Promoting Environmental Literacy, Earth Stewardship, Sustainability, Science Education & Cultural Understanding since 1970 1
STATE TE AID R REIMB MBURSE RSEME MENT FOR ENVIRO RONM NMENT ENTAL AL P PROGRA RAMS Environmental Education programs are eligible for state aid reimbursement through the BOCES COS-ER 406 Not every BOCES has an Environmental Ed COS-ER! The Environmental Education COS-ER is a Share Service 2
PR PROGR OGRAMS ELI S ELIGIBLE FOR E FOR AID Programs that promote study and understanding of the natural world and our natural systems. Field trips (day) Residential programs (overnights) In-school programs (consultants) Link to programs eligible for state aid: http://www.pnwboces.org/Environmental/PDF/ResourceDirectoryAlpha.pdf 3
PROGRAMS RAMS NOT OT ELIG IGIBL BLE FOR A AID ID Chemistry, Physical Science, Earth Science, Human Biology http://sciencemadefunct.net/elementary.cfm 4
ST STATE A TE AID REI EIMBURSEM SEMEN ENT T Q&A’s ’s • State aid is not a grant! State aid does not mean that the district is not responsible • for payment. It means that the district is entitled to receive a reimbursement on a percentage of the program cost. • State aid comes to the district , not to the individual school, the following year. An administrative fee will be charged to process all • programs. The administrative fee is also eligible for aid. DO NOT make a deposit or pay vendor directly. • 5
PROCEDURES If you are going to a site for the day or overnight, it is considered a field trip. Someone coming to your school is considered a consultant. http://pnwboces.org/Environmental/State_Aid.htm 6
ENVIRO VIRONMENTAL AL P PROGRAMS RAMS SCHOOL SITE PROGRAMS NATURE CENTER PROGRAMS SPECIAL PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL TRIPS Link to list of Program Offerings: http://www.pnwboces.org/Environmental/StudentPrograms.html Link to CEE Program Request Form: http://www.pnwboces.org/Environmental/PDF/ProgramRequestForm.pdf 7
SCHOOL SITE ITE PR PROGRAMS RAMS Environmental Sustainability Social Studies Cultural 8
EARTH P TH PORTABL ABLE C E CLASSRO SSROOM FEA FEARSOME PR E PRED EDATORS MONSTER NSTER ST STORMS WITH TH JI JIM W WITT TEAM B M BUILDING P G PROGR GRAMS MS 9
MARI MARINE ECOL OLOGY PROGR ROGRAM IN N KEY L Y LAR ARGO Middle School: Columbus Day Weekend High School: Spring Break Summer: Summer Camp for middle and high school 10
PROFES ESSI SION ONAL L DEVELOPM OPMEN ENT Biomimicry: Inspiring and Engaging Students While Linking Science, Engineering, ELA, and the Arts Are you looking for a way to inspire the next generation of world-builders - engineers, LIVE P E PRESE SENTATION ON designers, research scientists, chemists, architects, city planners, and educators? DATE: Thursday, November 3 LOCATION: Madden Outdoor Education Center Biomimicry is a rapidly growing discipline that offers teachers a compelling way to engage students of all ages and crosses the boundaries traditionally found in education. It supports the goals of the New York State Science Learning Standards, the Common Core Learning Standards, and STEAM, and offers solution-based thinking while inspiring young people with a sense of the possible. It links design (arts) and science, and offers a model of relevancy because it will be part of many of the jobs of the future. Biomimicry also provides a plethora of literature for linking ELA to science and the Reading Standards for Literature. Over the course of the workshop, participants will explore: - How we view nature - Biomimicry vs. Bio-inspired Design - Principles of Biomimicry - Case studies - A design challenge - Resources - Biomimicry today We will also do a walk-though of the Biomimicry Institute's Educators Tool Kit and their website, ASKNATURE, as well as Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES' Biomimicry Kit. 11
For More Information: Dorna Schroeter 914-248-2335 dschroeter@pnwboces.org www.pnwboces.org/environmental "Across the country and around the world, growing numbers of educators are using the environment as a focal point for teaching... Across disciplines, teachers find that students are engaged in learning, feel challenged, and often perform better in school when they are studying their local environment." -Gene E. Carter, Executive Director Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 12
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