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1Unique ID or Award Number
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Please enter your NOAA
B-WET award number. The award number will be used ONLY to 1)
identify your B-WET region, not your organization, and 2) allow us
to link information you provide with that of data that may be
provided by your project’s teachers.
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2
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Descriptives: funding NOAA
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Did you operate a NOAA
B-WET funded program this past grant year?
-Yes
-No
[SKIP LOGIC OUT]
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3
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Descriptives: funding NOAA
amount
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What is the total amount of
funding you received
this past grant year from NOAA for your B-WET project?
-None
-$1-20,000
-$20,001-$50,000
-$50,001-$100,000
-$100,001-$200,000
-$200,001-$300,000
-$300,001
or greater
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4
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Descriptives: funding NOAA
years
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Including this past grant
year, for how many years has your organization received funding
from NOAA B-WET for the currently-funded project?
-1
year
-2 years
-3 years
-4 or more years
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5
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Descriptives: years in
existence
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For how many years total
has this B-WET project been in existence, including years not
funded by NOAA B-WET?
-1 year
-2 years
-3 years
-4
or more years
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Descriptives: funding all
sources amount
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What is the total amount of
funding for this project, from all sources, this past grant
year?
-None
-$1-20,000
-$20,001-$50,000
-$50,001-$100,000
-$100,001-$200,000
-$200,001-$300,000
-$300,001
or greater
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7
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Descriptives: organization
region
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In which region were your
organization's MWEEs offered this past grant year? (check
one)
-California
-Chesapeake Bay
-Great Lakes
-Gulf
of Mexico
-Hawaii
-New England
-Pacific
Northwest
-Other (please describe) ____________________
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Descriptives: organization
type of MWEE
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Which of the following
B-WET-funded programs did your organization provide? [SKIP LOGIC:
1, BUT NOT 2; 2, BUT NOT 1; BOTH 1 AND 2; NEITHER, SKIP OUT]
MWEEs
for students/youth who are between the ages of 4-18 (or grades
PreK-12)
MWEE professional development or support for
teachers
Other (please describe) [SKIP LOGIC OUT]
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Descriptives: organization
type
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For what type of
organization do you work? (choose one)
-Academic institution
(community college, college,
university)
-Business/Corporation
-Local
government
-State education agency
-State natural
resource agency
-Non-profit organization (including informal
education institutions)
-School/school district
-Other
(please describe) ____________________
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Descriptives: person
completing questionnaire
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To what extent were you
involved in: (Not at all = 1 to To a great extent = 5)
-Developing
your organization's most recent funded B-WET grant proposal (on
your own or through collaborating with an external grant
writer)
-Implementing your organization's most recent
B-WET-funded grant
-Evaluating your organization's most
recent B-WET-funded grant (on your own or through collaborating
with an external evaluation consultant)
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Descriptives: zip code
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In what 5-digit zip code is
your organization located?
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Grantee needs
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Overall, what grade would
you give the support you received from your region's NOAA B-WET
staff over the past grant year?
-F
-D
-C
-B
-A
Briefly
describe why you selected this grade:
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Grantee needs
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If offered, how likely is
it that you will make use of each of the following to help you
implement your B-WET-funded programs?
-One-on-one time with
B-WET program staff (i.e., regional or national
coordinators)
-Facilitated networking with other B-WET
grantees in my region
-Facilitated networking with other
B-WET grantees from other regions
-Email listserv, web forum,
Facebook page, or other tools for virtual interaction with other
grantees
-Access to local NOAA subject-matter
experts
-Information about and access to current NOAA data
sets
-NOAA materials and lesson plans relevant to watersheds
-Suggested "best" or "preferred"
practices for MWEEs
-Assistance with evaluating
MWEEs
-Assistance with grant management
-Opportunities
to learn about watershed science
-Opportunities to learn
about local or regional environmental issues
-Opportunities
to learn about local or regional policy efforts impacting
environmental education
-Opportunities to learn about
national policy efforts impacting environmental
education
-Opportunities to learn about climate literacy
principles
-Opportunities to learn about ocean literacy
principles
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1
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1Unique ID or Award Number
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(see Grantee Support tab)
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(Award number)
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2
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Descriptive: MWEE PD?
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Which of the following
B-WET-funded programs did your organization provide?
MWEE
professional development or support for teachers
-No
-Yes
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Did you recently complete a
professional development opportunity focused on watersheds or
water quality issues (also known as a Meaningful Watershed
Education Experience {MWEE} professional development)?
-Yes
-Not
sure
-No
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X
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3
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Descriptive: population
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Which of these categories
best describes your school’s community (during the school
year)?
-Rural (population of less than 10,000)
-Town/Suburban
(population 10,000-99,999)
-Small urban (population
100,000-250,000)
-Urban (population greater than 250,000)
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4
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Descriptive: region
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(see Grantee Support tab)
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In which region did you
teach this past year? (check all that
apply)
-California
-Chesapeake Bay
-Great
Lakes
-Gulf of Mexico
-Hawaii
-New England
-Pacific
Northwest
-Other (please describe) ____________________
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X
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5
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Descriptive: student ESOL
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What percent of your
students speak English as a second language (aka English Language
Learners)?
-Don't know
-Less than
20%
-21-40%
-41-60%
-61-80%
-81-100%
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6
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Descriptive: teacher
ethnicity/race
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Do you identify yourself as
(check all that apply):
-Hispanic or Latino
-American
Indian or Alaska Native
-Asian
-Black or African
American
-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander
-White
-Other ____________________
-I
prefer not to answer
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Descriptive: teacher grade
level
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What percent of the
participating teachers taught the following grade levels? (total
should equal 100%)
-Pre-K
-Elementary
-Middle
-High
-I
don't know
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In which grade levels do
you primarily teach? (select all that
apply)
-Pre-K
-Elementary
-Middle
-High
-Other
-None
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X
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Descriptive: teacher past
MWEEs
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NA
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Did you conduct MWEEs with
your students before participating in the MWEE professional
development?
-No
-Yes
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Descriptive: teacher reason
to participate
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NA
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What was your PRIMARY
reason for participating in the MWEE professional development?
(check one)
-To obtain information and resources for
teaching
-Personal interest in the topic of the professional
development
-To obtain continuing education, recertification,
or graduate credit
-I was required to attend
-I was
asked to attend
-Other, please describe:
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X
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10
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Descriptive: teacher
setting
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In what setting do you
teach?
-Public school
-Private school
-Non-formal
education (e.g., environmental centers, zoos, museums,
interpretive programs at local or state level parks, youth
organizations)
-Home-school
-Other
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X
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Descriptive: teacher
subject
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Did the majority of
participating teachers teach science?
-Don’t
know
-No
-Yes
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What subject(s) do you
primarily teach? (select one)
-Science
-Math
-Language
Arts
-Social studies
-Fine arts
-Multiple
disciplines, including science
-Multiple disciplines, not
including science
-Other
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X
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12
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Descriptive: teacher?
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Are you currently a PreK-12
teacher or educator?
-Yes
-No
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X
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Descriptive: teachers'
students' ethnicity/race
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NA
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About what percent of your
students are (percent should equal 100 ):
-Hispanic or
Latino
-American Indian or Alaska Native
-Asian
-Black
or African American
-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander
-White
-Other ____________________
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Descriptive: teachers'
students' socioeconomic status
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Is the school where you
teacher a Title 1 school?
-No
-Yes
-N/A
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15
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Descriptive: zip code?
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(see Grantee Support tab)
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In what zip code is your
school located?
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Descriptives: Number of
teachers
served teachers, K-12 schools, and school districts served
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For about how many
teachers, schools, and school districts did your organization
provide professional development or support (e.g., trained in
workshops, coached at schools or in the field) this past grant
year as a result of your B-WET grant? (Please provide one number,
NOT a range.)
About ____ teachers served
About ____ K-12
schools served
About____ school districts served
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PD best practices: during
workshop/institute PD
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As part of your B-WET
professional development workshops or institutes this past grant
year, did your organization typically include the following:
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Presented information and
examples illustrating how other teachers have integrated MWEEs
into their curriculum
-Discussed how teachers may be able to
integrate MWEEs into their own
curriculum or classroom activities
-Discussed alignment of
MWEEs with state, regional, or national standards
-Provided
examples of how MWEEs align with standards
-Engaged teachers
in aligning MWEEs with their school or school district
standards
-Allowed teachers time to plan how they will
implement MWEEs
-Engaged teachers in the same
activities/practices they can use with their students
-Included
more than one teacher from individual schools
-Presented how
NOAA data can be used to support student scientific
inquiry
-Discussed how to use NOAA data to obtain knowledge
about local issues
-Shared examples of how other teachers
have used NOAA data with their students
-Allowed teachers
time to plan how they will integrate the use of NOAA data
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Did you participate in an
education/training workshop, institute, or class as part of your
professional development?
-Yes
-No
If
Yes,
Did the workshops, institutes, or classes you
participated in include the following professional development
practices? (a) Please indicate yes or no for each statement. (b)
Then indicate which 3 practices were most valuable in helping you
implement MWEEs.
-Sharing of information and examples
illustrating how other teachers have integrated MWEEs
-Discussion
of how teachers may be able to integrate MWEEs into their own
curriculum or classroom activities
-Discussion of alignment
of MWEEs with state, regional, or national standards
-Provision
of examples of how MWEEs align with standards
-Engaging you
and other participating teachers in aligning MWEEs with your
school or school district standards
-Participating along with
other teachers from my school, at the same time
-Allowing you
and other participating teachers time to plan how to implement
MWEEs
-Engaging you and other participating teachers in
activities/practices that can be used with your
students
-Presentation of how NOAA data can be used to
support student scientific inquiry
-Discussion of how NOAA
data can be used to obtain knowledge about local issues
-Examples
of how other teachers have used NOAA data with their
students
-Allow you and other participating teachers time to
plan how to integrate the use of NOAA data with your students
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PD best practices: support
from others (e.g., mentor teachers)
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What types of support did
your organization typically provide to teachers participating in
MWEE professional development this past grant year?
-Assisted
teachers with conducting field trips or field work
-Assisted
teachers with establishing schoolyard habitats
-Assisted
teachers with establishing restoration projects
-Co-teaching
in teachers' classrooms or in field
-Provided coaching in
participating teachers' classrooms
-Provided demonstrations
in teachers' classrooms
-Assisted with the use of equipment
or technologies
-Communicated with teachers through personal
phone calls or email
-Communicated with teachers through
newsletters or web-site (e.g., an online community)
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What types of support did
you receive from your MWEE professional development provider? (a)
Please indicate yes or no for each statement. (b) Then indicate
which 3 practices were most valuable in helping you implement
MWEEs.
-Assistance with conducting field trips or field
work
-Assistance with establishing schoolyard
habitats
-Assistance with establishing restoration
projects
-Co-teaching in my classrooms or in field
-Coaching
in my classroom
-Demonstrations in my classroom
-Assistance
with the use of equipment or technologies
-Communicating with
provider through personal phone calls or email
-Communication
with provider through newsletters or web-site (e.g., an online
community)
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PD best practices: support
from PD provider
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Which characteristics
describe your organization's typical MWEE professional development
this past grant year?
-Helped make connections to local
community organizations and resources
-Facilitated
interactions with NOAA scientists/staff
-Facilitated
interactions with natural resource professionals
-Provided
teacher stipends
-Offered continuing education
credits
-Offered graduate credits
-Provided
equipment
-Provided instructional/educational/curriculum
materials
-Provided information on how to obtain grants or
funding for MWEEs
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Which additional practices
did your MWEE professional development and/or the support you
received include? (a) Please indicate yes or no for each
statement. (b) Then indicate which 3 practices were most valuable
in helping you implement MWEEs.
-Connections were made to
local community organizations and resources
-Interactions
were facilitated with NOAA scientists/staff
-Interactions
were facilitated with natural resource professionals
-I was
provided with a stipend
-I was offered continuing education
credits
-I was offered graduate credits
-I was provided
with equipment
-I was provided with
instructional/educational/curriculum materials
-I was
provided with information on how to obtain grants or funding for
MWEEs
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PD goals: Attitudes/
towards science teaching
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEE professional development
that teachers will:
Be more enthusiastic about teaching
science
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PD goals: Behavior/
stewardship (as model for students)
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEE professional development
that teachers will:
Be more likely to act to protect and/or
restore ocean, coastal, or Great Lakes watersheds
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PD goals: Instruction/ MWEE
component use
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEE professional development
that teachers will:
Teach more about watersheds
Be more
likely to implement MWEEs
Be more likely to implement MWEEs
after they are no longer supported by our organization
Be
more likely to use NOAA resources to enhance their students' MWEE
experiences
Be more likely to guide students through taking
action to protect or restore watersheds
Be more likely to use
science inquiry instruction
Be more likely to use the
outdoors for instruction
Be more likely to use local
community resources as part of instruction
Be more likely to
use interdisciplinary approaches to instruction
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PD goals: Knowledge/
environmental impacts of human behaviors (issues)
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded professional development that
teachers will be able to:
Recognize that both natural
processes and human activities affect water flow and water quality
in watersheds.
Identify connections between human welfare and
water flow and quality
Identify possible point and non-point
sources of water pollution
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PD goals: Knowledge/
stewardship behaviors
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded professional development that
teachers will be able to:
Identify actions individuals can
engage in to protect/restore water quality in watersheds
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PD goals: Knowledge/
watersheds
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It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded professional development that
teachers will be able to:
Define the term
“watershed”
Identify their local
watershed(s)
Identify how watersheds are connected to the
ocean via streams, rivers, and human-made structures
Identify
the functions that occur in a watershed (transport, store, and
cycle water)
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PD instruction: alignment
with standards
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To what extent was your
organization's MWEE professional development content aligned with:
(Not at all=1 to To a great extent=5)
School district
education standards
State education standards
National
education standards
Regional environmental/natural resources
management priorities
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PD instruction: education
methods
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What education methods were
used during your MWEE professional development? (select No or Yes
for each method) (Not sure, No, Yes)
Outdoor field trip
Field
work
Place-based education
Scientific-inquiry-based
learning
Issue investigation
Did teachers
participate in any of these activities to protect and/or restore
ocean, coastal and/or Great Lakes watersheds during their MWEE
professional development?
Monitored water quality over a
period of time
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What education methods were
used during your MWEE professional development? (select No or Yes
for each method)
Outdoor field trip
Field
work
Place-based education
Scientific-inquiry-based
learning
Issue investigation
During your MWEE
professional development, did you participate in any of these
activities that protect and/or restore ocean, coastal, and/or
Great Lakes watersheds?
Monitored water quality over a period
of time
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PD instruction: hours
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About how many hours of
MWEE professional development and/or support did your organization
typically provide for any one teacher this past grant
year?
-N/A
-None
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-10
hours
-11-20 hours
-21-40 hours
-41-60 hours
-61-80
hours
-More than 80 hours
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About how many hours of
MWEE professional development and/or support did you receive over
the past 12 months?
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-10
hours
-11-20 hours
-21-40 hours
-41-60 hours
-61-80
hours
-More than 80 hours
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X
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PD instruction: hours
outdoors
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About how many hours did
the typical teacher participate in outdoor activities as part of
your organization's MWEE professional development this past grant
year?
None
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-10
hours
-11-20 hours
-21-40 hours
-41-60 hours
-61-80
hours
-More than 80 hours
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About how many hours of
those MWEE professional development hours did you spend
outdoors?
-None
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-10
hours
-11-20 hours
-21-40 hours
-41-60 hours
-61-80
hours
-More than 80 hours
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PD instruction: science
inquiry methods
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IF SELECTED
Scientific-inquiry learning above: Which of the following steps
did you include: Engaged teachers in:
Formulating scientific
questions they can answer using data
Making predictions or
hypotheses
Collecting data or using existing data
Analyzing
and interpreting data
Making conclusions and adjusting
predictions/hypotheses
Developing presentations of their
findings
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If responded Yes to
“Scientific-inquiry-based learning” in “What
education methods were used during your students’ MWEEs?”,
then answer this question:
As part of your MWEE professional
development, were you involved in…
Formulating
scientific questions that can be answered using data
Making
predictions or hypotheses
Collecting data or using existing
data
Analyzing and interpreting data
Making conclusions
and adjusting predictions/hypotheses
Developing presentations
of findings
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PD instruction: stewardship
behaviors
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Did teachers participate in
any of these activities to protect and/or restore ocean, coastal
and/or Great Lakes watersheds during their MWEE professional
development?
Created a schoolyard or backyard
habitat
Installed a rain barrel at school or at home
Gave
presentation(s) about the local watershed (e.g., for school, other
organizations)
Participated in or organized event(s) to raise
awareness about the importance of watersheds
Participated in
or helped coordinate a clean-up of a local stream or
beach
Participated in a restoration activity (e.g., planting
trees) Limited or avoided the use of household chemicals
including fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides
Told others
about ways they can protect their local watershed
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During your MWEE
professional development, did you participate in any of these
activities that protect and/or restore ocean, coastal, and/or
Great Lakes watersheds?
Created a schoolyard or backyard
habitat
Installed a rain barrel at school or at home
Gave
presentation(s) about the local watershed (e.g., for school, other
organizations)
Participated in or organized event(s) to raise
awareness about the importance of watersheds
Participated in
or helped coordinate a clean-up of a local stream or
beach
Participated in a restoration activity (i.e., planting
trees)
Limited or avoided the use of household chemicals
including fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides
Told others
about ways they can protect their local watershed
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PD instruction: type
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Which of the following
types of B-WET-funded MWEE professional development did you
typically provide over the past grant year?
Teacher
Education
One
day workshops (usually less than 8 hours)
Teacher institute
(usually on consecutive days that cumulatively consist of 40 hours
of more
Multi-day workshops (events that last at least 6
hours, but are less than 40 hours, e.g., a three-day workshop on a
specific topic or a series of five Saturday sessions)
A
college-level course
Professional development provider
training (training for individuals who provide teacher
professional development)
Teacher
Support
Individual
teacher coaching and support (e.g., curriculum planning, shared
teaching, demonstrations and/or other forms of in-school or
in-field support)
On-line professional development support
(e.g., courses, webinars, discussion forums)
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Which type(s) of MWEE
professional development did you participate in or receive:
(please select yes or no for each type)
TEACHER EDUCATION
One
day workshops (usually less than 8 hours)
Teacher institute
(usually on consecutive days that cumulatively consist of 40 hours
of more
Multi-day workshops (events that last at least 6
hours, but are less than 40 hours, e.g., a three-day workshop on a
specific topic or a series of five Saturday sessions)
A
college-level course
Professional development provider
training (training for individuals who provide teacher
professional development)
TEACHER SUPPORT
Individual
teacher coaching and support (e.g., curriculum planning, shared
teaching, demonstrations and/or other forms of in-school or
in-field support
On-line professional
development support (e.g., courses, webinars, discussion forums)
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X
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PD instruction: use of NOAA
resources
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Which NOAA resources were
incorporated into your organization's typical B-WET-funded MWEE
professional development? (No/Yes/Not sure)
None
Information
from NOAA studies or reports
Data collected by and accessible
through NOAA
IF YES: Name the NOAA data
source:________________________
NOAA expert (e.g., scientist,
educator, Sea Grant staff member, policy expert)
NOAA
curricula and education programs
IF YES: Name the
curricula or programs:____________________
NOAA labs or
facilities
IF YES: Name the lab or
facility:___________________________
NOAA National Marine
Sanctuary
NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Which NOAA resources were
used as part of your MWEE professional
development?
None
Information from NOAA research studies
or reports
Data collected by and accessible through NOAA
IF YES: Name the NOAA data source ¬¬-_______________
NOAA
expert (e.g., scientist, educator, Sea Grant staff member, policy
expert)
NOAA curricula and education programs
IF
YES: Name the curricula or programs: ____________
NOAA labs
or facilities
IF YES: Name the lab or
facility:________________
NOAA National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA
National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Teacher satisfaction
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What component(s) of the
MWEE professional development best prepared you to teach your
students about local watersheds?
How could the MWEE
professional development be improved to better prepare teachers to
teach about the watershed?
On Teacher MWEE
questionnaire: What are could be done by others to help you
develop and implement improved MWEEs?
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Teacher satisfaction
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Overall, what grade would
you give your MWEE professional development experience? Scale from
F to A+
Briefly describe why you selected this grade.
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X
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1
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1Unique ID or Award Number
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(see descriptives in
Grantee Support tab)
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TEACHER UNIQUE ID (links
teacher to PD): To allow us to compare your past, current, and
future responses, please create a unique 8-digit ID number using
the 2 digits of your birth month, the 2 digits of your birth day,
and the last 4 digits of most often used phone number. If you were
born on March 9 and your home phone is 410.719.1234, your ID
number would be 03091234.
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X
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2
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Descriptive: number of
students,
K-12 schools, and school districts served
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How many students, schools,
and school districts were served directly by your organization
this past grant year as a result of your B-WET grant? (Please
provide one number, NOT a range .)
ABOUT ____ STUDENTS
SERVED
ABOUT _____ K-12 SCHOOLS SERVED
ABOUT ____
SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVED
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How many of your students
participated in a MWEE during the most recent school year? (Please
provide your best estimate, NOT a range)
ABOUT ____ STUDENTS
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X
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3
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Descriptive: student
academic level
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4
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Descriptive: student ESOL
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What percent of the
participating students speak English as a second language (aka
English Language Learners)?
Don't know
Less than 20%
21-40%
41-60%
61-80%
81-100%
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5
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Descriptive: student
ethnicity/race
|
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6
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Descriptive: student gender
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7
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Descriptive: student grade
level
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What percent of the
students/youth directly served by your organization were in each
of the following grades levels? (total should equal 100%)
•
Pre-K
• Elementary
• Middle
•
High
• Other
• I don't know
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8
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Descriptive: student
socioeconomic status
|
What percent of the
participating students’ schools are Title 1?
Don't know
Less than 20%
21-40%
41-60%
61-80%
81-100%
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9
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Descriptives:
person/organization completing questionnaire
|
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Are you currently a PreK-12
teacher or educator?
-Yes
-No
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X
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10
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Descriptives:
person/organization completing questionnaire
|
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In what setting do you
teach?
-Public school
-Private school
-Non-formal
education (e.g., environmental centers, zoos, museums,
interpretive programs at local or state level parks, youth
organizations)
-Home-school
-Other
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X
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11
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Instruction: education
methods
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IF SELECTED
Scientific-inquiry learning above: Which of the following steps
did you include: Engage students in:
Formulating scientific
questions they can answer using data
Making predictions or
hypotheses
Collecting data or using existing data
Analyzing
and interpreting data
Making conclusions and adjusting
predictions/hypotheses
Developing presentations of their
findings
|
If responded Yes to
“Scientific-inquiry-based learning” in “What
education methods were used during your students’ MWEEs?”,
then answer this question:
Which of the following steps did
you engage students in…
Formulating scientific
questions they can answer using data
Making predictions or
hypotheses
Collecting data or using existing data
Analyzing
and interpreting data
Making conclusions and adjusting
predictions/hypotheses
Developing presentations of their
findings
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12
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Instruction: education
methods
|
What education methods were
used by your organization’s staff with students during your
organization’s typical B-WET-funded MWEEs? (select No or Yes
for each method)
Outdoor field trip
Field
work
Place-based education
Scientific-inquiry-based
learning
Issue investigation
Service learning
|
What education methods were
used during your students’ MWEEs? (select No or Yes for each
method)
Outdoor field trip
Field work
Place-based
education
Scientific-inquiry-based learning
Issue
investigation
Service learning
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|
13
|
Instruction: MWEE action -
data collection
|
Did students participate in
any of these activities to protect and/or restore ocean, coastal
and/or Great Lakes watersheds during your organization’s
B-WET-funded MWEEs? (please indicate no or yes for each
activity)
Monitored water quality over a period of time
|
During the outdoor learning
experience(s), my students:
Conducted a one-time data or
sample collection
Conducted water quality monitoring over a
period of time
|
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14
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Instruction: MWEE action -
stewardship behaviors
|
Did students participate in
any of these activities to protect and/or restore ocean, coastal
and/or Great Lakes watersheds during your organization’s
B-WET-funded MWEEs? (please indicate no or yes for each
activity)
Created a schoolyard or backyard habitat
Conserved
water at school to protect the local watershed
Installed a
rain barrel at school
Reduced litter at the school
Gave
presentation(s) about the local watershed (e.g., for school, other
organizations)
Participated in an event to raise awareness
about the importance of watersheds
Helped clean up or take
care of a local stream or beach
Participated in a restoration
activity (e.g., planting trees)
Told others about ways they
can protect their local watershed
|
Did students participate in
any of the following activities to protect and/or restore ocean,
coastal, and/or Great Lakes watersheds during their MWEE? (please
indicate no or yes for each activity)
Created a schoolyard or
backyard habitat
Conserved water at school to protect the
local watershed
Installed a rain barrel at school
Reduced
litter at the school
Gave presentation(s) about the local
watershed (e.g., for school, other organizations)
Participated
in an event to raise awareness about the importance of
watersheds
Helped clean up or take care of a local stream or
beach
Participated in a restoration activity (e.g., planting
trees) to benefit watersheds
Told others about ways they can
protect their local watersheds
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15
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Instruction: MWEE alignment
with standards
|
To what extent were your
organization's MWEEs aligned with: (Not at all=1 to To a great
extent=5)
School district education standards
State
education standards
National education standards
Regional
environmental/natural resources management priorities
|
To what extent was the
content of your students' MWEEs aligned with: : (Not at all=1 to
To a great extent=5)
school district education
standards
state education standards
national education
standards
regional environmental/natural resources management
priorities
|
|
16
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Instruction: MWEE hours
outdoors
|
On average during the past
grant year, a typical student spent ____ hours outdoors
being taught by your organization’s staff during a
B-WET-funded MWEE.
-None
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-9
hours
-10-16 hours
-17-24 hours
-25-40 hours
-More
than 40 hours
|
On average during the last
school year, about how many hours did a typical student spend
outdoors
during MWEE activities? (check one)
-None
-1-2
hours
-3-5 hours
-6-9 hours
-10-16 hours
-17-24
hours
-25-40 hours
-more than 40 hours
|
X
|
17
|
Instruction: MWEE hours
total
|
On average during the past
grant year, a typical student spent ____ hours being taught by
your organization’s staff during a B-WET-funded MWEE.
-None
-1-2 hours
-3-5 hours
-6-9 hours
-10-16
hours
-17-24 hours
-25-40 hours
-More than 40 hours
|
On average during the last
school year, about how many hours did a typical student spend
involved in MWEE activities? (check one)
-None
-1-2
hours
-3-5 hours
-6-9 hours
-10-16 hours
-17-24
hours
-25-40 hours
-more than 40 hours
|
X
|
18
|
Instruction: MWEE
integration (classroom/outdoors)
|
NA
|
Overall, what I taught my
students about watersheds in the classroom was closely integrated
with students' outdoor learning experience(s). (7-point agreement
scale)
My students' outdoor learning experiences were
designed to help them understand what they had been introduced to
during regular science class
My students' outdoor learning
experiences were designed to reinforce what students learned
during regular science class
|
|
19
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Instruction: MWEE length
|
On average, a typical
student participated in your organization's B-WET-funded MWEEs
over the course of:
-One day
-2-6 days
-One
week
-2-3 weeks
-One month
-2-3 months
-4-8
months
-A full school year (about 9 months)
-A full
calendar year
-Multiple years
|
On average, did students
participate in a MWEE over the course of:
-One day
-2-6
days
-One week
-2-3 weeks
-One month
-2-3
months
-4-8 months
-A full school year (about 9
months)
-A full calendar year
-Multiple years
|
X
|
20
|
Instruction: MWEE location
|
|
Where did the outdoor
component of your students' MWEEs occur?
On school
grounds
Near the school (1-5 minute walk)
Walkable from
the school (more than 5 minutes)
In a location to which the
students were bussed or driven
|
|
21
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Instruction: MWEE
preparation
|
|
BEFORE students
participated in their outdoor learning experience:
I provided
them with detailed information about what they were going to do
I
let students know what activities they were going to do
I
spent a lot of time preparing students for what to expect
I
introduced relevant science concepts
|
|
22
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Instruction: MWEE
reflection
|
|
AFTER students participated
in the outdoor learning experience(s):
They discussed results
based on their observations
They offered explanations for
what they observed
They were expected to draw on what had
been learned
I spent a lot of time to make sure the students
had integrated what they had learned
|
|
23
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Instruction: MWEE subjects
|
Were your organization’s
typical B-WET-funded MWEEs focused only on science concepts, or on
concepts from multiple disciplines (e.g., science, math, social
studies, literature, art, music)?
-Only science
concepts
-Concepts from multiple disciplines, including
science
-Other
|
Were your typical MWEEs
focused only on science concepts, or on concepts from multiple
disciplines (e.g., science, math, social studies, literature, art,
music)?
-Only science concepts
-Concepts from multiple
disciplines, including science
-Other
|
|
24
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Instruction: MWEE type
|
Which of the following did
your B-WET-funded programs provide for students during this past
grant year?
Off-site field programs during the school
day
Schoolyard-based programs during the school
day
Classroom-based programs during the school day, including
distance learning experiences
After-school or weekend
programs (e.g., science clubs)
Summer programs
Events
for youth with their families
|
|
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25
|
Instruction: MWEE use of
NOAA resources
|
Which NOAA resources were
used as part of MWEEs for students, if any?
None
Information
from NOAA studies or reports
Data collected by and accessible
through NOAA
IF YES: Name the NOAA data source:
___________________
NOAA expert (e.g., scientist, educator,
Sea Grant staff member, policy expert)
NOAA curricula and
education programs
IF YES: Name the curricula or
programs: ________________
NOAA labs or facilities
IF YES: Name the lab or facility:_______________________
NOAA
National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA National Estuarine Research
Reserve
|
Which NOAA resources were
used as part of your typical student MWEE?
None
Information
from NOAA research studies or reports
Data collected by and
accessible through NOAA
IF YES: Name the NOAA data
source:________________
NOAA expert (e.g., scientist,
educator, Sea Grant staff member, policy expert)
NOAA
curricula and education programs
IF YES: Name the
curricula or programs:_____________
NOAA labs or facilities
IF YES: Name the lab or facility: ____________________
NOAA
National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA National Estuarine Research
Reserve
|
|
26
|
MWEE goals: academic
achievement
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students
will:
Perform better academically in science
Perform
better on state standardized tests
Be more engaged in their
science learning
|
|
|
27
|
MWEE goals:
Attitudes/Career interest
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will:
Be
more likely to express an interest in pursuing science careers
|
|
|
28
|
MWEE goals:
Attitudes/towards watershed resources
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will:
Feel
more connected to their local watershed
Express greater
caring and concern for watersheds
|
|
|
29
|
MWEE goals:
Behavior/Stewardship change
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will:
Be
more likely to act to protect and/or restore watersheds
Be
better able to make informed decisions to protect or restore
watersheds
|
|
|
30
|
MWEE goals:
Behavior/Stewardship self-efficacy
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will:
Be
more confident in their ability to protect and/or restore
watersheds
|
|
|
31
|
MWEE goals:
Knowledge/environmental impacts of human behaviors (issues)
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students
will:
Recognize that both natural processes and human
activities affect water flow and water quality in
watersheds.
Identify connections between human welfare and
water flow and quality
Identify possible point and non-point
sources of water pollution
|
Did your typical MWEE
include any of the following learning objectives? Students will be
able to:
Recognize that both natural processes and human
activities affect water flow and water quality in
watersheds
Identify connections between human welfare and
water flow and quality
Identify possible point and non-point
sources of water pollution
|
|
32
|
MWEE goals:
Knowledge/Stewardship behaviors
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will be able
to:
Identify actions individuals can engage in to
protect/restore water quality in watersheds
|
Did your typical MWEE
include any of the following learning objectives? Students will be
able to:
Identify actions individuals can engage in to
protect/restore water quality in watersheds
|
|
33
|
MWEE goals:
Knowledge/watersheds
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will be able
to:
Define the term “watershed”
Identify
their local watershed(s)
Identify how watersheds are
connected to the ocean via streams, rivers, and human-made
structures
Identify the functions that occur in a watershed
(transport, store, and cycle water)
|
Did your typical MWEE
include any of the following learning objectives? Students will be
able to:
Define the term "watershed"
Identify
their local watershed(s)
Identify how watersheds are
connected to the ocean via streams, rivers, and human-made
structures
Identify the functions that occur in a watershed
(transport, store, and cycle water)
|
|
34
|
MWEE goals: Skills/Science
inquiry skills, such as critical thinking
|
It is a goal of my
organization’s B-WET-funded MWEEs that students will:
Be
better able to conduct scientific investigations
|
|
|
35
|
MWEE implemented?
|
|
In the past 12 months, did
you implement a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)
with your students?
-Yes
-No
[IF NO] Please
explain why you did not implement a MWEE. (essay box)
|
X
|
36
|
Student satisfaction
|
|
|
|
1
|
1Unique ID or Award Number
|
TEACHER UNIQUE ID:
To allow us to compare your past, current, and future responses,
please create a unique 8-digit ID number using the 2 digits of
your birth month, the 2 digits of your birth day, and the last 4
digits of most often used phone number. If you were born on March
9 and your home phone is 410.719.1234, your ID number would be
03091234.
|
|
2
|
Behavior: stewardship (as
role model for students)
|
BEFORE the MWEE
professional development, how confident were you in your ability
to:
AFTER the MWEE professional development, how confident
are you in your ability to:
In the FUTURE, I intend to
...:
-Act to protect and/or restore ocean, coastal, or Great
Lakes watersheds
|
X
|
3
|
Instruction: MWEE
confidence
|
(retrospective
pre/post)
BEFORE the MWEE professional development, how
confident were you in your ability to:
AFTER the MWEE
professional development, how confident are you in your ability
to:
Teach my students about local watersheds
Incorporate
MWEEs into my curriculum
Implement MWEEs without support from
a professional development provider
Use NOAA resources to
enhance my students' MWEE experiences
Guide students through
taking action to protect or restore watersheds
Research
environmental issues affecting watersheds with students
Use
scientific inquiry instruction
Use the outdoors for
instruction
|
X (teach my students…
and incorporate MWEEs….)
|
4
|
Instruction: MWEE intention
to teach
|
In the FUTURE, I intend to
...:
Teach my students about local watersheds
Incorporate
MWEEs into my curriculum
Implement MWEEs without support from
a professional development provider
Use NOAA resources to
enhance my students' MWEE experiences
Guide students through
taking action to protect or restore watersheds
Research
environmental issues affecting watersheds with students
Use
scientific inquiry instruction
Use the outdoors for
instruction
|
X (teach my students…
and incorporate MWEEs….)
|
5
|
Knowledge: environmental
impacts of human behaviors
|
As a result of
participating in the MWEE professional development, I am better
able to:
Recognize that both natural processes and human
activities affect water flow and water quality in
watersheds
Identify connections between human welfare and
water flow and quality
Identify possible point and non-point
sources of water pollution
|
|
6
|
Knowledge: stewardship
behaviors
|
As a result of
participating in the MWEE professional development, I am better
able to:
Identify actions individuals can engage in to
protect/restore water quality in watersheds
|
|
7
|
Knowledge: watersheds
|
As a result of
participating in the MWEE professional development, I am better
able to:
Define the term "watershed"
Identify
my local watershed(s)
Identify how watersheds are connected
to the ocean via streams, rivers, and human-made
structures
Identify the functions that occur in a watershed
(transport, store, and cycle water)
|
|
1
|
Education policy impact
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: NOAA B-WET has had, or
will have, a positive impact on education policy in my area? (NA,
Strongly disagree to Strongly agree 7-point scale) Please explain
why you selected the response you did.
|
|
2
|
EE impact
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: NOAA B-WET has had, or
will have, a positive impact on environmental education in my
area's formal education system? (NA, Strongly disagree to Strongly
agree 7-point scale) Please explain why you selected the response
you did.
|
|
3
|
Environment impact
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: The health of our local
watershed(s) has improved, or will improve, as a result of my
organization's B-WET-funded professional development or MWEEs.
(NA, Strongly disagree to Strongly agree 7-point scale) Please
explain why you selected the response you did.
|
|
4
|
Environmental policy impact
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: NOAA B-WET has had, or
will have, a positive impact on environmental policy in my area?
(NA, Strongly disagree to Strongly agree 7-point scale) Please
explain why you selected the response you did.
|
|
5
|
NOAA visibility
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: As a result of NOAA
B-WET, the public is more familiar with NOAA, such as NOAA
science, resources, and experts? (NA, Strongly disagree to
Strongly agree 7-point scale) Please explain why you selected the
response you did.
|
|
6
|
NOAA visibility
|
|
Did your B-WET professional
development provider indicate that it was funded (in part) with
funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)?
- No
- Yes
Did participating in the
B-WET professional development increase your knowledge of …
what NOAA does?
No Yes
scientific data accessible
through NOAA? No Yes
educational
resources available through NOAA? No Yes
|
7
|
Organization impact
|
To what extent do you
(dis)agree with the following statement: The B-WET grant has
improved, or will improve, the overall quality of environmental
education provided by my organization? (NA, Strongly disagree to
Strongly agree 7-point scale) Please explain why you selected the
response you did.
|
|
8
|
Evaluation
|
Which of the following best
describes the situation with regard to evaluation(s) of your
organization's B-WET-funded programs?
-Don't know
-No
evaluation has been conducted and there are no plans to complete
one
-No evaluation has been conducted, but there are plans to
complete one
-An evaluation is being conducted, but it is not
yet finished
-One or more evaluations has been
completed
-Other (please describe) ____________________
IF
SELECTED ' One or more evaluations has/have been completed'
ABOVE:
What type of evaluation has been completed?
Needs
assessment
Process/Implementation
Outcome
Impact
|
|
9
|
Evaluation
|
If outcome or impact
evaluation:
Which of the following best describes who
led the evaluation?
-Don't know
-Internal staff member
(someone who is an employee of your organization)
-External
consultant (someone who is not an employee of your organization)
If selected, please provide consultant/firm name:
___________________
-Other (please describe)
____________________
|
|
10
|
Evaluation
|
If outcome or impact
evaluation:
Does the evaluation report include evidence of:
(Don't know, Not measured, No, Yes)
Increases in knowledge
about watersheds (participants learned new information)
Changes
in attitudes toward watersheds (participants’; changed their
beliefs, opinions, feelings, or perspectives)
Increases in
the skills needed to engage in behaviors to protect and/or restore
ocean, coastal and/or Great Lakes watersheds (verbal, mental, or
physical)
Increases in intentions to act on behalf of
watersheds
Participants engaging in actions that protect or
restore watersheds
Improved water quality (positive changes
in physical watershed that can be attributed to participants’;
actions)
Improved academic performance
|
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