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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!

In 2005-2006, the NEEEA board accomplished the following:

• Provided support and guidance for states hosting the NEEEA Annual Conference, working with the MA Conference Committee to finish the last details of a successful 2005 conference, the RI Conference Committee to support the organization of the 2006 conference and the ME Conference Committee on the 2007 conference.
• Transformed the NEEEA list to a true moderated listserve. Hosted a State Leadership Retreat in November 2005 at Ferry Beach Ecology School focused on fundraising.
• Planned an Administrator's Retreat for November 2006.
• Presented the annual NEEEA awards for Environmental Education at the 2006 conference.
• Continued the support for an electronic NEJEE article on the NEEEA website.
• Maintained formal affiliation with the North American Association for Environmental Education transitioned our liaisons from Drew Dumsch (ME) to co-liaisons Kara Wooldrick (ME) and David Moon (NH).
• Held a NEEEA Board retreat in winter of 2006.
• Actively applied for grant funding.
• Created a job description, examined pros and cons, voted to pursue the hiring of a NEEEA staff person.

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!

In 2004-2005, the NEEEA board accomplished the following:

• Provided support and guidance for states hosting the NEEEA Annual Conference, working with the Vermont Conference Committee to finish the last details of a successful 2004 conference, the Massachusetts Conference Committee to support the organization of the 2005 conference and the Rhode Island Conference Committee on the 2006 conference.
• Hosted a workshop on marketing for administrators on November 19, 2004.
• Planned a workshop for State EE organization board members, to be held on November 4-5, 2005.
• Presented the annual NEEEA awards for Environmental Education and a President's award at the 2005 conference.
• Transformed the New England Journal of Environmental Education from paper to electronic form by posting a NEJEE article to the NEEEA website.
• Successfully redesigned the NEEEA website.
• Posted announcements and job listings to a NEEEA email list.
• Maintained formal affiliation with the North American Association for Environmental Education and supported Maine NEEEA Representative Drew Dumsch in attending the NAAEE conference in Mississippi.
• Held a NEEEA Board retreat in January of 2005.
• Created a job description, examined pros and cons, and voted to pursue the hiring of a NEEEA staff person.

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!

In 2003-2004, the NEEEA board accomplished the following:

• 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.