Rural Alaskan Environmental Education Program

阿拉斯加东南大学提出了一个为期三年的项目，以发展和实施阿拉斯加农村卫生教育计划。该项目在UAS Sitka校区建立了一个中央教育中心，并建立了一个向全州偏远村庄的教师和学生传播课程的系统。该方案以阿拉斯加农村卫生问题联邦实地工作组的建议为蓝本，代表了中学/中学后教育工作者、土著领导人以及负责阿拉斯加州环境卫生项目的州和联邦机构的合作努力。该计划解决了阿拉斯加和其他农村地区对环卫技术人员和环境科学家的关键公共卫生需求。它的目的是建立对环境与公共卫生之间联系的文化意识，让农村青年成为变革的推动者。该计划将以2+2技术准备的形式为11-14年级提供跨学科课程。课程内容包括学术核心(数学、书面和口头交流、社会科学)；实验室科学(化学、微生物学、地质学、气候)和系统技术(水力学、力学、电子学)。学生将完成从中学文凭到大专文凭的系统课程，以及根据阿拉斯加法规获得水和废水处理、分配和收集系统操作的技术员资格所需的现场经验。以专业指导和服务性学习为基础的学术和职业咨询计划将确保完成该计划的学生为转到学士学位课程和过渡到阿拉斯加农村的劳动力做好准备。

The University of Alaska Southeast proposes a three-year project to develop and implement the Rural Alaskan Sanitation Education Program. The project establishes a centralized educational center at the UAS Sitka Campus, as well as a system for dissemination of curriculum to teachers and students in remote villages throughout the State. The program is modeled on the recommendations of the Federal Field Working Group on Rural Alaska Sanitation Problems and represents a cooperative effort of secondary/postsecondary educators, Native leaders, and those State and Federal agencies responsible for environmental sanitation programs in the State of Alaska. The program addresses a critical public health need, throughout Alaska and other rural settings, for sanitation technicians and environmental scientists. It is designed to establish cultural awareness of the linkage between the environment and public health, engaging village youth as agents of change. The program will provide a cross-disciplinary curriculum in an articulated 2+2 tech-prep format for grades 11-14. Curriculum components encompass an academic core (math, written and oral communications, social science); laboratory science (chemistry, microbiology, geology, climate) and systems technology (hydraulics, mechanics, electronics. Students will complete a systematic program leading from secondary diploma to postsecondary associate degree, along with field experience necessary to achieve technician certification under Alaska regulations for operation of water and wastewater treatment, distribution, and collection systems. An academic and career counseling program, based on professional mentoring and service learning, will assure that students completing the program are prepared both for transfer to baccalaureate degree programs and for transition into the workforce in rural Alaska.