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EE Materials Guidelines for Excellence Virtual Workshop Resources

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Are you interested in teaching other educators (preservice and in-service) about creating and selecting quality instructional materials? We've created a workshop module that facilitates online exploration of NAAEE's publication Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence. These guidelines aim to help producers of activity guides, lesson plans, and other instructional materials create high-quality products and to provide educators with a tool to evaluate the wide array of available environmental education materials. The online resources provide a step-by-step outline for designing a virtual workshop that can be adapted to your needs.

Professional Development of Environmental Educators Guidelines for Excellence Virtual Workshop Resources

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Are you interested in teaching other educators (preservice and in-service) about environmental educator competencies? We've created a workshop module that facilitates online exploration of NAAEE's publication Professional Development of Environmental Educators: Guidelines for Excellence. This publication describes a set of recommendations that can guide the preparation and continuing education of teachers and other environmental educators. The online resources provide a step-by-step outline for designing a virtual short course that can be adapted to your needs.

EE Programs: Guidelines for Excellence Virtual Workshop Resources

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Are you interested in teaching other educators (preservice and in-service) about the environmental education program development cycle? We've created a workshop module that facilitates online exploration of NAAEE's publication Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence. This set of guidelines provides a set of recommendations for the design and implementation of comprehensive environmental education programs. The online resources provide a step-by-step outline for designing a virtual workshop that can be adapted to your needs.

K-12 EE Guidelines for Excellence Virtual Workshop Resources

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Are you interested in teaching other educators (preservice and in-service) about environmental literacy and how it develops across the grade bands? We've created a workshop module that facilitates online exploration of NAAEE's publication K-12 Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence. This set of guidelines was developed to support state and local environmental education efforts by setting expectations for performance and achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12. The online resources provide a step-by-step outline for designing a virtual short course that can be adapted to your needs.

Early Childhood Education Guidelines for Excellence Virtual Workshop Resources

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Are you taking your professional development work online? Do you teach at the college or university level or are you responsible for delivering educator professional development experiences? Would you like to introduce your participants to environmental education program development for young learners, focusing on ages three through six.

We've created a workshop outline that facilitates online exploration of NAAEE's publication Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence. These resources provide step-by-step outline for designing a 90 minute to two-hour virtual workshop.

International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) Volume 8, Number 1

NAAEE- NATURAL START ALLIANCE

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years).

State Environmental Literacy Plans 2019 Status Report

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The North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE)'s third status report on the development and implementation of Environmental Literacy Plans (ELPs). ELPSs are state-specific comprehensive frameworks that support school systems in expanding and improving environmental education programs.

Produced in partnership by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), this guide covers the how and why of advocating for outdoor learning spaces during the fall of 2020 and throughout 2021.

Supporting Environmental Educators Toolkit

NAAEE

This toolkit, created by leaders from the NAAEE and Affiliate teams, aims to provide support for environmental education providers as they work to increase equitable access to a spectrum of educational experiences that support environmental literacy, healthy communities, a healthy environment, and racial and social justice.

International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) Volume 7, Number 3

NAAEE- NATURAL START ALLIANCE

Articles in this issue include: Research—"Being and becoming in nature: Defining and measuring connection to nature in young children” by Thomas Beery, Kristianstad University, Sweden; Louise Chawla, University of Colorado Boulder, USA; Peter Levin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA; “Everyday learning opportunities of young children with and without developmental disabilities or delays” by Carl J. Dunst, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, USA; “You don’t wanna teach little kids about climate change:” Beliefs and barriers to sustainability education in early childhood by Julia L. Ginsburg, Concordia University, Canada and Shannon Audley, Smith College, USA; and more.

Professional Development of Environmental Educators: Guidelines for Excellence Online Workshop Module

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Teaching EE college courses or professional development workshops online? Here's a resource for you. The Professional Development of Environmental Educators: Guidelines for Excellence Online Module provides lesson plans, videos/PowerPoint presentations, and handouts ready for you to use in your college course or professional development workshop. It provides a step-by-step introduction to NAAEE's Professional Development of Environmental Educators: Guidelines for Excellence. The module begins with a general welcome session, and then moves into an investigation of the six Guidelines Themes. Finally, participants complete a Self-Assessment and create their own professional development plan.

The Promise of Civic Engagement in Environmental Issues is a draft discussion paper. Through this paper, NAAEE and its partners are seeking a deeper understanding of how environmental education can support and complement initiatives that are geared more broadly toward educating for civic agency, capacity, and participation.

K-12 EE Guidelines: Online Teaching Module

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Are you taking your college coursework and workshops online? Here's a resource for you. The K-12 EE Guidelines: Online Teaching Module provides lesson plans, videos/PowerPoint presentations, and handouts ready for you to use on your college course or professional development workshop. It provides a step-by-step introduction to NAAEE's K-12 Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence. The module begins with a general welcome session, and then moves into an investigation of environmental literacy and the K-12 Environmental Education Guidelines. Finally, participants complete an Environmental Literacy Self-Assessment and create their own professional development plan.

International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) Volume 7, Number 2

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Articles in this issue include: Editorial Note--IJECEE Special Issue Call for Abstracts: Sustainable Development Goals and Early Childhood Environmental Education--Awareness, Understanding, and Transformation by Victoria Carr, University of Cincinnati, USA; Sue Elliott, University of New England, Australia; & Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Mälardalen University, Sweden; Research--Supporting school readiness naturally: Exploring executive function growth in nature preschools by Jenna Zamzow, Little Hawks Discovery Preschool, USA & Julie Ernst, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA; and more.

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years).

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years). The young children’s caregivers and the communities, institutions and systems, in which the children live, too, are a focus of importance. The content of the publication addresses all aspects of environmental education as well as all reciprocal associations and impacts embedded within the environmental education experience. Implications for policy at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels are sought.

A series of crosswalks that explore the linkages between environmental literacy as articulated in the K-12 Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence (2019) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

How environmental education is conceptualized and implemented in elementary and secondary schools is critical if we are to meet our ultimate goal of environmental literacy. When all of the cross-references between the national standards and the environmental literacy framework as articulated in the Guidelines for Learning (K-12) are taken together, distinct patterns emerge. Learn more.

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years).

How environmental education is conceptualized and implemented in elementary and secondary schools is critical if we are to meet our ultimate goal of environmental literacy.

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years).

eeAdvocate: An Advocacy Guide for Environmental Education Professionals & Supporters is designed to help you become a better and more confident advocate for environmental education (EE) and bring more support and funding to the field. For EE to reach its full potential, advocacy at all levels of government—local school boards, state legislatures, state and federal agencies, and federal Congressional and Senatorial outreach—is crucial. And no one is more qualified than educators themselves to help decision makers understand the benefits and impacts of EE programs on communities and individuals.

Issue guides provide the overall framework for the deliberative discussion and help forum participants focus on alternative courses of action. Key to creating an issue guide is how it is framed - how the issue is defined and what alternative courses of actions are presented.

Here you will find some resources to help you name and frame your own issues for deliberation.

Do you teach environmental education at the college or university level? Are you responsible for delivering staff development? Learn how to get started creating professional development workshops focused on each of the five Guidelines for Excellence publications.