Assistance program
National Environmental Education Training Program
$17.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 66.950
- What it does
- The purpose of the teacher training program is to train education professionals in the development and delivery of environmental education and training programs and studies. As required by Public Law 101-619, funds are provided to universities, non-profit organizations, or a consortia of such institutions to deliver environmental education training and support for education professionals. The mission of the current teacher training program--ee360+--is to train a cadre of culturally-diverse educational professionals who have the knowledge, skills and tools to develop and deliver high-quality environmental education in formal and non-formal settings and to strengthen the EE field. The goals of the current teacher training program--ee360+-- are to: 1) Drive Educator Excellence, which includes in-person and on-line training and the development of and updating of current Guidelines for Excellence; 2) Cultivating Collective Impact, which includes supporting state capacity building; 3) Mobilizing Access to High-Quality Resources and Networks, which includes maintaining eePRO; and 4) Maintaining Project Excellence through Evaluation, Communication and Management. ee360+ supports a diverse cadre of environmental education leaders through certification, accreditation, leadership training, state-of-the-art education materials and research, networking opportunities, and an on-line hub. In FY 2025, EPA will continue to perform tasks associated with the ee360+ project which include: conducting workshops, EE certification and accreditation, in-service and preservice leadership development, guidelines training, and fellowships for community leaders, among others.
- Who benefits
- Education (0-8), education (9-12), education (13+), public nonprofit institutions and private nonprofit institutions.
- Who applies
- Assistance under this program is available to universities, non-profit organizations, or a consortium of such institutions to deliver environmental education training and support for education professionals. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Policy on the Competition of Assistance Agreements.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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