Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center

通过这个项目，先进技术环境教育中心（ATEEC）正在建立其强大的国家地位，通过提供扩展的服务和创新的领导越来越多的选民，包括4年制机构，环境从业者和公众。ATEEC项目围绕以下目标和目的构建：目标1：加强科学、数学和技术课程，以及支持先进技术环境教育的教学材料。目标包括制作、更新和修订环境技术资源、评估工具、“最佳做法”手册、培训和课程模式以及环境技术核心知识和技能清单;确定中学和社区学院教师的支持需求;为中学和社区学院教师举办年度研究员研究所。目标2：通过专业发展机会加强国家的环境技术人员方案。目标包括参加或举办年度专业发展指导员会议、与环境技术从业人员专业协会举行的全国会议、全国“界定环境技术论坛”和全国卫星/在线电话会议;以及为商业/工业/教育学院实习制定全国模式。 目标3：通过对方案改进的支持服务加强教育，目标包括作为一个信息交流中心和资源中心，评估和传播“最佳做法”的教学材料、活动和产品;更新和修订环境技术定义图表和报告;扩大国家电子工作数据库的使用。该项目直接影响了数百名环境教育工作者，并改善了全国数千名学生的教育。

Through this project, the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC) is building upon its strong national position by providing expanded services and innovative leadership to a growing number of constituents including 4-year institutions, environmental practitioners, and the general public. The ATEEC project is structured around the following goals and objectives: Goal 1: Strengthen science, math and technical curriculum, and instructional materials supporting advanced technology environmental education. Objectives include producing, updating, and revising environmental technology resources, assessment instruments, a "best practices" manual, training and curriculum models, and environmental technology core knowledge and skill list; identifying secondary and community college faculty support needs; and conducting the annual Fellows Institute for secondary and community college teachers. Goal 2: Strengthen the nation's environmental technician programs through professional development opportunities. Objectives include participating in or conducting annual professional development instructor conferences, a national conference with a professional association of environmental technology practitioners, a national "Defining Environmental Technology Forum", and a national satellite/on-line teleconference; and developing a national model for business/industry/education faculty internships. Goal 3: Strengthen education through support services for program improvement.Objectives include acting as a clearinghouse and resource center to evaluate and disseminate "best practice" instructional materials, activities, and products; updating and revising the environmental technology defining chart and report; and expanding the use of the national electronic job database. This project is directly impacting hundreds of environmental educators and improving the education of thousands of students throughout the nation.