VAEE 2022 Conference: ResilencEE & Reinvention: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2022 Virginia Association for Environmental Education (VAEE) Annual Conference at the Airfield Conference Center and 4-H Educational Center in charming Sussex County, VA! From Friday, August 12th to Sunday August 14th, we will host educational, inspiring, and enjoyable workshops, make and takes, concurrent sessions, social time, and field trips! Everything you need should be on this platform, but if you feel like viewing the schedule as a PDF, you may find that here. View the venue map here.

We hope to provide you a safe, healthy, and inclusive learning opportunity as we return to in-person for 2022!

Please review the VAEE Covid19 Policies and contact events@virginiaee.org if you have any questions.

Check in for lodging is at 4pm with multiple conference check in times available throughout the weekend.

Thank you for engaging and learning with our EE community!

Sincerely,

April Harper & Bianca Myrick
Board Chair & Executive Director

11:00am EDT

Incorporating Student Environmental Research into MWEEs

Limited Capacity seats available

This lively discussion will focus on opportunities for educators to provide MWEEs using the GLOBE
Program and NOAA’s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program. Speakers will include a
representative from Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES), grantees from schools
and informal education centers serving marginalized students in the Chesapeake Bay and a GLOBE
Program official.

Speakers

Dixon Butler

Founder and President, Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists

Dr. Butler is a Ph.D. atmospheric scientist who has spent most of his career planning, managing, and overseeing Earth science research and satellite remote sensing and is today a consultant to NASA and others. During the 1980s, Butler led the planning of the Earth Observing System... Read More →

Saturday August 13, 2022 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Mill Run 15211 Airfield Rd, Wakefield, VA 23888

Justice Equity Inclusion & Diversity

Host Organization Youth Learning As Citizen Environmental Scientists

2:10pm EDT

CANCELED: What Environmental Educators Need to Know About Abolitionist Teaching

Limited Capacity seats available

Due to a family emergency, Dani is unable to attend and present. She will be missed, but let's keep her family in our hearts and minds this weekend.

Environmental education (EE) is used to get students outside of classrooms and into nature. However, it
can perpetuate white supremacy. By centering abolitionist teaching (Love, 2019), could EE be used to
get outside of the harm caused by schools and dismantle racist policies and practices?

Speakers

Dani Toma-Harrold

Student, Elon University

Dani Toma-Harrold is a junior elementary education major with minors in African/African American Studies & Environmental Education at Elon University.

Saturday August 13, 2022 2:10pm - 3:00pm EDT
Point Yancy 15210 Airfield Rd, Wakefield, VA 23888

Justice Equity Inclusion & Diversity

Host Organization Elon University

3:40pm EDT

No Hablo Ingles: Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusivity for a Better Guest Experience

Limited Capacity seats available

What can we do to better serve our non-English speaking guests? The Maymont Educators will give you
a run-down of how they have improved accessibility of their Nature Center and Grounds, a short Spanish
lesson, and resources to boot!

Speakers

Irmarie Alvira

Saturday August 13, 2022 3:40pm - 4:30pm EDT
Morgan 15212 Airfield Rd, Wakefield, VA 23888

Justice Equity Inclusion & Diversity

Host Organization Maymont Foundation

10:00am EDT

Cross-Curricular, Co-Created, Culturally-Affirming: An NPS Partnership for Equitable Environmental Education

Limited Capacity seats available

In this interactive workshop, learn our strategies for creating a cross-curricular, culturally-affirming,
science and history MWEE that fulfills the missions of multiple partners, meets Virginia SOLs, promotes
environmental literacy, embraces hybrid learning, reaches every 4th/5th equitably, and helps students
make meaningful connections to local waterways, all during the pandemic!

Sunday August 14, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Point Yancy 15210 Airfield Rd, Wakefield, VA 23888

Justice Equity Inclusion & Diversity

Host Organization National Park Service & James River Association

VAEE 2022 Conference: ResilencEE & Reinvention

11:00am EDT

Dixon Butler

2:10pm EDT

Dani Toma-Harrold

3:40pm EDT

Irmarie Alvira

10:00am EDT

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