The National Recreation and Parks Association

Date of release: July 31, 2025

CEU: n/a

Interested parties MUST fill out an application and be accepted to Directors School before paying their deposit.

Please email education@nrpa.org with questions.

Diversity and cultural awareness explores the importance of developing a diverse, equitable, and ethical workplace. To instill an innovative and progressive workplace, it is important that leaders consider how to instill diversity into the organizational culture. This course will cover the following four areas:

• Defining culture, diversity, and inclusion;

· Designing an inclusive environment for your organization both internally and externally;

• Managing community outreach; and
• Creating an ethical organization.

This course is one component of NRPA’s Leadership Certificate Program.

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CEUs: 0.1

After completing the training course, learners will develop a deeper knowledge of the features of Microsoft Excel, including how to modify data within rows and columns, how to find missing or outlier data, how to write basic and more advanced formulas, how to analyze data in a table, how to create and understand pivot tables, how to use the "Analyze Data" feature, and how to conduct a more advanced analysis using the information shared in the course.

CEU: 0.1

Date of recording being released: June 2, 2025

CEU: 0.1

Date of recording being released: First Monday in May 2026

Description:

Managing stormwater, reducing pollution and complying with federal water quality regulations are a challenge for urban areas across the United States. Parks are critical infrastructure to communities providing natural areas, recreation, community gathering spaces and cooling from urban heat, among many other benefits. They also can enhance greater resilience in communities for cleaner water, reduced localized flooding, and clean air through the installation of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), including rain gardens, bioswales and green roofs.

There are many steps to this process, from pilot installations to a park systemwide GSI operation — such as securing public support, financing, ensuring compatible landscape design, managing construction materials and operations, performing ongoing maintenance, and communicating successes. The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Certificate program provides park and recreation professionals the knowledge and tools to promote, oversee, advance and operate GSI in their park systems. Park and recreation professionals will be armed to work collaboratively across departments and partnerships to enhance their community resilience with GSI in parks.

Program Overview:

The Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Certificate provides a comprehensive step-by-step learning forum online in nine-course modules and a review course module. This certificate program provides participants the assurance and foundation to successfully oversee a GSI project or program — from planning to evaluation and every step in between. Each course is about 30 to 60 minutes in length, provides real case studies and knowledge checks for successful knowledge advancement. The online courses have been designed for the working professional in mind and can be completed in small parts, whether you have 10 minutes or an hour.

Who Should Enroll?

This program is designed for park and recreation professionals, community partners, public works and planners who are seeking to build resilience in their community through Green Stormwater Infrastructure in parks.

CEUs: 1.2