepare students to participate in and lead with us, the shift toward a sustainable future
We use backwards design/ Understanding by Design (UbD), to re-orient, innovate, build, and map curricula designed to meet academic standards in addition to EfS standards, performance indicators, and enduring understandings - without additional class time or add-ons.
Jaimie and the Cloud Institute have been hosting the Curriculum Design Studio for 15 years! This year, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Cloud Institute and we are happy to be hosting a week long workshop for teachers, curriculum specialists, administrators, and program designers eager to learn more about Education for Sustainability.
Have any questions about the Summer Design Studio? Please reach out to rosemarie@cloudinstitute.org and we will get them answered as soon as possible.
