2026 EENC Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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9:30am EDT

When Classrooms and Campuses Collide: Building Bridges Through Environmental Education

Saturday September 12, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

Discover how one educator’s NCEE certification project morphed into an ongoing field trip experience for 5th grade students at Waxhaw Elementary and a new environmental education course at Wingate University. Participants will gain insights into how strategic partnerships between public school educators, natural resource professionals, and universities can connect students at all levels and create long lasting and impactful programs.

Speakers

Breanna Walker

Education Specialist, Union County Soil and Water

Elizabeth Miles

Waxhaw Elementary School

Sustainability Teacher

Saturday September 12, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Room 14

Carolina Connections

2:15pm EDT

Community-Engaged Resilience Education: Early Findings from Translating Classroom Lessons to Informal EE Contexts

Saturday September 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

Room 14

This session will dive into the challenges and opportunities of translating classroom lesson plans to informal contexts. Using the Ready, Set, Resilience curriculum as a case study, we will discuss the successes and obstacles we’ve encountered so far as we reconfigure standards-aligned content to meet the needs of a broader audience in informal EE settings. In particular, we will focus on the role of collaboration with educators and researchers.

Speakers

Saturday September 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Room 14

Carolina Connections

2026 EENC Annual Conference

9:30am EDT

Breanna Walker

Elizabeth Miles

2:15pm EDT

Liz DeMattia

Kerri Hampton

Cristina Quattrone

Caitlin Reilly

Ruimeng Wang

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