Education Liaison Program

The Education Liaison Program pairs educators with an AZA Species Survival Plan® Program, Taxon Advisory Group, Conservation Action Partnership or Scientific Advisory Group. These liaisons often occur via existing professional relationships between an educator and an SSP, TAG, CAP or SAG member. AZA, however, maintains a database on these pairings and has successfully facilitated many new partnerships. Education Liaisons accomplish a wide range of objectives, from producing fact sheets and teacher education guides to traveling and coordinating in situ education and more.

Education Liaison Listings

The following are listings of all conservation programs with Education Liaisons. If you are an educator interested in becoming a liaison please contact the appropriate SSP or contact Shareen Knowlton. Of course, we'd like to receive applications for those programs without current liaisons, but many programs have more than one liaison, so let us know if you're interested. Make sure you take a look at the programs that are actively seeking Education Liaisons, listed in the next section.

Active Vacancies

Conservation Programs are actively seeking Education Liaisons. Download the current list of vacancies (in PDF). Educators who are interested in applying please contact the appropriate Program Leader or contact Shareen Knowlton.

Conservation Program Leaders seeking Education Liaisons should also contact Shareen Knowlton for assistance.

Education Liaison Resources

If you have a story to share or a sample product that you would like to contribute, please contact Shareen Knowlton.

Education Liaison Handbook

Interested in being an Education Liaison? Then check out the Education Liaison Handbook (in PDF), your one-stop-shop for everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.

Getting Started

Want to know more about education in SSPs, TAGs, and CAPs? Take a look at the Template for Beginning an In Situ Conservation Education Program (in PDF) for ideas and inspiration that supplement the information covered in the liaison handbook.

Meet a Liaison

Interested in learning more about what liaisons do? These profiles provide a glimpse into several exciting initiatives led and/or supported by education liaisons. As you can see, the liaison partnership can take all kinds of forms and result in all sorts of different products and projects, large and small.

Conservation Messages

The Elephant TAG / SSP created these key messages for AZA institutions to share with their visitors. The messages focus on the high quality of elephant care and welfare in AZA institutions.

Elephant TAG/SSP Key Messages (in PDF)

Activity Guides

Bunny Basics (in PDF)
From the Rodent, Insectivore, and Lagomorph TAG.
Meet the Tree Kangaroos (in PDF)
From the Tree Kangaroo SSP