Capacity Building and Civic Action in EE
Section outline
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Activities: 5
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After learning about key elements of community engagement throughout the prior CEG courses, in this module, participants will assess their own individual and organizational readiness to work closely with the community and help lay the groundwork for long-term success. This module builds on key characteristic 5.1 in the NAAEE Community Engagement Guidelines for Excellence.
Objectives:
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Assess your readiness for community engagement
- Identify strategies to assess your organization’s readiness for community engagement.
Assessment:
- Completion of Module 1 Course Journal
- Scoring Guide
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In this module, participants explore how they can build community capacity for effective learning, decision-making, and action, while at the same time addressing specific environmental and social goals. We will explore opportunities to integrate environmental education with complementary communication, education, and social change approaches. This module will deepen participants' understanding of key characteristics 4.1 and 4.2 of the NAAEE Community Engagement Guidelines for Excellence.
Objectives:
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe communication and social change approaches that integrate well with environmental education
- List possible avenues for supporting and building community capacity.
Assessment:
- Completion of Module 2 Course Journal entries
- Scoring Guide
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In this module, participants will explore strategies for community engagement in informed, committed action by individuals, groups, or communities that improves the quality of the environment and addresses related environmental and social issues. This module will deepen participants’ understanding of key characteristic 4.3 of the NAAEE Community Engagement Guidelines.
Objectives:
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Determine a variety of ways that you, your organization and your community partners can promote community action.
Assessment:
- Completion of Module 3 Course Journal
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In this module, participants will explore strategies for creating a long-term investment in working with communities to create change, requiring a commitment to relationship building and an ongoing and evolving process of engagement. This module will deepen participants’ understanding of key characteristics 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the NAAEE Community Engagement Guidelines.
Objectives:
After completing this module, you should be able to:
- Describe methods to help partners and stakeholders build their capacity for community engagement.
- Discuss techniques to evaluate your CEEAP that can lead to adaptations needed for ongoing community engagement.
- Assess needed resources for long term viability of community engagement
Assessment:
- Module 4 Course Journal
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- Community Environmental Education Project Action Plan Proposal Final
- View CEEAP Scoring Guide>>
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As you look back on your experiences from this course, we’d like you to reflect on your growth in a couple of ways.
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