Preparation: Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children (GUW) is an early childhood curriculum developed by the Council for Environmental Education. GUW builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an initial foundation for children ages three to seven to develop positive impressions of the natural world. When implementing STEM education, providing a robust professional development opportunity that is sustained is often more effective. (Sanders, 2009). In an evaluation of GUW performed by Joe E. Heimlich, Ph.D. and Renae Youngs, MA, participants who completed the professional development course viewed the program very favorably. Respondents liked the hands-on nature of the workshops and “doing activities to help them understand them better” before conducting them with their students. Furthermore, a number of people linked the enjoyment they felt during the workshops with the enthusiasm to share what they learned with others. The GUW delivery method supports Sanders' assertion in favor of adopting the STEM curriculum as it allows for social interaction between participants as they learn the activities of the guide in a constructive and experiential process. Since 2011, Growing Up Wild has been offered to educators by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources through a half-day training program. This study identifies how teachers have responded to the Growing Up Wild Curriculum and how they perceive the impact it has on the children they have taught. Aim and objective: The research consisted of evaluating the adoption of the curriculum by both formal and non-formal educators; including which... half of the sheet... f. WVDNR staff provided email addresses of previous workshop participants. Following established research protocols, I emailed previous participants requesting their involvement in completing an online survey. I collected and reviewed data to develop a report that was submitted and decimated to the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. Because I am an approved WVDNR trainer for many of Growing Up Wild's half-day workshops and provided five workshops during 2011 and 2012, I had an interest in evaluating the program further. I was quite satisfied to learn the positive results of these training courses. I estimate the time devoted to this research to be eighty hours over the course of this calendar year. Collaborators and Funding Sources: This research project was a collaboration between the WVU Extension Service in Kanawha County and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.