Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Provide various “Exemplary” watershed educational programs for individual classes, schools and school divisions (to include a minimum of two middle schools) that meet the definition of, and demonstrate all phases, of MWEE for students in grades six through eleven, attending priority and non-designated priority schools; and which consists of various on-the water field activities and related educational services. 2. Furnish all program activity/instructional personnel, equipment, facilities, materials, supplies, transportation and incidentals etc. 3. Maintain all equipment and deploy all supplies to the Program participants 4. Identify and secure access to all Program activity/instruction sites 5. Schedule all Program activities/instruction 6. Ensure adequate safety and security of all participants Programmatic: 1. Activities: Provide various on-the water field activities. 2. Curricula/Training: a. Develop and administer all classroom and outdoor program curricula for each Program activity to all applicable Program participants; and should ensure that content for school and school division administrators includes content related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed and MWEE educational pedagogy. b. Ensure that all Program participants are adequately trained (to include on-thewater training) and are prepared for the Program activity prior to beginning the activity. 3. Professional Development/Collaborative Programs: Provide support for one (1) or more state-sponsored professional development or other collaborative programs, such as Virginia Naturally Schools, the Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) PDI and the Virginia Resource Use Education Council’s (VRUEC) Mountains to Bay Academy. 4. Other Watershed Educational Services that include educational efforts that contribute to building capacity across the Commonwealth for MWEE; and should include: a. Training for community-based education partners related to teaching about watershed concepts as well as being an education-service provider who can plan and conduct high quality MWEE field experiences for schools b. Programs and mentoring strategies that enable highly-experienced classroom teachers to mentor new teachers and to work with local community partners.