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An Opportunity to Learn and Participate

What’s Up?

The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) invite you to learn more about the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) and become part of the statewide effort to implement this ground-breaking environmental education initiative.

Cal/EPA and CIWMB have been working on the implementation of the EEI for the past two years and have completed the first three phases of the program. The EEI is now moving into its next two phases, developing California’s first-ever Model Curriculum for the environment, disseminating information, and providing statewide professional development. (For more details please see www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/).
 
Why We Need Your Involvement

The participation and involvement of California’s environmental education providers in implementing the EEI has always been an important part of the process. During the past two years, the EEI implementation team has conducted numerous outreach and field review sessions across the State. As we proceed into the next phase, we want to invite you and your organization to get further involved.

As a first step, Cal/EPA and the CIWMB invite you to attend one of six regional professional development workshops across the state followed by two rounds of technical assistance workshops in those same regions. This process is intended to inform California’s non-profit environmental organizations about the EEI and to provide professional development and technical support to help adapt materials and programs to reflect California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts and the Model Curriculum that is being developed.

Who Should Attend
 
This process is intended to inform California’s non-governmental, non-profit environmental organizations about the EEI and to provide professional development and technical support to help adapt materials and programs to reflect California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts and the Model Curriculum that is being developed. Others are welcome to attend to learn more about the EEI.
 
Important Dates, Times, and Details
 

The specific locations will be announced by April 15, 2006.  All workshops will run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Participation in these workshops is open to everyone, but participants must confirm attendance a minimum of five days before each session to assure sufficient seating and materials.

Participants in these workshops will be invited to participate in the two rounds of technical assistance workshops that are scheduled for July and August. The number of participants in the Technical Assistance Workshops will be limited. (See dates and locations below.)
 
The professional development workshops and the two rounds of technical assistance workshops are sequential. Participation in one of the professional development workshops is required prior to being invited to attend the two regional sessions of the technical assistance workshops.

How Do I Register To Attend?
 
To register for one of these workshops, please send the following information to Rebekah Lopez,

rlopezciwmb.ca.gov or call 916-341-6769.

Name:
Organization:
Address:
E-mail address:
Phone number:
Date and location of the workshop that you plan to attend:

Questions
 
If you have specific questions about these workshops, please contact Dr. Gerald Lieberman, .
 
For further information about this program and to keep informed about the EEI please sign-up for the EEI listserv at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Listservs/.
 
This project is supported through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
 
 
Gerald A. Lieberman, Ph.D.
Director
State Education and Environment Roundtable
13648 Jackrabbit Road
Poway, CA 92064
 
Telephone: (858) 676-0272
Facsimile: (858) 676-1088
E-mail:
Visit our Internet site at http://www.seer.org/