MANAGEMENT OBJECTSManagement Action 1:
Support the development of a comprehensive environmental science and education curriculum.
Management Action 2:
Provide for teachers at all levels ongoing opportunities to gain renewal credits in workshops on environmental and estuarine education.
Object C
Ensure that Students, Particularly in
Grades K-5, are Exposed to Science and Environmental Education.
Strategy: The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is currently updating its statewide science curriculum requirements. DPI expects to include a significant environmental education component at all grade levels, though the specific focus in each grade will vary. The Office of Environmental Education (OEE) within DENR would assist DPI in the effort to make environmental education an important part of every student's learning experience. Also, OEE would work with DPI and individual school systems to increase opportunities for teachers to gain a background in environmental education and to have access to environmental education materials.