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，以制定和实施农村阿拉斯加卫生教育计划。 该项目在UAS锡特卡校园建立了一个中央教育中心，以及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方案的州和联邦机构的合作努力。 该方案解决了整个阿拉斯加和其他农村地区对卫生技术人员和环境科学家的关键公共卫生需求。 其目的是建立对环境与公共卫生之间联系的文化认识，使乡村青年成为变革的推动者。 该计划将为11-14年级的学生提供2+2技术准备格式的跨学科课程。 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，机械学，电子学）。 学生将完成从中学文凭到中学后副学士学位的系统课程，沿着必要的现场经验，以实现阿拉斯加法规下的水和废水处理，分配和收集系统的操作技术员认证。 一个学术和职业咨询计划，基于专业指导和服务学习，将确保完成该计划的学生都准备转移到学士学位课程和过渡到阿拉斯加农村的劳动力。

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.