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New Developments at SEER |
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The Education and the Environment Initiative was established as a result of California Assembly Bill 1548 (Pavley, Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003). It was signed into law in October 2003 by then Governor Gray Davis. Since January
of 2004, SEER has played a leadership role in the planning, development, and
implementation of In the first
phase of the EEI, SEER worked with The Acorn Group, and led the development
of During the
second phase of development, which started in January 2006, SEER worked with
the EEI's Model Curriculum Planning Committee to create the "Model
Curriculum Plan," a detailed plan for the development of a
standards-driven, K-12th grade curriculum for science and history-social
science. In order to design the most effective curriculum possible, the EEI
Model Curriculum Planning Committee brought together the California
Environmental Protection Agency, Integrated Waste Management Board,
Department of Education, State Board of Education, Governor's Secretary of
Education, and the California Resources Agency. SEER is
currently leading, the development of the EEI Curriculum for the State, the
third major phase of the EEI. SEER has brought together and is managing a
team of over 80 writers, editors, and graphic designers who are working to
produce this K-12th grade curriculum. The EEI Curriculum is
designed to teaching Final draft units of the EEI Curriculum have been reviewed by The most
current versions of the EEI curriculum units are available for downloading
from: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm. Additional
information about this groundbreaking new law is available from the Education
and the Environment Initiative website http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/. |
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Last update 10/8/09 |
