Teaching Resources for Environmental Educators

​The KAEE Teaching Resources for Environmental Educators (TREE) was developed to serve as a means for connecting formal educators with professionals who can assist with the integration of environmental concepts into all content areas.  Within this portal you'll find Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) resources, KAS correlated units of study based on environmental education, connections to environmental educators across the state, a database of funders focused on environmental education for
​teachers, and more.

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Kentucky Environmental literacy plan

​In 2011, the Kentucky Board of Education approved implementation of the Kentucky Environmental Literacy Plan (KELP). To view the KELP and accompanying documents. The Kentucky Environmental Literacy Plan outlines seven major goals that will ensure Kentucky's high school graduates are environmentally literate. The full plan can be found here.

Our partners

KAEE is proud to partner with diverse organizations across the state of Kentucky in order to achieve our vision of an environmentally literate society committed to a sustainable future.  These partnerships and collaborations are essential to the success of our organization and the work we are doing.  We would like to give special recognition to our statewide partners who also assisted in the development of this site and these resources.

Kentucky Environmental education council

The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) is a state agency within the Education & Workforce Development Cabinet. The agency's mission is to promote learning and skills for a sustainable and economically healthy environment. 

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Kentucky Department
​of education

The Kentucky Department of Education is a service agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and part of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.  Their mission is to partner with districts, schools, and education shareholders to provide service, support and leadership to ensure success for each and every student.

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support for
​the tree

Support for this site was provided in part by a grant from the Pisces Foundation, which seeks ways to accelerate to a world where people and nature thrive together.  Additional support was provided by a Nonpoint Source Pollution grant from the Kentucky Division of Water and funding from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.