Building Environmental Education Capacity in Utah Schools
GrantID: 77485
Grant Funding Amount Low: $5,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $30,000
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Grant Overview
Utah Capacity_first Utah school districts outside the Wasatch Front report an average of 0.4 full-time-equivalent environmental-science teachers per middle school, compared with 1.2 in Salt Lake County. This staffing disparity limits consistent delivery of field-based instruction on the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin ecosystems.
Infrastructure and Workforce Constraints Most rural Utah schools lack buses equipped for off-pavement travel required to reach Bureau of Land Management sites used for standard field lessons on arid-land hydrology. In addition, only 12 percent of Utah science teachers hold endorsements in Earth and Space Science, the credential needed for instruction aligned with the state’s adopted SEEd standards.
Readiness Requirements Applicants must commit to supplying certified substitute teachers during educator professional-development days and to maintaining a 1:15 adult-to-student ratio on all field trips, satisfying Utah Division of Risk Management rules. Equipment budgets must include cold-weather gear because programs operating on the Colorado Plateau frequently encounter temperatures below freezing even in October.
Utah alone conditions environmental-education funding on submission of a travel plan that avoids all national-park entrance roads during peak visitation months, a restriction not imposed by neighboring states with lower park visitation volumes.
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