A PRIMER? A REMINDER? RENEE STRNAD EENC BOARD MEMBER & GUIDELINES BUREAU TRAINER NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence Have you used the Guidelines? Basics of EE Preparation and Professional Development of Environmental Educators & Self Assessment Criteria I Workshops Preparation and Professional Development of Environmental Educators Maybe?? Nonformal Environmental Education Programs Others??? What are the Guidelines? Began in 1993 Partnership between NAAEE and the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education Currently Five Documents Adopted by NAAEE, PLT, WILD, WET, OEEPA, & EENC, many others Guidelines for Excellence EE Materials Guidelines for Learning (K-12) Preparation and Professional Development of Environmental Educators Nonformal EE Programs Early Childhood EE Programs https://eelinked.naaee.net/n/guidelines Additional Resources Materials Workbook - EE Materials Self-Assessment Tools Guidelines for Learning (K-12) Nonformal EE Programs Early Childhood EE Rating Scale NCATE Standards Preparation & Professional Development of Environmental Educators Crosswalks with Ocean and Climate Literacy Guidelines for Learning (K-12) Additional Resources NGSS and Links with Environmental Literacy How can environmental literacy instruction best support the implementation of NGSS? How can instruction designed to address NGSS performance expectations also support the development of environmental literacy? Common Core Crosswalks https://eelinked.naaee.net/n/guidelines/topics/Aligni ng-EE-to-the-Common-Core-Standards SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2016 YMCA BLUE RIDGE ASSEMBLY BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC LASTING LEGACIES EENC 25 th Annual Conference