NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
07/14/2022
04/19/2022
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2025
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2022
2,583
0
2,583
1,026
0
1,040
0
0
0
This is a request for an extension of an existing information collection.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationâs (NOAA) Office of Education is sponsoring data collection efforts on its Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program. B-WET advances NOAAâs mission by awarding education grants that foster an environmentally literate citizenry who have the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to protect watersheds and related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. B-WET currently funds projects in seven regions (California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the Pacific Northwest). To ensure high-quality educational activities funded by B-WET, we created a cross-region, internal evaluation system that collects information from B-WET awardees and their teacher participants to provide ongoing monitoring of program implementation and to identify opportunities for improved program outcomes. B-WET awardees and teacher participants complete online survey forms to provide data for the evaluation system. Awardees are surveyed once per year of the project and teachers are surveyed twice, once after completing professional development programs and once after teaching their students about watershed. Information collected from awardees includes program elements such as program duration, format, audience, location, support and/or materials offered, and topics covered. Information collected from teacher professional development participants includes teaching methodologies, program satisfaction, program coverage, suggestions for improvement, and teaching confidence. This data collection effort benefits those who receive B-WET grants and project participants of those grants by providing regular program improvements that they can leverage to implement successful projects.
The B-WET evaluation system is designed to collect data on a continuous basis (annually for grantees and as described above for teachers). However data collection is currently paused due to the fact that the national evaluation instruments are not designed to assess project implementation during the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.
EO: EO 12862 Name/Subject of EO: Setting Customer Standards
US Code:
33 USC 893a(a)
Name of Law: America COMPETES Act
The burden response time for the Post-PD Teachers and Post-MWEE Teachers was updated from 0.1 hr to 0.83 hrs to match the footnotes captured at Q12. This accounts for a reduction of 14 burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Teacher MWEE Non-Response Survey
0648-0658 30-day 87 FR 22871 2022-0418.pdf
0648-0658 SUPPORTING STATEMENT Part A.docx
Teacher MWEE Questionnaire - response and nonresponse