Teachers and Administrators:  Take the Survey!
 
To be fully equipped to care for our environment and our communities, all residents of Wyoming need access to environmental and outdoor learning opportunities. However, we know that not everyone has access to these transformative learning experiences.
 
In 2023, WyAEE in partnership with the Plains Environmental Education Partnership embarked on a brand new undertaking — a landscape analysis of environmental and outdoor learning efforts in 6 Plains and Rocky Mountain states. This project was the result of a collective need to gain a better understanding of the environmental and outdoor learning opportunities in our region.
 
To understand the landscape of environmental and outdoor learning in the Region and in Wyoming, we are working together to survey both environmental and outdoor learning providers and PreK-12 schools, teachers, and administrators. Data were collected from environmental and outdoor learning providers in the summer and fall of 2023. We are now collecting data from teachers and administrators during April 2024 to better understand what, if any, environmental education is taking place within and outside the classroom. These data will be used to develop invaluable tools to visualize the landscape of environmental and outdoor learning and to strengthen environmental education programs and networks across the region.
 
When completed, the landscape analysis will provide:
  • a comprehensive look at organizational reach and programs that provide environmental and outdoor learning
  • a better understanding of the staffing, structure, and funding of environmental and outdoor learning organizations and how that affects reach and sustainability 
  • a comprehensive look at what environmental education is (or is not) happening in schools
  • a better understanding of the needs and priorities of teachers and administrators 
  • strategies for scaling programs for a broader, more equitable reach 
  • state and regional findings to inform future planning efforts.
The survey for Teachers and Administrators will be open until May 15, 2024.