Participating teachers work with mentors from forest products companies to accomplish research goals on a wide range of environmental topics and studies. Teachers also develop instructional units and activities, aligned with Essential Academic Learning Requirements, based on their summer experiences. WFPA is sponsoring four workshops with environmental education professionals during the summer to assist teachers in designing lesson plans and addressing curriculum requirements. The TOSA program was very valuable to me in terms of the connections it will help me to create between my students and the environment, explains Dave Shoddy, a teacher who previously participated in the program. The program provided an excellent opportunity to integrate the things I teach with skills used in the real world, said another teacher.
Positions are open until filled.
The Washington Forest Protection Association is sponsoring a new public affairs television program to be carried on cable television systems throughout Washington State. Legislative Week in Review will be shown each Friday at 6 p.m. during the 2001 legislative session. The sixty-minute program, a production of TVW, will debut on Friday, January 12th. We are confident that it will be a great way to quickly learn about an entire week s worth of developments in the legislature. The WFPA is especially pleased to partner with TVW, the statewide public affairs television network whose programming is received daily by nearly three million Washingtonians.