Central Coast
Serving San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura & Kern Counties

For Providers

CREEC Network EE Provider Reception – Kern County March 31, 2010
Come gather with fellow EE Providers and Educators in Kern County for the annual CREEC Network reception. It will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 3pm to 5pm at the Computer Training Lab at the KCSOS Learning Center, 2020 "K" Street in Bakersfield. We will have an update on the EEI curriculum as well as the CREEC Resource Directory. EE Providers are invited to share what your upcoming programs are with the group. Looking forward to seeing all of us on March 31st. (Note: This might be spring vacation week for some school districts.)

CREEC Network EE Provider Reception – Santa Barbara February 24, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th from 4pm to 6pm is the annual CREEC Network reception to be held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Farrand Hall). You are invited to attend. Please RSVP by next Tuesday, February 23rd by emailing Teresa Lees at tlees@slocoe.org. This is your chance to get together with other environmental education providers, educators, and community groups to strengthen the network in Santa Barbara County.

The agenda includes:
1.Update on EEI – Education & the Environment Initiative for California schools
2.Region 8 Resource Directory  & Website Features
3.Guest Speaker on off-shore oil drilling in Santa Barbara
4.Program Share from Santa Barbara EE Providers

CREEC Network EE Provider Reception – Ventura County January 27, 2010
Come gather with fellow Environmental Education Providers in the CREEC Network at the Patagonia Offices in downtown Ventura on Wednesday, Jan. 27th at 4:30pm – 6:30pm. This event is being co-sponsored by the Ventura County Resource Conservation District’s Outreach Coordinator, Mary Maranville. Our guest speakers will be Celeste Royer, State Director of the CREEC Network giving all an update on EEI and Paul Jenkins from the Ventura Chapter of Surfrider. The location is the Patagonia Offices located on 259 West Santa Clara St. at the Lost Arrow Corporate Administrative Offices in the Conference Room located in the Firehouse building which is the building nearest the Main St. upper parking lot. Please make your RSVPs with Mary Maranville at mary.maranville@vcrcd.org. The Patagonia Rep is Kim Stroud and in case you come late and get locked out her cell phone is 798-3600.

CEEF Survey

On behalf of the California Environmental Education Foundation (CEEF) and the CREEC Network, we would like to ask for your assistance in filling out the CEEF 2010 Self Reflection Tool, via a survey monkey at: (copy & paste into your browser)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NkMH1ZofhS8_2bFbcU6giqpg_3d_3d

The Self Reflection Tool is intended for non-profit Environmental Education organizations serving K-12 California students to enhance the use of best practices. CEEF hopes this voluntary self-reflection will help EE providers determine where their program is along a continuum of programmatic development and efficacy, and thereby identify program practices that could be improved. Please fill out the survey by April 1, 2010.

If any questions arise about the survey monkey, please call Kathy Machado, CEEF President, at (408) 265-2607 x 2331.The Survey results will be made available at the 2010 CSTA Conference, and will be used by CEEF to confidentially combine data from hundreds of Self Reflection Tool responders to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the level of output by California’s formal and non-formal EE providers on the use of best-practices in EE.

Bill Andrews,
CEEF Director of Planning and Outreach

EEI Provider Workshop Documents

EEI Audit Tool for EE Providers
Learning Objectives Used in EEI Units
Environmental Principles and Concepts

New NAAEE Publication to help evaluate your EE Programs

New NAAEE Publication to Help You Evaluate Your EE Programs
By Julie A. Ernst, Martha C. Monroe, and Bora Simmons.
Want to evaluate your environmental education program, but unsure where to begin? NAAEE has a new resource to help you. Evaluating Your Environmental Education Programs: A Workbook for Practitioners walks you through how to design and conduct an evaluation. Throughout the workbook, 23 exercises ask you to check your understanding (the answers are included). In addition, 47 application exercises point you to tasks that will help you develop your own evaluation. A liberal use of case studies and examples illustrates the concepts in each chapter, and over 45 figures and tables provide graphic representations for visual learners. A case study of one program demonstrates how to use each chapter to conduct an evaluation. NAAEE members can purchase this publication at the discounted rate of $20! To order, visit http://www.naaee.org/evalworkbook

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