1. Sam Carman, Education Director, DNR Division of Forestry Warren Gartner, Conservation Education Supervisor, Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife Ingrid Weiland, Doctoral Student in Science Education, IUB

2. Environmental Education (EE) Symposium June 2008 Overview of EE Symposium Needs assessment 1996 state EE plan and new EE plan Distribute and complete needs assessment

3. Issues and Actions: Formal Education Support NCLB Administrator buy-in Strategies to connect people and nature Communication between EE organizations and teachers Continuity in learning

4. Issues and Actions: Non-formal Education Create opportunities for repeat contact with students and educators Provide resources for program and student evaluation Advocate EE to formal educators Disseminate EE information for teachers

5. Issues and Actions: State Agencies Reduce obstacles for teachers Don’t reinvent the wheel Development of environmental literacy standards that progress naturally

6. Issues and Actions: Families and Communities Sense of ownership cultivated through outdoor experiences Identify community leader and organization that empower people- service learning projects and skill- based activities

7. Other Opportunities Handouts of agency descriptions 2010 symposium Environmental Education Group mailing list