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Volume 2
Issue 4
Fall 2002
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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION OF OREGON
EEAO’s Motoring Marlin Welcome New Membership
You Hooked The Big One! Team Leader Gaylen Beatty!
Please welcome Gaylen Beatty to
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North American Association for
Environmental Education (NAAEE) Update
QUIZ BOX NAAEE Investigates Ways to Mainstream Environmental Education by
State Certification of Environmental Educators and Inclusion of EE in
Accreditation of Teacher Colleges
For nearly 10,000 years, salmon
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have used the rivers and streams ased on surveys and other A certification program can
of the Pacific Northwest to travel studies, the general public address three key issues: profes-
from their birthing streams to the clearly values a quality environ- sional standards, continuing educa-
ocean and back. Nothing is more ment. But do public leaders value tion, and evaluation. In the next two
awe-inspiring and remarkable in the role of education in promoting years, NAAEE will work with U.S.
nature, and nothing defines the good environmental management, state affiliate organizations to assess
character and beauty of the and in particular, do leaders and certification development needs,
Northwest better than the migrato- managers value the assets brought progress, and concerns for school-
ry journey of salmon. Test your to the task by the environmental based and nonformal educators.
knowledge of salmonids…. educator? How do we increase the NAAEE will assess how states and
visibility and credibility of the field provinces can or want to be
What is the correct order for the of environmental education? involved in building North
following life cycle stages of wild American competency measures,
salmon? Certification Program in the will provide information about local
Works needs and concerns to others who
___ Upstream Migration Stage Environmental educators strive are developing and testing compe-
___ Carcass Stage to use quality environmental edu- tency measures, and will coordinate
___ Egg Stage cation practices in their work and reviews of trial test methods.
___ Smolt Stage support efforts to professionalize
___ Kelt Stage the field of environmental educa- Accreditation for Teachers
___ Alevin Stage tion. But many see the need to go A parallel activity, funded by the
___ Ocean-Faring Adult Stage further. An important new move- U.S. Environmental Protection
___ Spawning Stage ment for ensuring quality is the Agency's Office of Environmental
___ Courtship Stage effort by several U.S. states to cre- Education and the National
___ Juvenile Stage ate a competency certification pro- Environmental Education and
gram. Training Foundation (NEETF), will
Look for the answer in the next investigate the development of
issue of the Talking Stick. In the 1990's, NAAEE coordinat- accreditation programs for college
ed a multi-year effort to gather and university teacher training pro-
Answers for the State Symbols opinions and research for develop- grams in the U.S. Teachers are certi-
Quiz Box (Summer 2002 Issue): ment of environmental education fied at the state level in the United
1) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga men- standards. Draft standards were States, and any program developed
ziesii), 2) Oregon Grape (Mahonia widely shared with hundreds of to create certified teachers will need
aquifolium), 3) American Beaver educators and stakeholders. Results to be integrated into the state certifi-
(Castor canadensis), 4) Western were published under the title, cation process.
Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), 5) “Guidelines for the Initial
Oregon Swallowtail (Papilio orego- Preparation of Environmental These accreditation and certifica-
nius), 6) Thunder-egg (geode), 7) Educators” (NAAEE, 2000). The tion initiatives provide important
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus broad acceptance and application opportunities to improve the credi-
tshawytscha), 8) Oregon sunstone, of these standards has led NAAEE bility of the environmental educa-
9) Pacific golden chanterelle and others to consider adapting tion profession. As the Oregon
(Cantharellus formosus), these guidelines to use as a founda- Affiliate organization of NAAEE,
tion for development of a certifica- EEAO is a candidate to work with
Continued on sidebar, next page
tion process.
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A s EEAO grows and works Elaine Jane Cole and Todd Mabee Opportunities
toward expanding both mem- Linda Rhoads Continued from page 6
ber services and its leadership role
ed. For an application, contact
in Oregon, your contributions are $50
Norie Dimeo-Ediger, 503-229-
vital to ensuring EEAO has the Lynn Wilson
6718, dimeo-ediger@ofri.com.
resources necessary to be success-
ful. We rely on your membership Organizational Members
To submit a calendar item that
dues, gifts and other donations to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, City would be of interest to environ-
carry out our mission. A tremen- of Gresham, Friends of Opal Creek mental educators for the next
dous THANK YOU! to each of
Talking Stick issue, contact Linda
these generous individuals and Professional Members Rhoads at 503-234-EEAO or
organizations for supporting EEAO Sharon Rollins, Katia Koerner, lindarhoads@mindspring.com.
this quarter. Your thoughtful gifts Sybill Kelley, Tualatin Hills Nature
allow us to continue our work to Park, Heather Clemons-Porter,
promote the value and importance Are you connected?
Peter Ritson, Sue Helback, Cascade
of environmental education, con- The EEAO listserve is a great
EarthForce, Jeremy Solin, Mike
nect environmental education pro- tool to learn
Weddle, Larry Beutler, Rex Ettlin,
gram providers with teachers and about and share
Richard Turnock, Pat Willis, Jon
other citizens interested in environ- environmental
Yoder, Stacy Renfro, Sarah Bidwell
mental education, and provide pro- education relat-
fessional development opportuni- ed news, job
Additional Contributors
ties for environmental educators. postings,
Amy Bradford, Rachel Felice,
announcements, workshops, pro-
Heather Clemons-Porter, Sarah
Supporting Members grams and other items of inter-
Bidwell
$10,000 est. Take advantage of one of the
The Bullitt Foundation benefits of membership to stay
gift current and in-the-loop about
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