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Comprehensive EE Programs

Comprehensive EE programs are a combination of structure, funding, and program components which serve to incorporate EE into educational institutions at the state and local level.

Components of a State-level Comprehensive EE Program

Structure Components   Program Components

  • State EE Master Plan

  • State EE Board or Advisory Council

  • State EE Office

  • State-level EE centers/regional offices

  • State interagency committee

  • State EE association
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  • K-12 EE Instruction Requirements

  • EE Guidelines/Standards
    (EE Correlations to State Content Standards)

  • State Assessment that includes EE

  • Coordinated Teacher Inservice Programs
  • Online Database of EE Resources
  • State Curriculum/Resource Guides
  • Annual EE Conference

 

 

 

Funding Components

  • Fees, Fines, Taxes and Lottery
  • General Revenue
  • Public/Private Grants and Donations
  • EE Grants Program

 

 

 
  • EE Training for Preservice Teachers
  • EE Training for Teacher Educators
    (University Faculty)
    (Nonformal Providers)
  • EE Training for Nonformal Educators
  • EE Model or Resource Schools
 

Not all components are necessary to have in place for a comprehensive EE program.  The prioritization of components and how they are achieved is determined at the state and local level.

Definitions of Components of State-level Comprehensive EE Programs (1998)
(as developed for the 1998 Status of EE in the U.S. Survey)