ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PARTNERSHIP

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ENVIRONMENTALEDUCATION AND TRAININGPARTNERSHIP
Welcome

• Presented By
• Dr. Gus Medina
• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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OVERVIEW

• U.S. EPAs Office of EE has signed a cooperative
  agreement with the University of Wisconsin,
  Stevens Point (UWSP) for the continuation of
  EETAP.
• EETAP3 will build directly on the efforts of
  EETAP1 and EETAP2.
• What EETAP partners learned during the last ten
  years will be directly applied to EETAP3.

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PARTNERS
UW-SP is joined in this project by nationally
recognized organizations that will be responsible
for implementing program activities. They include

• North American Association for Environmental
  Education (NAAEE)
• Project Learning Tree (PLT)
• Northern Illinois University (NIU)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum
  Development (ASCD)

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PARTNERS

• The Council on Environmental Education (CEE)
• Project WET (WET)
• National Audubon Society (NAS)
• Ohio State University (OSU)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services National
  Conservation Training Center

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The goal of EETAP3 is to deliver environmental
education training and long-term support to
education professionals across the U.S. to enable
them to effectively teach about environmental
issues.
By achieving this goal, EETAP3 will contribute to
the long-term outcome of developing a more
environmentally literate public whose behaviors
lead to improved environmental quality.
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Objectives General Outputs

• Deliver pre-service educator training that
  enables students and faculty in education
  departments at colleges and universities to
  effectively include environmental education in
  their teaching.
• Deliver in-service educator training that builds
  on existing high quality environmental education
  programs.
• Support state infrastructure that enables
  educators to effectively teach about
  environmental issues.

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Objectives General Outputs

• Support educators to effectively teach about
  environmental issues through a state plan that
  identifies training priorities.
• Improve the quality of environmental education by
  promoting the National Project for Excellence in
  Environmental Education Guidelines.
• Support state educator certification efforts by
  assisting states that are developing their own
  certification programs.

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Objectives General Outputs

• Develop and institutionalize an EE resources
  review process that identifies, evaluates, and
  promotes quality environmental education EE
  resources.
• Support accreditation efforts to include
  environmental education in college and university
  teacher preparation programs through the NCATE.
• Support state educator certification efforts by
  assisting states that are developing their own
  certification programs.

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Objectives General Outputs

• Support Internet access to information by
  building on existing sites that provide
  electronic access to quality environmental
  education resources.
• Increase the number of education professionals
  that can deliver culturally relevant
  environmental education to diverse audiences.
• Increase the number of local, state, and federal
  agency and NGO conservation programs that
  strategically integrate environmental education
  into their programs.

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National Environmental Education Act 1990
EE Grants
Environmental Protection Agency National Office
of EE
National EE Advisory Council
Student Fellowships
Resources
Environmental Education and Training
Partnership

• EETAP Activities
• Meeting EE training through On-line Instruction
• NPEEE Guidelines Training
• Strengthening EE Training Networks
• Supporting State and National Infrastructure by
  Correlating EE Materials to State and
  National Academic Standards and EE Guidelines for
  Excellence
• EETAP States Capacity Building Program
• Accreditation/Expansion of EE Pre-service
  Programs
• Expansion of EE Certification Programs
• Electronic Access to Quality EE Technology
  Tools for EE
• Review of EE Materials
• Delivering Culturally Relevant EE to Diverse
  Audiences
• Reaching Tribal Communities with EE Training
• Building Capacity for Education with Conservation
  Practitioners and Non-formal Educators

• EETAP Partners
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum
  Development
• Council for Environmental Education
• North American Association for EE
• Northern Illinois University
• Ohio State University
• Project Learning Tree
• Project WET
• United States Fish Wildlife Service
• National Audubon Society

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KEY TERMS USED BY EETAP
Environmental Education is a learning process
that increases peoples knowledge and awareness
about the environment and associated challenges,
develops the necessary skills and expertise to
address the challenges, and fosters attitudes,
motivations, and commitments to make informed
decisions and take responsible action (UNESCO,
Tbilisi Declaration, 1978).
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KEY TERMS USED BY EETAP
Environmental Literacy is the desired outcome of
Environmental Education programs. Environmentally
literate individuals understand both ecological
and social-political systems and have the
inclinations to apply that understanding to any
decisions that pose consequences for
environmental quality.
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KEY TERMS USED BY EETAP
EE Capacity Building is the development of
effective leaders, organizations, networks, plans
and evaluation in order to achieve comprehensive
environmental education programs at the state and
local levels. Comprehensive EE programs are a
combination of structure, funding, and program
components which serve to incorporate EE into
educational institutions at the state and local
level.
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KEY TERMS USED BY EETAP
Formal EE EE conducted within formal school
settings (K-12, colleges, and universities). Non-
formal EE EE conducted in non-formal school
settings such as parks, museums, nature centers,
zoos, botanical gardens, etc. Informal EE EE
conducted using the mass media such as
newspapers, magazines, radio, and television.
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Thank You!