Strategic planning

Advancing NOAA's mission through education

About

The NOAA Education Strategic Plan is a framework for collaboration across the NOAA education community and guides our evaluation efforts. The plan unites us under a common vision and mission.

The America COMPETES Act gives NOAA broad authority for educational activities and directs NOAA to develop a 20 year strategic plan. The plan is updated every five years. In a truly collaborative fashion, NOAA educators, staff, and leadership combined efforts with the broader education and resource management community, nongovernmental organizations, teachers, and interested citizens to produce these blueprints for NOAA’s future work in education.

The view from an ozone balloon floating 100,000 feet above the Colorado Front Range. NOAA scientists based in Boulder, Colorado launch weekly balloons from sites all around the globe to monitor stratospheric ozone concentrations. Floating to over twice the altitude of commercial airliners, the curvature of Earth and inky black of space are clearly visible. — The view from an ozone balloon floating 100,000 feet above the Colorado Front Range. (Patrick Cullis, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)

2021 to 2040 NOAA Education Strategic Plan

Vision

An informed society that uses ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate science to make the best social, economic, and environmental decisions.

Mission

To educate and inspire the Nation to use science toward improving ocean and coastal stewardship, increasing safety and resilience to environmental hazards, and preparing a future workforce to support NOAA’s mission.

Goals

Science Informed Society
Conservation and Stewardship
Ready, Responsive, Resilient
Future Workforce
Organizational Excellence

Please contact education@noaa.gov if you are interested in learning more.

Past Plans