On January 23, 2009, Garden State Woman Magazine
recognized NJAS Vice President for Education, Dale Rosselet 
with their 2008 Garden State Woman Environment Award.

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Earlier this year, New Jersey Audubon Society's vice president for education Dale Rosselet was honored at the 4th annual Garden State Woman Education Foundation Awards luncheon held at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, New Jersey, for her professional accomplishments and community leadership in environmental education. Proceeds from the Awards luncheon allow the Foundation to provide financial support to urban high school students attending four-year New Jersey colleges and universities.

Working with NJ Audubon Society for over 26 years, Dale first joined Audubon as a teacher-naturalist at Lorrimer Sanctuary and later became the Society's full-time director of education and for the past 8 years as vice president for education. Dale oversees a staff of 20 environmental educators at New Jersey Audubon Society's statewide network of nature centers, and plans and implements programs for children and adults to expand their knowledge about the natural world. She also creates professional development programs for educators to incorporate into their core curriculum and co-authored a number of books on environmental education.

One of Dale's current projects is encouraging children to get outdoors and enjoy nature. Using the "No Child Left Inside Campaign," Dale works with her staff to provide parents, teachers and care-givers opportunities to involve children in nature-based programs including school field trips, NJAS center-based family programs, after-school programs and summer nature education programs. Dale explains, "Nowadays fewer and fewer children experience the freeform exploration of the outdoors that I took for granted as a youngster. Most teachers and parents I speak to confirm this observation. We have developed a series of programs which help children to get connected with the natural world around them, in the hope they will become future advocates of the natural systems that we all depend upon."

Dale grew up in Chatham Township, New Jersey on the edge of the Great Swamp, and after studying environmental studies at Ramapo College and becoming a certified elementary teacher , she began her teaching career and lifelong passion for the environment. In her spare time, she achieves balance by spending time outdoors bird watching and tending to her gardens at her home in Cape May. New Jersey Audubon Society applauds Dale for receiving the Woman of the Year Award and for her many accomplishments in the field of environmental education.
 

- John Carno
 

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For additional information, call, write or email
 NJAS Department of Education
 Center for Research and Education
 600 Route 47 North
 Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
  (609) 861-0700  

New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is a statewide, not-for-profit, membership organization committed to preserving New Jersey's habitats and species biodiversity.  We invite your support through membership and participation in our programs.

 

 

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