This online training series is not an "informational course," but is a rigorous course composed of a series of modules in which participants complete work products, guided by ITEP instructional staff and other course participants. Each module contains presentations via webinar, homework assignments, interactive discussions, and on-on-one assistance.

This course is designed only for those tribes needing to generate an emissions inventory in 2017. Enrollment must be pre-approved by ITEP staff. The 2017 instructor-led training schedule is below. Please email Angelique at Angelique.Luedeker@nau.edu to determine if you are eligible to enroll at this time or if you are interested in the self-paced option.

Emissions Inventory (EI) Advanced online training series is equivalent to 12 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately 120 hours of total learning time over the course of thirteen weeks to begin developing a Level 2 or 3 emissions inventory. Weekly webinars will be held on Tuesdays beginning 3-7-17 through 5-30-17 (excluding 4-18-17 and 5-2-17) at 9:00am PT | 10:00am MT | 11:00am CT | 12:00pm ET. 

Emissions Inventory (EI) Advanced weekly webinars will be held on Tuesdays beginning 3-7-17 and going through 5-30-17 (excluding 4-18-17 and 5-2-17) at 9:00am PT | 10:00am MT | 11:00am CT | 12:00pm ET.  During this series, participants will begin working on a level 2 or 3 EI. This online training series is for participants who need to gather data from sources on tribal lands (for example, amount of gasoline sold at gas stations, cords of wood used in wood stoves, miles of unpaved road, gallons of propane purchased to heat community center, etc.) and use the data to calculate emissions from those sources to begin developing a Level 2 or 3 EI. Participants should have completed the EI Fundamentals training or have prior experience developing EIs.

This online course has been developed as an introduction to building science principles important to healthy, comfortable, energy efficient homes and is intended to help tribal professionals understand and optimize the dynamic “building ecosystem” for occupancy wellness and building performance.

This course was originally developed for Alaska Villages, however, it is applicable to many tribes in cold climates. It will provide participants with an understanding of how the home responds as a “living system” and help participants understand what to look for during a residential home assessment. This online course is equivalent to 0.8 CEUs and requires approximately 8 hours of total learning time. CEUs are earned by completing the following course modules; course content is also available on-demand for the casual learner:

• Building Science Basics
• Building Structure and Mechanics
• Occupant Behaviors

Participants enrolled in this course are expected to have a good understanding of IAQ basics and a basic understanding of homes in your communities including: sources, health effects, actions to improve IAQ, and what kind of concerns you are trying to address. This course reviews building science principles important to healthy, comfortable, energy efficient homes. 

After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how the home responds like a “living system”
• Understand what to look for during an IAQ assessment

This course will NOT provide a comprehensive understanding of design and construction details.

 Instructors:

Rich Seifert, Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Energy and Housing Specialist

Mansel Nelson, Senior Program Coordinator, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Mansel.Nelson@nau.edu 

Many of the presentations within this course were originally developed as an online version of the cold climate homebuilding techniques workshop that Extension’s Rich Seifert has taught for many years.  All Extension’s recordings are available at: https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/cold-climate-building-course/id506895267  

Residential Building Science Review provides tribal environmental professionals with a review of how a home responds as a dynamic system and basic building science principles. This short online course has been developed to prepare individuals for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals’ in-person Indoor Air Quality Diagnostic Tools course and is required prior to being accepted to the course. Instructors delivering content for this online course expect you have a good understanding of indoor air quality (IAQ) basics and a basic understanding of IAQ and health, environmental conditions, structural design and construction, operation and maintenance issues for residential homes in your community. This online course is equivalent to 0.4 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately four hours of total learning time. CEUs can be earned by completing the following course topics:

• A Building Ecosystem
• Air Flow
• Heat Transfer
• Moisture Dynamics

After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how the home responds as a “dynamic system.”
• Identify basic building science principles.  

Presenters and Instructors:

Jed Harrison, former Indoor Air Quality/Building Science Researcher/EPA Lab Director

Rich Seifert, Professor Emeritus, Building Scientist, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Energy and Housing Specialist

Mansel Nelson, Senior Program Coordinator and Chemical Engineer, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals; Working with Tribal Communities for Over 25 Years

Quality Assurance Fundamentals is an introduction to basic quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) concepts (bias and precision, with control charts of flow rate QC checks), terminology, and a review of the elements of quality assurance project plans (QAPPs) for environmental monitoring projects. Completion of this course signifies practical understanding of the QA elements of QAPP Level 4 projects, such as indoor air quality or wildlife surveys, or other basic community assessments. This course is equivalent to 1.2 CEU and requires approximately 12 hours of total learning time. CEUs are earned by completing the following course modules; course content is also available on-demand for the casual learner:

• Introduction to Quality Assurance (QA) / Quality Control (QC)
• Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) and Data Quality Objectives (DQOs)
• Introduction to Precision and Bias

QA Fundamentals has been developed by the Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals. This unique, tribally focused, and applied instruction was initiated as a webinar series and has been supplemented with activities, discussions, and tests to provide a training resource and completion certificate. It is intended for tribal environmental professionals as an introduction to quality assurance.

After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Explain what a staff person needs to know about QA for a project and why it is important.
• Explain the terminology that is used in QAPPs.
• Describe QA in common sense terms.
• Locate helpful resources, materials, and people to develop quality systems.
• Identify basic principles of data management.
• List the required elements for a category 4 QAPP (as categorized by US EPA).
• Begin writing a QAPP.

Instructor: Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264.

This series consists of nine courses and addresses all 24 sections/elements of a Quality Assurance Project Plan. It is designed for tribal professionals who need to write or revise a QAPP for an environmental data gathering project and will provide the structure, tools, examples, and other information for your Tribal program or organization's QAPP. 

• Before starting this online course series, it is recommended but not required that you complete QA Fundamentals (QA101), which introduces the basics of quality assurance, and QAPP: Project Background & Summary (QA201). To complete QA Fundamentals and QAPP Project Background & Summary, visit http://itep.scholarlms.com/courses/.
• Participants who are revising an existing QAPP, or require a refresher in only particular sections or elements, can complete only the courses needed. Contact Chris Lee (Christopher.Lee@nau.edu) for more information.

This online course is equivalent to 1.6 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately 16 hours of total learning time and contains pre-recorded presentations, assignments, one-on-one assistance as needed, and other resources.

Instructor: Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264.

This series consists of nine courses and addresses all 24 sections/elements of a Quality Assurance Project Plan. It is designed for tribal professionals who need to write or revise a QAPP for an environmental data gathering project and will provide the structure, tools, examples, and other information for your Tribal program or organization's QAPP. 

• Before starting this online course series, it is recommended but not required that you complete QA Fundamentals (QA101), which introduces the basics of quality assurance, and QAPP: Project Background & Summary (QA201). To complete QA Fundamentals and QAPP: Project Background & Summary, go to http://itep.scholarlms.com/courses/.
• Participants who are revising an existing QAPP, or require a refresher in only particular sections or elements, can complete only the courses needed. Contact Chris Lee (Christopher.Lee@nau.edu) for more information.

This online course is equivalent to 0.8 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately 8 hours of total learning time and contains pre-recorded presentations, assignments, one-on-one assistance as needed, and other resources.

Instructor: Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264.

This series consists of nine courses and addresses all 24 sections/elements of a Quality Assurance Project Plan. It is designed for tribal professionals who need to write or revise a QAPP for an environmental data gathering project and will provide the structure, tools, examples, and other information for your Tribal program or organization's QAPP. 

• Before starting this online course series, it is recommended but not required that you complete QA Fundamentals (QA101), which introduces the basics of quality assurance, and QAPP: Project Background & Summary (QA201). To complete QA Fundamentals and QAPP: Project Background & Summary, go to http://itep.scholarlms.com/courses/.
• Participants who are revising an existing QAPP, or require a refresher in only particular sections or elements, can complete only the courses needed. Contact Chris Lee (Christopher.Lee@nau.edu) for more information.

This online course is equivalent to 0.8 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately 8 hours of total learning time and contains pre-recorded presentations, assignments, one-on-one assistance as needed, and other resources.

Instructor: Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264.

This series consists of nine courses and addresses all 24 sections/elements of a Quality Assurance Project Plan. It is designed for tribal professionals who need to write or revise a QAPP for an environmental data gathering project and will provide the structure, tools, examples, and other information for your Tribal program or organization's QAPP. 

• Before starting this online course series, it is recommended but not required that you complete QA Fundamentals (QA101), which introduces the basics of quality assurance, and QAPP: Project Background & Summary (QA201). To complete QA Fundamentals and QAPP: Project Background & Summary, go to http://itep.scholarlms.com/courses/.
• Participants who are revising an existing QAPP, or require a refresher in only particular sections or elements, can complete only the courses needed. Contact Chris Lee (Christopher.Lee@nau.edu) for more information.

This online course is equivalent to 1.2 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately 12 hours of total learning time and contains pre-recorded presentations, assignments, one-on-one assistance as needed, and other resources.

Instructor: Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264.

Registration for this online course is $300 and available by selecting "Catalog" in the task bar above.

Tribal Strategic Planning: Ensuring Successful Development of Your EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEP) provides tribal environmental professionals with tools and resources to develop tribally specific approaches to strategic planning with tribal leadership, elected officials, governmental agencies, and other organizations. This course carries 1.0 continuing education unit (CEU) and requires approximately ten hours of total learning time. CEUs are earned by completing the following course modules:

• Concepts of Strategic Planning
• Strategic Planning Process and Actions
• Developing an EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan
• Developing a Work Plan

After completing this module, participants will be able to:

• Define and develop with your tribal leadership: vision, mission, goals, objectives, and activities to implement a strategic plan.
• Define your tribe’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Identify possible impacts of other decision-making organizations and agencies that may affect tribal planning efforts.
• Draft an outline for a strategic plan using relevant templates, tribal examples, existing tribal resources and documents.
• Explain 2013 GAP requirements for EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans and implementation.
• Develop and apply performance measures to planning goals and objectives, ensuring program progress, capacity building, and addressing tribal needs.
• Develop a comprehensive funding strategy with EPA grants.

Instructors Include:

Ondrea Barber, Executive Director, DEQ, Gila River Indian Community

Sharon Hausam, PhD, AICP, Planning Program Manager, Pueblo of Laguna

Introduction to Rural Alaska Landfill Administrator (RALA) provides tribal environmental professionals in rural Alaska an introduction to the landfill management and operations and resources for additional training. The development of this short course was a collaborative effort between the Alaska Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA AK Chapter), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), the Alaska Forum, Inc., Green Star, and the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals. The presentations in this online training are part of an 8-hour RALA training and were originally recorded during the Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management in 2016. In-depth courses for Rural Alaska Landfill Administrator training are offered annually at the Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management by SWANA AK Chapter instructors. This online course is equivalent to 0.5 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires approximately five hours of total learning time. CEUs can be earned by completing the following course modules:

• Introduction to Landfills, Administration, and Operations in Rural Alaska
• Solid Waste Administration, Planning, and Budgeting Basics
• Minimizing Waste in Your Landfill

After completing this online course, participants in rural Alaska will be able to:

• Identify the classification and type of landfill in their community.
• Recognize the top ten landfill issues.
• Define landfill administrator’s and operator’s roles.
• Identify basic administrative, planning, and budgeting needs for managing landfills.
• Identify strategies for minimizing waste that fits their communities’ needs.
• Identify best management practice for burning waste.

Instructors Include:

Ted Jacobson, Solid Waste Tribal Liaison, EPA/SEE Program/Alaska

Doug Huntman, Green Star Program Director, Alaska Forum

Stephen Price, Rural Landfill Specialist, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Program