66.950: National Environmental Education Training Program

66.950

Active

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

The purpose of the teacher training program is to train education professionals in the development and delivery of environmental education and training programs and studies. As required by Section 5 of Public Law 101-619, National Environmental Education Act, funds are provided to universities, non-profit organizations, or a consortia of such institutions to deliver environmental education training and support for education professionals. The mission of the current teacher training program--ee360--is to train a cadre of culturally-diverse educational professionals who have the knowledge, skills and tools to develop and deliver high-quality environmental education in formal and non-formal settings and to strengthen the EE field. The goals of the current teacher training program--ee360+-- are to: 1) Drive Educator Excellence, which includes in-person and on-line training and the development of and updating of current Guidelines for Excellence; 2) Cultivating Collective Impact, which includes supporting state capacity building; 3) Mobilizing Access to High-Quality Resources and Networks, which includes maintaining eePRO; and 4) Maintaining Project Excellence through Evaluation, Communication and Management. ee360+ supports a diverse cadre of environmental education leaders through certification, accreditation, leadership training, state-of-the-art education materials and research, networking opportunities, and an on-line hub. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2021: To perform tasks associated with the ee360+ project . Tasks include workshops, EE certification and accreditation, in-service and preservice leadership development, guidelines training, and fellowships for community leaders, among others.

B - Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)

Assistance under this program is available to universities, non-profit organizations, or a consortia of such institutions to deliver environmental education training and support for education professionals. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.

Education (0-8), education (9-12), education (13+), public nonprofit institutions and private nonprofit institutions.

66.951 - Environmental Education Grants

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