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ANJEE Conf 2011 - PIP INFO
TEACHERS - It’s PIP Time!
Include the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education’s 26th Annual Environmental Education Conference in your Professional Development Plans for the upcoming school year!
Did you know that “Environmental Education” is included in the President’s ESEA Blueprint?
If you need to know more about Environmental Education, then come to ANJEE’s Annual Conference and learn how to use environmental topics and issues to …
• meet NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards,
• encourage the development of 21st Century Skills,
• teach concepts and encourage skills necessary for the NJ ASK (Science),
• integrate topics into a theme-based, multi-disciplinary approach to learning,
• promote critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, and
• increase awareness of global issues.
In addition:
• get a head start on planning lessons to meet the new science standards,
• find out about availability of money, training, and support if the federal “No Child Left Inside” bill is passed,
• explore “Green” curricula and ways to green your classroom,
• delve deep into environmentally-themed and sustainability workshops,
• network with education and natural resource professionals from all over NJ,
• learn how to identify common trees, bugs, birds, and flowers, and
• find out what’s up with those bats …
Conference Details (Preliminary):
What: The Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education’s (ANJEE) Annual Conference.
When: January 28 - 29, 2011. Pre-conference: January 27, 2011.
Where: Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center, Plainsboro, NJ.
How much: Approximately $130 per day/$180 for 2 days. Complementary lunch & membership.
Pre-conference priced separately. Prices to be finalized in May.
Who Should Attend: Classroom teachers, curriculum coordinators, administrators, student teachers, after-school educators, preschool teachers, youth leaders, and you!
Include ANJEE in your Professional Development Plan or PIP now!
Check www.ANJEE.net/conference for updates - coming soon.
Find us on Facebook as the “Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education”
Want to network online with other educators interested in environmental education? Join the edWeb and the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education discusssion forum. This is a new online network just for educators with blogs, discussion groups, messaging, files sharing, bookmark sharing, and more... Just go to www.theedweb.com/ANJEE, sign up and join in our group discussions.
Book Available
ANJEE is proud to present "THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION FROM 1949 TO 1999, FIFTY YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO NATURE AND SOCIETY", a new book by Annette Sambolin of the New Jersey School of Conservation.
Proceeds from the sale will be used by the Alliance to promote environmental education for formal and nonformal educators in the state of New Jersey.
To order by mail, send a check for $23.00 to:
The Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
c/o Forest Resource Education Center
370 Veterans Highway
Jackson, New Jersey 08527