New: NOAA B-Wet / Watershed Education Grant

SEA and Edmonds Community College Learn-n-serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) School have received a NOAA B-WET / Watershed Education Grant. We are currently recruiting teachers, school districts and teacher-preparation programs for involvement in the program.

For more information, please see our NOAA B-WET page.

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Our Programs

SEA collaborates with educational organizations and community partners to build supportive networks of educational learning experiences, community enhancement and student empowerment. This is a unique but logical fusion of community, business, government and educational agencies.

SEA staff include educators with master's degrees in education and licensed captains. We are celebrating our 15th year of working together with SEA programs for youth.

We offer consultation and support in the development and implementation of expeditionary and service-learning experiences, as well as training for K-20, university and community-based organizations.

Our project administration includes:

• Providing opportunities for in-depth experiences that foster student achievement
• Forming creative links between community resources, schools, government agencies and private corporations and companies for enhanced and effective partnerships
• Providing ongoing, year-round support and network opportunities

Available Services

SEA's certified teachers work directly with classroom teachers in developing expeditionary, environmental and service-learning-based curricula and experiences:

• Classroom instruction & field support
• Linkages with district and state standards through innovative learning experiences
• Student apprenticeship experiences and School-to-Work curriculum connections and follow-up employment opportunities
• Service-learning programs that link academic learning to meeting real community needs
• Liability and insurance issues
• Development of expeditionary learning compendiums, including reflection and documentation journals
• Reflection-based learning, including video, PowerPoint and web-based
• Linkages across schools and universities and collaboration opportunities through technology-based distance-learning experiences
• Program development for students in grades K-20, including regular, alternative and special education and out-of-school youth