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

该项目采用并调整了最近开发的国家地球科学教师协会（NESTA）网站模板，将两个州级（加利福尼亚州和密歇根州）ESTA网站转换为重新设计和扩展的网络实体，以反映各自的州教育标准。该项目还在评价和改进完成过渡所需的过程、培训和支助，以便确定今后如何以合理的成本和最高的效率最好地向其他州一级的环境评估机构提供这种服务。该项目为两个目标州的ESTA志愿者领导者提供培训和支持，并显著提高了这些组织向其成员提供资源的能力。由于州ESTA网站与国家NESTA网站相连接，该项目也有助于加强美国地球科学教育者社区之间教育材料和其他信息的广泛共享。

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.