Education Workgroup Projects

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meeting the Environmental Literacy Goal in the 2014 Watershed Agreement. The ELIT is administered biennially.

The mid-Atlantic region is leading the nation in implementing sound policy that ensures our students will graduate environmentally literate citizens. To advance environmental literacy in the region, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office convenes a biennial Environmental Literacy Summit on behalf of the Workgroup. These summits provide an important forum for dialogue, collaboration and coordination between federal, state and non-governmental leaders about the future of equitable environmental education in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

• 2023 Environmental Literacy Summit Materials
• 2021 Environmental Literacy Summit Materials
• 2019 Environmental Literacy Summit Materials
• 2017 Environmental Literacy Summit Materials
• 2016 Environmental Literacy Summit Materials

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office hosts training forums to build the skills of educators to plan and implement Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) and sustainable school programming at the classroom or school district level, among other topics. This allows educators to better understand, promote, and deliver important programs that contribute to the Environmental Literacy outcomes of the Watershed Agreement.