September 2003 - September 2004

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 Connecticut Conference Committee to finish the last details of a very successful 2003 conference, the Vermont Conference Committee to support the organization of the 2004 conference and with the Massachusetts Conference Committee on the 2005 conference
• Hosted a State Leader's Retreat in November of 2003 for members of the state EE organizations.
• Created a draft of a "Best Practices" manual for state environmental education organizations.
• Planned a workshop for Nature Center Administrators, to be held on November 19, 2004.
• Presented the annual NEEEA awards for Environmental Education at the 2004 conference.
• Produced an issue of the New England Journal of Environmental Education and outlined a strategy for moving the journal to an electronic format.
• Maintained a website and sought bids for website redesign.
• Created and updated an email list of NEEEA supporters and conference attendees.
• Maintained formal affiliation with the North American Association for Environmental Education and supported Maine NEEEA Represetnative Drew Dumsch in attending the NAAEE conference in Alaska.
• Held a NEEEA Board strategic planning retreat in January of 2004.