Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC)

人们对先进技术环境教育项目的需求迅速增长，以帮助学生为今天和未来的工作场所做好准备。为了建设高性能的环境教育基础设施，危险材料培训研究所(HMTRI)、环境技术教育伙伴关系(PETE)和北爱荷华大学环境与能源教育中心正在建立一个国家先进技术环境教育中心(ATEEC)。我们的愿景是创建一个世界级的社区大学环境项目网络，与高中联系在一起，为学生进入这些两年制项目提供信息并做好准备。该中心建立了三个广泛的目标：(1)开发全国认可的课程模式和先进的教学材料；(2)建立全面的专业发展计划；(3)建立一个信息交换中心，作为全国环境信息中心，并作为环境教育工作者、企业和行业、联邦机构和专业协会的网络中心。该中心将在以下方面发挥领导作用：加强环境教育的核心和高级数学、科学和技术部分；利用先进的电子通信网络；重点满足不同学习者的需求；鼓励使用先进技术的教学材料；以及制定环境教育的教学和课程标准。ATEEC将接触到数百名教师，并改善全国数千名学生的教育。

There is a rapidly growing need for advanced technology environmental education programs to prepare students for the workplace of today and tomorrow. To build a high performance environmental education infrastructure, the Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute (HMTRI), the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), and the University of Northern Iowa Center for Environmental and Energy Education is establishing a national Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC). The vision is to create a world class network of community college environmental programs linked with high schools that inform and prepare students for entry into these two-year programs. The Center has established three broad goals: (1) Develop nationally validated curriculum models and advanced instructional materials; (2) Establish comprehensive programs of professional development; and (3) Build a clearinghouse to serve as a national center of environmental information and as a hub for the networking of environmental educators, business and industry, federal agencies, and professional societies. The Center will provide leadership to: enhance core and advanced math science, and technology components of environmental education; utilize advanced electronic communications networks; focus upon meeting the needs of diverse learners; encourage instructional materials which utilize advanced technologies; and develop teaching and curriculum standards for environmental education. The ATEEC will touch hundreds of instructors and improve the education of thousands of students throughout the nation.