Supporting the Earth Science Teacher Community through Adoption of the National Earth Science Teachers Association Website Template for State Earth Science Teacher Associations

该项目正在采用和调整最近开发的国家地球科学教师协会(NESTA)网站模板，以将两个州级(加利福尼亚州和密歇根州)ESTA网站转变为重新设计和扩大的网络实体，以反映各自的州教育标准。该项目还在评估和改进完成过渡所需的流程、培训和支持，以确定如何在未来以合理的成本和最大的效率向其他州一级的技术和培训机构提供此类服务。该项目正在为两个目标州的ESTA志愿者领导人提供培训和支持，并大大增强了这些组织向其成员提供资源的能力。由于国家ESTA网站链接到国家Nesta网站，该项目还有助于加强美国地球科学教育工作者社区之间广泛共享教育材料和其他信息。

This project is adopting and adapting a recently-developed National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) website template to transition two state-level (California and Michigan) ESTA websites into redesigned and expanded web entities that reflect the respective state education standards. The project is also evaluating and refining the process, training, and support needed to accomplish the transition in order to establish how to best offer, at reasonable cost and with maximum efficiency, such services to other state-level ESTAs in the future. The project is providing training and support to volunteer ESTA leaders in two target states, and is significantly enhancing the ability of these organizations to provide resources to their members. Because the state ESTA websites are linked to the national NESTA website, the project also is helping to enhance the widespread sharing of educational materials and other information among the community of earth science educators in the US.