Transforming Ecology Education to 4DEE (TEE) aims to host numerous activities over the next four years to achieve the overall TEE goals.
Project Activities
Host a series of Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) starting in Fall 2022 with varying topics to develop 4DEE-aligned education exemplars.
Organize a virtual showcase of 4DEE-aligned resources from the initial FMNs.
Support FMN participants to disseminate teaching resources at selected conferences.
Recognize active participants in the 4DEE community as 4DEE ambassadors.
Faculty Mentoring Networks
Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) provides a bridge between pedagogical theory and actionable classroom practice. TEE will bring small groups of nine faculty together to support the adaptation and subsequent implementation of the framework with a peer mentor. Participants of the FMNs will meet biweekly each semester over 12 weeks (six meetings over 3 months per semester). Participants are expected to share their adaptations by submitting their modules to Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) online journal or QUBEShub.
FMN Incentives
FMN participants who complete the requirements :
Recognized as ESA Education Scholars
Receive a stipend of $1,000
Receive travel support upon publication of resources to present their work at selected conferences
Participants and facilitators will also be offered a letter and a certificate of recognition from ESA
Recognized as speakers at TEE events, thus nationally recognizing their efforts and perspectives
Upcoming TEE Faculty Mentoring Network
Spring 2026: Incorporating Cross-Cutting Themes in Ecology Education FMN Participants will explore the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework, with particular emphasis on cross-cutting themes, and learn strategies for incorporating this dimension into their lessons.
Past TEE Faculty Mentoring Networks
Fall 2025: Preparing students for environmental studies/biology majors FMN Participants will explore and incorporate the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework into their undergraduate courses with the focus on preparation of students in environmental studies, biology, or other related majors.
Fall 2024: Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) FMN Participants will explore, and incorporate, the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework into their undergraduate courses through the modification of Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) related teaching materials.
Spring 2024: Teaching Ecology for All Undergraduate Audiences FMN Participants will explore how to teach and implement the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education Framework to students who will have limited exposure to ecology in a broad range of courses and disciplines.
Fall 2023:Teaching Ecology with Human-Environment Interactions FMN Participants of this FMN will explore, and incorporate, Human-Environment Interactions (HEI) into their undergraduate ecology courses through the modification of teaching materials. HEI is one of the dimensions in the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) framework.
Spring 2023:Teaching with Figures in Ecology FMN Teaching Figures in Ecology FMN aims to work with educators to adapt published Figure Set education modules from the online education journal – Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology – to incorporate the 4DEE framework.
Fall 2022: Biodiversity FMN A joint initiative of ESA’s Transforming Ecology Education to 4D Project (TEE) and Biodiversity Literacy for Undergraduate Education (BLUE).
Sign-up Form to Stay Informed
If you are interested in learning more about upcoming TEE activities or would like us to reach out to you once we open the call for the Faculty Mentoring Network applications, please use the sign-up form below.
FMN participants who complete the requirements :