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At EECO it is our mission to be a leader in the promotion
and facilitation of Environmental Education (EE), and
to nurture knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. We want
a healthy and sustainable environment, and the key to
this is education. Through EECO, individuals and groups
are not only educated, but also develop partnerships
with other individuals and organizations. These partnerships
strengthen EE in Ohio, leading to a more environmentally
literate population and a healthier environment. You
are welcome to become a partner and friend. If you would
like more information regarding EECO, please feel free
to contact me directly at director@eeco-online.org.
Brenda Metcalf
Executive Director EECO
In 1995, OEEF initiated a long-term partnership
with EECO to build statewide
capacity for environmental education in ways that could
not be accomplished
within the confines of a two-year general grant. Through
this ten-year
partnership, OEEF and EECO are able to provide
professional development
opportunities for teachers and non-formal environmental
educators, as well as
quality curriculum resources aligned with the Ohio
Department of Education’s
Academic Content Standards and education reform goals.
• A
six-member partnership steering committee sets
partnership goals in
consultation with the EECO Board of Directors and
the OEEF Advisory
Council. The committee chairmanship includes the
EECO Executive
Director and the Chief of Ohio EPA’s Office of
Environmental Education.
• The partnership supports part-time regional
directors in each of the
state’s 12 education regions, who work closely
with teachers and
environmental educators at the local level to
offer workshops and share
teaching resources.
• A network of more than 1800 school contacts
helps to publicize and
distribute the partnership's materials statewide.
Partnership funds made it possible to offer more than 30
regional professional
development workshops in SFY 2005 to over 800
participants, offering
certification in nationally recognized curricula such as
Healthy Water, Healthy
People; Project WET (Water Education for Teachers),
Project WILD, Project
Learning Tree, and Project Food, Land and People. Other
workshops offered
training on using local ecosystems such as Lake Erie
Habitat, the Wonders of
Wetlands, Windows on Waste, Master Composting and Ohio
geology as
teaching resources. For more
information:
click here . To read the entire Ohio
Environmental Education Fund Statewide Partnerships in
SFY 2005 report click on
partnership update.
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