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NEW! Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse Audiences Online Course

This 10-week on-line course is designed to provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills needed to make EE relevant to culturally diverse audiences. Through this course participants will broaden their perspective of EE to encompass interests and issues of concern to culturally diverse audiences, assess barriers to participation among these audiences, and apply cultural competency skills in building relationships and partnerships with members of an audience they intend to work with in the future. Environmental educators must understand how to work with and involve diverse populations to ensure that their perspectives are heard and that they participate fully in environmental decisions being made at the local, regional, and national levels. This online course has been developed in collaboration with national EE experts who represent diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Although there are no prerequisites for this course, a working understanding of environmental education is essential for success in this course. Participants may obtain one undergraduate or graduate credit from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. It is also available as a non-credit workshop for those that are not seeking college credit. All participants, regardless of location, are eligible for the in-state tuition rate.

Strategic Planning and Implementation Online Course

Learn how to develop successful strategic planning and implementation models, processes and techniques. Emphasis will be placed on managing the strategic planning process to build the capacity of organizations to provide effective environmental education programs. Course participants will also have an opportunity for individual consultation time with the course instructor to discuss specific issues/questions they might have regarding strategic planning. This 9 week long course has been designed for environmental educators, natural resource professionals and graduate students who are currently involved in a strategic planning process or may become involved in one in the future.

Fundamentals of EE (FEE) Online Course

Gain a foundational knowledge of environmental education and learn how you can incorporate quality EE into your instruction. Course participants discuss the history, definition, and goals of environmental education; develop an understanding of the professional roles and instructional methods of environmental educators; and interact with other educators from across the country. This course is 11 weeks long and appropriate for both classroom teachers and non-formal educators who work with students and/or teachers.

Applied EE Program Evaluation (AEEPE) Online Course

Learn to evaluate environmental education and outreach programs by designing evaluation tools such as questionnaires, observation forms, and interview and focus group guides. This course is 12 weeks long and was designed for environmental educators, natural resource professionals, and graduate students who can apply the tools they develop to a specific education program or research study.

Details

• The Strategic Planning and Implementation course is listed as "NRES 703" and is available for 2 graduate level credits through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The FEE and AEEPE courses are listed as "NRES 410/610" and are available for 3 undergraduate or graduate level credits through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. All of the courses are also available as non-credit workshops. We do not offer an audit option for our online courses.

• The Strategic Planning and Implementation course will not be offered in spring 2008. The spring 2008 AEEPE course will be offered February 18 - May 9. The spring 2008 FEE course will be held February 4 - April 18.

• All participants are eligible for the in-state tuition rate. The AEEPE and FEE spring 2008 tuition is $647.34 for 3 undergraduate credits and $1045.02 for 3 graduate credits. The non-credit workshop fee is $350 for the AEEPE and FEE courses.

• To learn more or register for a course, go to this UWSP web site.

These courses were developed with the support of the Environmental Education and Training Partnership, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.