HIGHER EDUCATION AND EE On college campuses across North
America, young people with passion for environmental causes are
taking action to make the world more sustainable. How do we turn
these motivated students into future environmental educators?
NAAEE’s Guidelines for the Preparation and Professional
Development of Environmental Educators provide the basis for
these campus initiatives. Pre-12 Teacher Preparation NAAEE has
partnered with National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education, which accredits more than half of the 1,200 or so
colleges of teacher education in the U.S. How does this impact
universities? • Sixty percent of all the colleges and
universities that certify teachers are accredited by NCATE.
NAAEE’s partnership with NCATE demonstrates acceptance of EE as
an important part of formal education training. As teachers are
better trained, they will be more comfortable teaching about the
environment, particularly in interdisciplinary teams. "Adding
NAAEE standards to the NCATE protocols