Pacific Education Institute (PEI) began a new school year of ClimeTime workshops with Northwest ESD in Anacortes! On August 3, FieldSTEM Coordinators Tressa Arbow, Molly Griffiths, and Amy Keiper led a workshop for 20 K-12 educators eager to learn about PEI’s...
Partner stories
These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.

Partner Stories
Summer Institute for Teachers 2022: Drought and Wildfire
27 teachers from the greater Olympia area attended Summer Institute For Teachers at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge June 27th, 28th and 29th. The enthusiastic group dove into presentations from local professional, hands-on workshops and service-learning...
Puget Sound teachers branch out with PEI’s Urban Forestry Storylines
What difference does it make if you have access to trees in your neighborhood or schoolyard? Puget Sound ESD (121) teachers learned about the immense benefits trees provide in an August workshop with Pacific Education Institute (PEI) FieldSTEM Coordinators Tressa...
Localizing Amplify Science Year-Long Working Group Begins!
We kicked off our Localizing Amplify Science Working Group with participants on our Bainbridge Island campus during the first week of August! Educators from all over Puget Sound were at IslandWood to begin a year-long collaboration to enhance the nationwide K–8...
CLIMETIME HUAKAʽI 2021-22
During the 21-22 school year, Winds & Waters, led by Sui-Lan Ho'okano provided a monthly field experience in partnership with the Muckleshoot Tribe for 15 members of the Puget Sound ESD's Educators of Color Leadership Collaborative. This is Sui-Lan's story of the...
Monitoring Salmon as the Climate Changes
Upper elementary and middle school teachers across ESD 123 joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) fisheries experts and STEM education specialists to engage in a virtual, immersive, hands-on and collaborative learning experience. Together Teachers and...
PEI’s Urban Forestry SOLS inspire PSESD teachers to explore forests with students
For many people, the word "infrastructure" suggests images of roads, buildings, power supplies, and the like. But what if we could reframe our thinking so that our idea of infrastructure includes trees and forests? Educators in Puget Sound ESD (121) recently explored...
High School Teachers Work to Bring NGSS-aligned Curriculum to Their Students
Summer break was delayed one more week for a dedicated group of teachers from Wenatchee High School as they came together for an intense work session to revise their science curriculum for next year. This group of 8 teachers have been working together for over 5 years...
Students Get to the Heart of Climate Change Through Their Stomachs
When Anacortes Middle School teacher Tasha Kirby had her class make applesauce last fall, she wasn’t teaching home economics. She was using locally grown apples to help her students make the connection between climate and the food they eat. Food is central to life,...