About
Career Discovery and Diversity
ASLA
Career Discovery and Diversity is:
- Building
strong community relationships
- Developing
quality resources for students, teachers and members
- Partnering
with educator and advising professionals
- Exploring
landscape architecture as a STEM discipline
- Modeling
effective outreach engagement for ASLA chapter adoption and implementation
Green
Roof Tours
School
communities are welcome to visit ASLA headquarters throughout the year to learn
about landscape architecture, take part in hands-on design activities, and hear
from staff about the work of ASLA.
Richard Jones, ASLA, Past President of Mahan Rykiel Associates, led a unique partnership with Frances Scott Key Middle School to support the school's STEM-based environmental education curriculum with Birdland.
Partnerships
Career Discovery and Diversity programming has expanded its partnerships and collaborations to groups that prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion and also focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning.
Future City Competition
As the first and only design group represented in the international STEM competition, ASLA is thrilled to sponsor its Special Award for Design-Centered Solutions with Nature. The Future City Competition attracts over 60,000 middle and high school students annually.
Each year, ASLA members serve as mentors and judges to support students who design authentic and innovative projects that transforms their understanding of the role landscape architects play with engineers to strengthen their teamwork, problem-solving, and project management skills.
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Please direct requests and questions to Lisa J. Jennings, Senior Manager, Career Discovery and Diversity at ljennings@asla.org.