Old Dominion University will host an environmental expo conducted by The Center for Educational 合作伙伴关系' Southeastern Virginia Environmental Education (SEVEE) program on July 20.
This invitation-only event, which will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the 创新 研究 Park on Monarch Way, is part of the Chesapeake Bay Trust's (CBT) Outdoor 学习 Network Initiative (OLNI) Program. The goal of the expo is to help teachers begin planning student-centered action projects designed to enhance environmental literacy and learn about organizations that offer or support environmental education programs.
The OLNI aims to advance environmental literacy goals by establishing local networks of school districts and organizations that are committed to partnering and working collectively to embed environmental education into school system curricula long term. The CBT collaborative network, SEVEE联盟, focuses on the integration of systemic environmental literacy at the school level.
ODU's Center for Educational 合作伙伴关系 is working with Hampton City 学校, Newport 网站登录 Public 学校, Norfolk Public 学校, Portsmouth Public 学校, Suffolk Public 学校 and Williamsburg-James City Public 学校. The July 20 event is part of a weeklong professional development session for teachers in those districts. The Center for Educational 合作伙伴关系 recently received a $150,000 grant from OLNI to support SEVEE network activities.
The OLNI offers network training and support to establish a local environmental literacy leadership team, develop an environmental literacy plan for school districts, establish new partnerships, provide teacher professional development training, and design and implement a systemic Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience program. The initiative is supported by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Local Concepts, as well as direct funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust and National Oceanic and Atmospheric 政府 over a two-year period.
Among the organizations that have committed to attend:
- Elizabeth River Project
- 萨福克市
- Virginia Living Museum
- Virginia Zoo in Norfolk
- James River Association
- Green Teacher Magazine
- Norfolk Botanical Garden
- 帕斯科科学
- Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation
- Virginia Seafood Agricultural 研究 and Extension Center
- Explore学习
- City of Hampton Environmental 服务s
- Virginia Department of Wildlife 资源
- Virginia Master Naturalist, Historic Rivers Chapter
- Peninsula Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists
- Tidewater Master Naturalists
