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To Superintendent Burmaster:

In order to further Environmental Education in Wisconsin, the EE Specialist position within the Department of Public Instruction must be reinstated and the Environmental Literacy questions must be infused into the statewide assessment tests.  The EE Specialist position is valuable to teachers, school administrators, curriculum supervisors, teacher education programs and the general public; it has been vacant since 1994.  Environmental literacy assessment is needed to determine the progress and quality of the EE in Wisconsin.

The legislatively created Wisconsin EE Board (WEEB), a fifteen- member board representing the public and private sectors and the legislature, is charged with identifying the needs and establishing the priorities for EE in the state of Wisconsin.  According to the WEEB's strategic plan, reinstating the EE Consultant position within the DPI is a high priority for providing quality EE in Wisconsin.  The reinstatement of the EE Consultant position is also a high priority for the Wisconsin Association for EE (WAEE), the statewide professional organization of environmental educators.  WEEB also strongly supports the inclusion of Environmental Literacy questions into state exams.

The EE Consultant position is crucial to assist school districts in meeting the EE curriculum requirement established by the legislature.  This position is also needed to monitor compliance with the pre-service EE teacher-training requirement at Wisconsin's universities and colleges.  Many teachers, curriculum supervisors and school districts require the expertise of the EE Specialist for assistance in the development and implementation of Wisconsin's Academic Standards for EE and to coordinate professional development opportunities in EE.  

Please reinstate the EE Consultant within the DPI and incorporate EE questions into the statewide assessments to ensure that we can assess environmental literacy in our state's students.

Sincerely,

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