Thirty eighth Annual North American Association for Environmental
Education Conference (NAAEE)
http://www.naaee.org/conference
NAAEE Conference Scholarships for 3 Oregon Residential Outdoor School providers
Full conference registration, transportation cost and annual membership to both EEAO and NAAEE.
Scholarships have been awarded
(thanks to the Gray Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation)
This Conference is for you! Join a network of passionate and innovative environmental educators from around the nation in workshops, plenary sessions and educational entertainment that demonstrate how they deliver quality environmental education that teach people how to think, not what to think. Check out the conference program and speakers
Credit
Portland State University is offering graduate or CEU credit for those who attend the conference. The cost for one graduate credit is $75; cost for 1.5 CEUs (15 contact hours, which would involve more than one conference day) is $20. For more information, please contact Cathie Anderson at andersonc@pdx.edu
Scholarship Application
- Scholarships are available for Oregon Residential Outdoor School providers. Preference will be given to outdoor school providers whose primary job is working at an outdoor school, or if seasonal, whose primary job as a seasonal is working at an outdoor school. Consideration will be given to those whose primary work is not working at an outdoor school, but who have significant responsibilities in conducting, managing or teaching at an outdoor school.
- Selection will be based on your response to the following questions found on the application.
- How do you see this conference impacting your work at Outdoor School?
- How will this conference impact your work as an environmental educator?
- What three conference strands are of most interest to you and why?
- What will you contribute to the conference as a participant?
- Application Deadline: July 20
- Selection notification: On or before August 7
- Selection of scholarships awardees will be conducted of by a committee representing EEAO’s Board, EEAO’s members, teachers who visit outdoor schools, and outdoor school administrators.
For Questions
Dan Prince
Coordinator, Outdoor Schools
Multnomah Education Service District
503-257-1618
503-257-1592 FAX
www.mesd.k12.or.us/os/OutdoorSchool/Welcome.html
NAAEE is a network of environmental educators who infuse communities with high-quality teaching methods to show the positive, non-confrontational ways that people can bring about solutions to environmental challenges.
Local host, the Environmental Education Association of Oregon, initiates, leads, participates in, and supports projects and programs that advance the role of environmental education to achieve student success in education.
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