September 2004 - September 2005

The mission of the New England Environmental Education Alliance is to promote quality environmental education across New England in partnership with the state environmental education organizations.

Objectives:

• Provide regional professional development opportunities
  Strategy: Host conferences, retreats and workshops, for environmental education practitioners, administrators, and state environmental education (EE) board members;
• Recognize exemplary environmental educators and programs in New England
  Strategy: Annual awards program
• Provide current EE information and resources
  Strategies: Publish New England Journal of Environmental Education, Maintain NEEEA website, create and maintain NEEEA list serve and mailing list, via state organization newsletters, be an active NAAEE affiliate
• Assist state EE organizations growth and development
  Strategies: All of the above!

Accomplishments

• Provided support and guidance for states hosting the NEEEA Annual Conference, working with the Vermont Conference Committee to finish the last details of a successful 2004 conference, the Massachusetts Conference Committee to support the organization of the 2005 conference and the Rhode Island Conference Committee on the 2006 conference.
• Hosted a workshop on marketing for administrators on November 19, 2004.
• Planned a workshop for State EE organization board members, to be held on November 4-5, 2005.
• Presented the annual NEEEA awards for Environmental Education and a President's award at the 2005 conference.
• Transformed the New England Journal of Environmental Education from paper to electronic form by posting a NEJEE article to the NEEEA website.
• Successfully redesigned the NEEEA website.
• Posted announcements and job listings to a NEEEA email list.
• Maintained formal affiliation with the North American Association for Environmental Education and supported Maine NEEEA Representative Drew Dumsch in attending the NAAEE conference in Mississippi.
• Held a NEEEA Board retreat in January of 2005.
• Created a job description, examined pros and cons, and voted to pursue the hiring of a NEEEA staff person.