By AAEE Member & Volunteer: Diona Williams I am a full-time Early Childhood Education Professor a few days out of the week at a Tribal Community College called Tohono O’odham. However, I have worked with children birth to age 8 for the last 17 plus years in many different capacities. My career has allowed me […]
Environmental Education organizations across America are coming to terms with a history of practice that has often been, and continues to be, exclusionary of many groups. This was a central topic at our 2019 #WEareEE Conference, and we want to keep the conversation going. We’re also writing this short piece 1) to clarify some of […]
Hello Friends and supporters of EE! Our annual board and committee recruitment period is underway. If you or someone you know might be interested in joining our team, please let us know! Our team is working really hard to again make available one or more opportunities for EE practitioners to gather in person in 2020. […]
It’s been more than a month since AAEE’s first conference in over a decade and we have not stopped thinking about it! Your professional development committee and board of directors are hard at work sorting through the feedback to shape future professional gatherings and the general organization to meet the diverse needs of our state. […]
From author Andrew Weiner, featuring artist April Chu: How do we engage children in the outdoors and help create a new generation of environmental stewards? We do it with stories and activities that invite them to explore and enjoy nature and to become participants in the natural world. Then, we must bring those children into […]
AAEE hosts an online Basic EE Certification Program designed to introduce you to the foundational concepts of providing quality environmental education and environmental educational programs and content. This certification, recognized by NAAEE as one of thirteen states with EE Certification Programs, has graduated 57 participants since 2015. It is a work-at-your-own pace, year long, 100-hour […]
AAEE is honored to receive a 2019 NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence Small Grant to offer two Guidelines for Excellence Workshops throughout the state. We’ll be offering one of these workshops at the 2019 Conference on Thursday, September 12 at 1pm. To register for this visit our 2019 Conference Website. Read about how the Guidelines for […]
In 2018 we launched the Environmental Literacy Community of Practice (ELCoP) to bring together people from across the state to help solve the challenges around improving environmental literacy for Arizonans. Current ELCoP members will be hosting two special conference sessions and we’d love for you to join the conversation. EE and the Well-Rounded Student: Accessing […]
This June, AAEE’s Board of Directors was honored to be selected as one of ten NAAEE Affiliates to participate in the second ee360 Affiliate Leadership Clinic. Our five board members traveled to beautiful Asilomar State Park Conference Center for five days of workshops, discussions and planning sessions (plus some beach time!) all focused on helping […]
ALL DAY Saturday is for YOU! As early childhood educators know, the experiences in the early years continue to shape a person’s identity, ability, and attitudes throughout the rest of their lifetime. According to First Things First, 90% of a child’s brain develops by age 5, and researchers have learned that the human brain develops […]
