[PCA] Environmental Education Guidelines - Small Grant Opportunity - deadline November 12

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

For all you native plant outreach and educator people!

If I'm reading this opportunity correctly...

A series of brochures have been developed to provide guidance in 
developing environmental education (EE) programs.  Five small grants will 
be awarded to conduct training based on any of the brochures - in addition 
to the cash award, free copies of the publication will be provided as well 
as providing a trainer and associated travel funds.

Topic areas include: 
Overall Guidelines for Excellence
Guidelines for K-12
Guidelines for educators
Guidelines for nonformal EE programs
Early childhood

The weblink (eelinked.net/n/guidelines) also discusses crosswalks between 
the guidelines and state academic standards. So far, Oregon, Maine, and 
Texas are crosswalked. And there are core curriculum crosswalks at: 
http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/guidelines (i.e., organized by Math, English, 
etc.). 

Eligible recipients: NAAEE Affiliate, EECapacity State Consortia member, 
or other Not-for-Profit

Deadline for application: November 1, 2012; training should be held by 
June 30, 2013

Looks like an interesting opportunity. See the message below for further 
details - and good luck!
-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife 
Service-International Affairs
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
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  EE Guidelines Small Grant Opportunity

 What?  Small Grant to Sponsor a EE Guidelines Workshop

 The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, initiated
 by NAAEE in 1993, has created a series of publications that provide
 guidance for the development of high-quality environmental education. 
Each
 of these publications was developed by a diverse team of professionals,
 and each has gone through a substantive review by thousands of
 professionals prior to its publication (eelinked.net/n/guidelines).

 Five small grants will be awarded (pending final funding approval from
 EPA) in cooperation with EECapacity and the University of Oregon.  The
 grants are meant to help defray the costs of conducting guidelines
 training with a focus on how they can be used in an urban context.
 Trainings can focus on any of the Guidelines publications (i.e., the
 entire set, a specific publication, or some combination of publications).
 Workshops can be designed as general professional development, as a means
 of building partnerships or for a specific audience (e.g., Head Start,
 Minority Academic Institution faculty members).

 Eligibility?  NAAEE Affiliate, EECapacity State Consortia member, or 
other
 Not-for-Profit

 How Much?  Up to $1000

 The cash award (up to $1000) is meant to defray costs of organizing and
 holding the workshop (e.g., staff time, advertising, facility rental,
 supplies, coffee breaks, lunch).

 In addition to the cash award, the project will provide:
       §  free copies of the Guidelines publication(s) for all 
participants
       §  pay the travel costs for a Guidelines for Excellence trainer to
       facilitate the workshop (if needed).

 Who will facilitate the training?
 The project will help you recruit a member of the Guidelines Trainer's
 Bureau to facilitate the workshop (no cost to you). The National Project
 for Excellence in EE has established the Guidelines Trainer's Bureau as a
 way of offering expanded opportunities to learn about the Guidelines.
 Guidelines Trainer's Bureau members have received specialized training 
and
 are available to give presentations to a variety of audiences on the
 Guidelines and how these publications can be used to enhance the quality
 of environmental education practice.  To see a listing of Guidelines
 Trainers? Bureau members by state visit:
 http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/guidelines/topics/Guidelines-Trainers-Bureau

 If a Guidelines Trainers? Bureau member facilitates the workshop, the
 project will also cover reasonable travel costs for the workshop
 facilitator.

 How Many Grants will be Awarded?  Five small grants will be awarded

          Deadlines?  Application due on November 12, 2012

  Hold the training by June 30, 2013 [could be extended, depending on
 circumstances]

 Application?  Complete the application & email to: Bora Simmons at
 borasimmons at gmail.com

 Questions?  Contact Bora Simmons at borasimmons at gmail.com or (541)
 343-0714

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 Bora Simmons
 National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
 2635 Lincoln Street
 Eugene, OR 97405
 Office Phone: (541) 357-8646
 Email: borasimmons at gmail.com
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