The 2009 North American Conservation Education Conference Proceedings
Taking Conservation Education to the Next Level
January 26-29, 2009
C. A. Vines 4-H Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
From January 26-29, more than 100 Conservation Education professionals from across the country and Canada came together in Little Rock, AR to share in the remarkable progress that has been made in the last three years to develop a robust, research-based national strategy for building an educated, informed and involved citizenry that spends quality time outdoors and understands their connection to nature.
Attendees learned how to use the strategy and apply the tools now available to them, such as the Association’s Conservation Education Core Concepts; Field Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes guide; and the just-released K-12 Scope and Sequence, which translates core concepts into both content standards and performance expectations for students over the course of their education from kindergarten through grade 12.
Participants also worked collaboratively to identify how the conservation education community will take it to the next level and go from strategy to implementation and results. Breakout sessions focused on Improving Conservation Education in State Agencies; How to Connect Agency Programs to the No Child Left Inside Movement; Aligning Conservation Education with Formal Education; and Communicating Your Agency’s Message.
Below, please find links to available presentations from the Conference's keynote and session speakers.
Opening Session
AFWA's North American Conservation Education Strategy: An Update by Kevin Frailey, CE Conference Chair and Interpretation, Education and Outreach Manager, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Keynote Speakers
No Conservation Education--No Conservation Public Knowledge of America's Wildlife Resources by Mark Damian Duda, Executive Director, Reposonsive Management
National Environmenal Education Trends by Jan McLaughlin, Science Education Consultant, New Hampshire Department of Education
Marketing Conservation Education by Jeff Rucks, Manager of Education and Outreach, Colorado Division of Wildlife
Session 1 -Improving CE in State Agencies Elevating Conservation Education in State Agencies by Barb Gigar, Suzie Gilley and Glen Salmon
Evaluating Conservation Education Programs... Why Evaluate? by Georgia Jeppesen
Conservation Education
Best Practices by Nancy Herron and Phil Seng
Unique Partnerships by David Guritz, Lucy Moreland and Ellie Horwitz
Session 2 - Last Agency in the Woods: How to Connect Your Agency's Programs to the No Child Left Inside Movement
The Role of Outdoor Expositions in Education by Gary Zima, Ernie Gammage and Dave Lockman
Giving Children Access to Nature by Marilyn Wyzaga and Dr. Dean Kumpuris
Family and Faith Community Roles in Connecting Children to Nature by Gwen White and Chip and Ashley Donahue
Developing Youth Leadership in Conservation Education by Cheryl Riley
Successful Strategies to Leave No Child Unwild! by Lucy Moreland, Judy Silverberg, Nancy Herron, Thomas Baumeister and Diane Joy
Session 3 - Aligning Conservation Education and Formal Education
Developing Field Investigation Models for K-12 by Margaret Tudor
Making the Grade-What Every Student Should Know by Judy Silverberg, Jan McLaughlin and Kellie Tharp
Inquiry for Educators by Suzie Gilley and Kiki Corry
No Agency Left Behind - Preparing for New legislation That May Funnel Funding Your Way! by Patrick Fitzgerald and Elena Takaki
Session 4 - Communicating Your Agency's Conservation Education Messages
John Muir Meets the Internet - Technological Connections to Nature by Joshua York and Doug Horvath
Education 2.0 - Conservation Education Network by Jon Marshall
Marketing Conservation Education to Diverse Audiences by Germaine White and Gary Williams
Breakout Group Discussion Sessions
- Developing Conservation Education Benchmarks
- The Outdoor Education/Formal Education Connection
- Using Core Concepts to Communicate Your Agency Message
- Recruitment, Retention and Stewardship
- Is There An Ideal Information and Education Section?
List of Attendees
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