National Earth Science Teachers Association Strategic Planning Workshop

该奖项支持美国国家地球科学教师协会（NESTA）开展的一项重要的战略规划工作，NESTA是一个服务于全国K-12地球科学教师的非营利组织。目前正在进行两项主要活动。目前正在利用一项电子调查来评估成员对几个关键问题的态度和需要，包括专业发展和课程资源；网络基础设施支援及网上资源；加强与有关国家组织的联系；与其他组织和公司的合作；以及对地球科学教育项目统一实践的需求。将于2006年7月16日至18日在科罗拉多州举行的战略规划研讨会将阐明NESTA作为一个组织的长期愿景、使命、目标和目的，并确定将NESTA纳入旨在改革地球科学教育的主流活动的机制。讲习班提出的建议将提交给NESTA执行局，以便讨论执行情况，并将在NESTA出版物《地球科学家》上发表的一篇文章中分发。

National Earth Science Teachers Association Strategic Planning WorkshopThis award supports a significant strategic planning effort by the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA), a non-profit organization serving the national community of K-12 geoscience teachers. Two main activities are being undertaken. An electronic survey of the full NESTA membership is being used to assess member attitudes and needs related to several key issues, including professional development and curriculum resources; cyberinfrastructure support and web-based resources; strengthening linkages to relevant state-based organizations; collaborations with other organizations and corporations; and the need for uniform practices for geoscience education projects. A strategic planning workshop to be held in Colorado July 16-18, 2006 will articulate a long-range vision, mission, goals, and objectives for NESTA as an organization and identify mechanisms to bring NESTA into the mainstream of activities aimed at reforming geoscience education. Recommendations from the workshop will be delivered to the NESTA Executive Board, in order to discuss implementation, and will be distributed in an article published in the NESTA publication The Earth Scientist.