Partners:

1. Environmental Education Resources & Programs available through Maryland Coastal Bays Program & Park Service Partners

2. Partners: Carrie Samis, Education Coordinator Bill Mahoney, Chesapeake Conservation Corps Angela Baldwin, Education & Interpretive Programs Manager Rachelle Daigneault, Chief of Interpretation Liz Davis, Assistant Chief of Interpretation

3. EE Providers & Networks

4. MAEOE The Maryland Association of Environmental & Outdoor Education MISSION: To promote excellence in environmental education by training and supporting Maryland educators www.maeoe.org

5. DEEN The Delmarva Environmental Educators Network (DEEN) is an alliance of educators working together to promote excellence in environmental education, provide quality nature experiences, improve environmental literacy, and foster stewardship of our environment… for you, your teachers, your students, and our community.

6. Who is DEEN? • Parks, zoos, museums, conservation organizations • Passionate, professional educators with degrees in: • Biology • Environmental science • Literature • History • Art • Philosophy • Specialized training in integrating the environment in education • Knowledgeable about the MD SC

7. Who is DEEN? Adrenaline High Assateague Island National Seashore Assateague State Park Camp Arrowhead Center for Inland Bays Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Coast Kids-Assateague Coastal Trust Delaware Seashore State Park-Indian River Life-Saving Station Delmarva Low-Impact Tourism Experiences Maryland Department of Natural Resources Echo Hill Outdoor School Environmental Concern Indian River School District Lower Shore Land Trust Maryland Coastal Bays Program Maryland Conservation Corps Maryland State Department of Education Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education NERRS-Monie Bay NOAA Chesapeake Bay Field Office Pemberton Historical Park Pickering Creek Audubon Center Pocomoke State Park Salisbury Zoological Park St. Michael’s Maritime Museum Trap Pond State Park Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Wicomico County 4-H Worcester County 4-H Worcester County Library

8. How can we help?

9. Leveraging Your Education $$$ • Collectively, just the organizations represented here today, have leveraged millions of dollars to support education in our community

10. Teacher Professional Development Opportunities • High Quality • Aligned with National Science Standards • Aligned with MD State Curriculum • Coordinated with local Boards of Education • Multi-disciplinary • Grade-level appropriate • Field experiences • Science & resource professionals

11. Delmarva City Partners:

12. Assateague Island National Seashore Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program

13. For Students: - Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences - Field Experiences- Classroom Programs- Schoolyard Opportunities- Service-Learning Projects

14. Assateague State Park and Maryland Conservation Corps • ASP and MCC staff coordinate and schedule in-class and field trip programs and projects • Education programs are facilitated by trained Maryland Conservation Corps AmeriCorps members • Education programs are aligned with Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum • In- Class Programs are offered year-round and are free of charge • Hands-on learning activities for indoors and outdoors • Interdisciplinary- science, math, arts, social studies, reading, writing

15. Assateague Field Trips • Offered in the fall, spring and summer seasons • Programs appropriate for grades Pre-K through 12th • Selection of stations from our programs menu- select up to four rotations of stations • Lunch/picnic pavilion and playground • Service charge for field trips is $2.00 per student • Contact for reservations

16. Assateague Island National Seashore • Specialize in early childhood education • Making learning fun while making the nature/child connection • Fill each young person with a sense of wonder

17. Assateague Island National Seashore Observe, Explore, Discover, Get in touch, Connect The staff at Assateague would like to: • Provide hope for the future • Be a resource for the community • Provide a pathway that leads to unforgettable educational experiences • And experiences and understanding that leads to an ethic of care Create a Sense of Place

18. Maryland Coastal Bays Program

19. Assessment & Monitoring • Field Study • Classroom Experiences • Local Conservation Issues

20. Areas of Expertise • Teacher Professional Development • Gifted & Talented Education • Middle & High School • Service-learning

21. Service Learning Opportunities • PREPARATION In-class programs- accompany projects and are facilitated in your classroom by EE professionals & natural resource conservation experts • ACTION In- class project component- with students completing in-class research and project development, or providing technical support to projects at local school site Community projects: plantings, beach cleanup; dune fence repair and construction; wetland pond maintenance; trail/park maintenance; kiosk signage and exhibit design; native plant gardening • REFLECTION monitoring, reporting, advocacy, artistic impressions, journaling, etc.

22. Pipelining Students into Green Jobs

23. THANK YOU! Carrie Samis, Education Coordinator Bill Mahoney, Chesapeake Conservation Corps Angela Baldwin, Education & Interpretive Programs Manager Rachelle Daigneault, Chief of Interpretation Liz Davis, Assistant Chief of Interpretation