Local Education Agency Guidebook for Resident Environmental Education Programs.

Overview & Synopsis

The Conservation and Environmental Science Center for Southern New Jersey (CESC), as part of a project sponsored under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, has developed this booklet for administrators and teachers to aid them in the development of a resident environmental education program. This booklet contains topics on past, present, and future history of CESC; the role of the administrator and parents; guide to the resident center; the teacher's role in making environmental literacy a part of the on-going curriculum; and evaluating effectiveness. Program objectives, procedures for informing parents, sample letters to be utilized, information forms to be utilized, suggestions for new releases, suggested activities, typical schedules and assignments, sample menues, and techniques for evaluating behavioral objectives are presented. Related documents are RC 003 789, RC 003 790, RC 003 792. (SW)