The vendor is required to provide watershed health education program (“WHEP”) meeting the following:
1. Use a sound curriculum that:
• Includes principles of sustainability.
• Is science-based.
• Reflects current research and associated literature.
• Is multidisciplinary, integrating ecology, sociology, geography, biology, civics, history, economics, etc.
• Incorporates real-world situations in which to apply academics.
2. Use effective methods that:
• Include experiential activities.
• Occur outside in environment, engaging learners directly with environments studied.
• Use formal and non-formal educational resources.
• Offers the opportunity for resources and activities to be accessed virtually for homeschool students and virtual-first students.
3. Connect students with nature by:
• Teaching about both the natural and built environment and how they interrelate.
• Helping students understand their relationships within ecosystems and their role in sustaining them.
• Including study of positive human activity, especially for students in sixth grade and younger.
4. Promote action that:
• Improves human influences on water resources.
• Explores how human behavior and actions affect natural systems.
• Encourages responsibility.
5. Be inclusive:
• Balanced, presenting multiple sides of issues.
• Occurs throughout life (life-long learning, engaging parents, families, and the larger community).
• Is age appropriate.
• Recognizes cultural context.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: June 04, 2025