Training Environmental Educators Survey

This survey is designed to be taken by leadership staff at organizations that employ and train paid environmental educators. Only one survey for your organization should be taken.

This survey is part of a Miami University Project Dragonfly research project. Please email Cindy Wilems at wilemsc@miamioh.edu with any questions.

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* 1. What is your job title?

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* 2. What size is your organization?

Less than 50 employees (full and part-time/seasonal)

Equal or greater than 50 employees (full and part-time/seasonal)

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* 3. If you would like to name your organization, you may do so here. (This is not a requirement)

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* 4. How is your organization primarily funded?

government

grants

donations

program/membership fees

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How many full-time environmental educators do you employ? (enter in number format)

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* 6. How many part-time or seasonal educators do you employ? (enter in number format)

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* 7. Does your organization have a dedicated budget for training environmental educators?

Yes

Add comments if needed

When answering the following questions, answer in relation to environmental education, not your organization’s general onboarding procedures.

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* 8. What skills do you expect your environmental educators to have when you hire them? (check all that apply)

Environmental or science background

Background with children

Communication skills

Technology skills

Teacher certification

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How many hours of training do your environmental educators receive when they are first hired?

1-5 hours

6-10 hours

11-15 hours

16-20 hours

21-30 hours

31-40 hours

more than 40 hours

None

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* 10. What topics/skills does the initial training entail? (Rate each topic/skill 0-5, with 0 being no training and 5 being a lot of training)

	0 (no training)	1	2	3 (medium level of training)	4	5 (a lot of training)
Communicating with audiences	Communicating with audiences 0 (no training)	Communicating with audiences 1	Communicating with audiences 2	Communicating with audiences 3 (medium level of training)	Communicating with audiences 4	Communicating with audiences 5 (a lot of training)
Group/classroom management	Group/classroom management 0 (no training)	Group/classroom management 1	Group/classroom management 2	Group/classroom management 3 (medium level of training)	Group/classroom management 4	Group/classroom management 5 (a lot of training)
Pedagogy	Pedagogy 0 (no training)	Pedagogy 1	Pedagogy 2	Pedagogy 3 (medium level of training)	Pedagogy 4	Pedagogy 5 (a lot of training)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 0 (no training)	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 1	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 2	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 3 (medium level of training)	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 4	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 5 (a lot of training)
Field or site safety	Field or site safety 0 (no training)	Field or site safety 1	Field or site safety 2	Field or site safety 3 (medium level of training)	Field or site safety 4	Field or site safety 5 (a lot of training)
Child safeguard training	Child safeguard training 0 (no training)	Child safeguard training 1	Child safeguard training 2	Child safeguard training 3 (medium level of training)	Child safeguard training 4	Child safeguard training 5 (a lot of training)
Specific program training & procedures	Specific program training & procedures 0 (no training)	Specific program training & procedures 1	Specific program training & procedures 2	Specific program training & procedures 3 (medium level of training)	Specific program training & procedures 4	Specific program training & procedures 5 (a lot of training)
Environmental topics/literacy	Environmental topics/literacy 0 (no training)	Environmental topics/literacy 1	Environmental topics/literacy 2	Environmental topics/literacy 3 (medium level of training)	Environmental topics/literacy 4	Environmental topics/literacy 5 (a lot of training)
Scientific equipment	Scientific equipment 0 (no training)	Scientific equipment 1	Scientific equipment 2	Scientific equipment 3 (medium level of training)	Scientific equipment 4	Scientific equipment 5 (a lot of training)
Technology	Technology 0 (no training)	Technology 1	Technology 2	Technology 3 (medium level of training)	Technology 4	Technology 5 (a lot of training)
Curriculum development	Curriculum development 0 (no training)	Curriculum development 1	Curriculum development 2	Curriculum development 3 (medium level of training)	Curriculum development 4	Curriculum development 5 (a lot of training)
Partnering with schools/other organizations	Partnering with schools/other organizations 0 (no training)	Partnering with schools/other organizations 1	Partnering with schools/other organizations 2	Partnering with schools/other organizations 3 (medium level of training)	Partnering with schools/other organizations 4	Partnering with schools/other organizations 5 (a lot of training)
Self reflection/growth mindset	Self reflection/growth mindset 0 (no training)	Self reflection/growth mindset 1	Self reflection/growth mindset 2	Self reflection/growth mindset 3 (medium level of training)	Self reflection/growth mindset 4	Self reflection/growth mindset 5 (a lot of training)
Leadership training	Leadership training 0 (no training)	Leadership training 1	Leadership training 2	Leadership training 3 (medium level of training)	Leadership training 4	Leadership training 5 (a lot of training)

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Does your organization offer additional in-house training throughout the year for your environmental educators?

Yes

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* 12. If you said yes to #11, are they mandatory?

Yes

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* 13. If you said yes to #11, what topics/skills do they cover? (check all that apply)

Communicating with audiences

Group/classroom management

Pedagogy

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Field or site safety

Child safeguard training

Specific program training & procedures

Environmental topics/literacy

Scientific equipment

Technology

Curriculum development

Partnering with schools/other organizations

Self-reflection/growth mindset

Leadership training

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Does your organization formally monitor continued training of environmental educators (after initial training is over)?

Yes

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* 15. If yes, please describe your monitoring methods.

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* 16. What do you believe is missing from your organization's environmental educator training, if anything?

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* 17. How much of a difference is there in how your organization trains full-time versus part-time or seasonal environmental educators? (1 thumb = not much of a difference, 5 thumbs = a large difference)

Please describe any large differences here

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* 18. Which topics/skills do you feel it is important for your environmental educators to learn? (Please rate them 1= not important, 5=highest importance

	1	2	3	4	5
Communicating with audiences	Communicating with audiences 1	Communicating with audiences 2	Communicating with audiences 3	Communicating with audiences 4	Communicating with audiences 5
Group/classroom management	Group/classroom management 1	Group/classroom management 2	Group/classroom management 3	Group/classroom management 4	Group/classroom management 5
Pedagogy	Pedagogy 1	Pedagogy 2	Pedagogy 3	Pedagogy 4	Pedagogy 5
Diversity, equity, and inclusion	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 1	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 2	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 3	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 4	Diversity, equity, and inclusion 5
Field or site safety	Field or site safety 1	Field or site safety 2	Field or site safety 3	Field or site safety 4	Field or site safety 5
Child safeguard training	Child safeguard training 1	Child safeguard training 2	Child safeguard training 3	Child safeguard training 4	Child safeguard training 5
Specific program training & procedures	Specific program training & procedures 1	Specific program training & procedures 2	Specific program training & procedures 3	Specific program training & procedures 4	Specific program training & procedures 5
Environmental topics/literacy	Environmental topics/literacy 1	Environmental topics/literacy 2	Environmental topics/literacy 3	Environmental topics/literacy 4	Environmental topics/literacy 5
Scientific equipment	Scientific equipment 1	Scientific equipment 2	Scientific equipment 3	Scientific equipment 4	Scientific equipment 5
Technology	Technology 1	Technology 2	Technology 3	Technology 4	Technology 5
Curriculum development	Curriculum development 1	Curriculum development 2	Curriculum development 3	Curriculum development 4	Curriculum development 5
Partnering with schools/other organizations	Partnering with schools/other organizations 1	Partnering with schools/other organizations 2	Partnering with schools/other organizations 3	Partnering with schools/other organizations 4	Partnering with schools/other organizations 5
Self-reflection/growth mindset	Self-reflection/growth mindset 1	Self-reflection/growth mindset 2	Self-reflection/growth mindset 3	Self-reflection/growth mindset 4	Self-reflection/growth mindset 5
Leadership training	Leadership training 1	Leadership training 2	Leadership training 3	Leadership training 4	Leadership training 5

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Does your organization encourage or require environmental educators to attend additional training on their own?

Encourage

Require

Neither

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* 20. If you answered yes to #19, which style of training is utilized by your staff? (check all that apply)

Conferences

Off-site workshops

Online workshops/classes

Certification classes

Graduate classes

I do not know

Other (please specify)

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* 21. If you answered yes to #19, rate the percentage your organization pays for next to each training.

	None (0%)	5%-25%	26%-50%	51%-75%	76%-100%
Conferences	Conferences None (0%)	Conferences 5%-25%	Conferences 26%-50%	Conferences 51%-75%	Conferences 76%-100%
Off-site workshops	Off-site workshops None (0%)	Off-site workshops 5%-25%	Off-site workshops 26%-50%	Off-site workshops 51%-75%	Off-site workshops 76%-100%
Online workshops/classes	Online workshops/classes None (0%)	Online workshops/classes 5%-25%	Online workshops/classes 26%-50%	Online workshops/classes 51%-75%	Online workshops/classes 76%-100%
Certification classes	Certification classes None (0%)	Certification classes 5%-25%	Certification classes 26%-50%	Certification classes 51%-75%	Certification classes 76%-100%
Graduate classes	Graduate classes None (0%)	Graduate classes 5%-25%	Graduate classes 26%-50%	Graduate classes 51%-75%	Graduate classes 76%-100%

Other (please specify)

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* 22. If you answered yes to #19, what topics do they cover? (check all that apply)

Communicating with audiences

Group/classroom management

Pedagogy

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Field or site safety

Child safeguard training

Specific program training & procedures

Environmental topics/literacy

Scientific equipment

Technology

Curriculum development

Partnering with schools/other organizations

Self reflection/growth mindset

Leadership training

Other

I do not know

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* 23. Please add any additional comments regarding training environmental educators at your organization here.

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* 24. If you would like to receive the final results of this survey, enter your email address here.

Would you be willing to share any training documents for this research project? If so, please email them to wilemsc@miamioh.edu.

Thank you for taking part in this survey. If you have any questions please contact Cindy Wilems at wilemsc@miamioh.edu.