The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) believes that environmental education needs to be a continuous process that is both lifelong and forward-looking. A&WMA members believe that one of the best ways to achieve their goal of a clean and healthy environment is to improve the environmental literacy of our youth. As future decision-makers and voters, students need to be exposed to factual information about the environment, including pollution prevention, so they can make responsible, informed environmental decisions - now, and in the future.
Since educators need environmental education materials that are easy to incorporate into their daily lessons, A&WMA's members decided to take an active role in this level of environmental education by developing a teacher-training program. At the heart of the teacher-training program are the A&WMA environmental educational curriculum, the Environmental Education Resource Guides (EERGs).
The Presenter's Manual for Teacher-Training Workshops was designed to assist in the preparation and implementation of events to train elementary and secondary education teachers on environmental basics and issues. This manual provides agendas, scripts, overhead transparency masters, and workshop materials to aid workshop leaders in their efforts to present teacher-training programs featuring the Air & Waste Management Association's Environmental Resource Guides (ERGs) and other A&WMA materials. Click here to view the first thirteen pages of this valuable guide.
For more information about the A&WMA teacher-training program, contact your local Section or Chapter, or call A&WMA Headquarters, +1-412-232-3444.