You don’t have to complete a MWEE alone! Partners can play important roles in planning, delivering, and/or sustaining MWEE programs. Watch this video to learn how environmental education professionals from the school district or local nonprofit organizations or other community partners like businesses, universities, and government agencies can support a MWEE.
Partners can enrich your students’ MWEE experience by offering expertise and different perspectives of the local environmental issue.
But remember that even during partner-led activities or experiences, the Supporting Practice of Teacher Facilitation is still important. The lead educator or classroom teacher should be actively engaged during partner-led experiences so they can help students connect back to previous learning and later, lead a reflection on the experience.
Watch this video to learn how the teachers in the MWEE case studies used partners. Watch the video on this page or view it HERE.
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“My first advice is find a community partner to work with you to help you make all of this happen because that community partner can bring in resources outside of the school and can give you ideas and break it down.” —Ms. Lutzow-Felling