Initial Prep of Educators

Guidelines for the Preparation and Professional Development
of Environmental Educators

As part of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, we have developed a set of recommended guidelines for the preparation and professional development of environmental educators. We know that the preparation of professionals is essential to the delivery quality environmental education programs.

As with our previous projects, we have involved a wide variety of individuals and organizations in a process of review and comment. Over 1,000 individuals and organizations have provided their comments thus far. We want these guidelines to be clear, appropriate, useful, and reflective of the best practice in environmental education as a field.

A full version of this document, including indicators and references is available through the order publications link.

Table of Contents
Guidelines for the Initial Preparation of Environmental Educators

Preface
Introduction	1
Environmental Education: A Vision for the Future	1
The Instructional Vision of Environmental Education	2
How to use these Guidelines	4
The Guidelines at a Glance	5
Theme #1— Environmental Literacy	7
Theme #2— Foundations of Environmental Education	8
Theme #3— Professional Responsibilities of the Environmental Educator	11
Theme #4— Planning & Implementing Environmental Education Programs	14
Theme #5 — Fostering Learning	21
Theme #6 — Assessment and Evaluation	23
Appendix: Executive Summary Excellence in Environmental Education - Guidelines for Learning (Pre K-12)	27

The North American Association for Environmental Education is a member of the EETAP Consortium.