These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
From February to May 2024, 23 K-12 teachers from the Spokane area met to learn about different climate topics and how to teach climate solutions in their own classrooms. The workshop, hosted by the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment, included...
‘A group of teachers’ walks into a bar’ sounds like the setup for a groan-worthy joke, probably involving a pun. However, if the teachers in question just finished PEI’s Asynchronous Food Waste workshop, they might just be on a research mission. We hear you scoffing...
Last fall, EarthGen hosted a teacher training that explored the connections between climate change and food waste. Due to its success, EarthGen ran two additional cohorts for eastern and western Washington educators this spring. Educators learned from Kat Huybers, a...
From February through May this spring, 25 teachers from Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties met virtually to discuss the principles and practices of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s seminal book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Wisdom of...
In its 4th year of iteration, the Winds & Waters Learning Project continues to partner with the Muckleshoot Tribal members and Coast Salish environments, land, and sea to cultivate curiosity and interest through Indigenous epistemology. During this year-long, five...
Whatcom County elementary educators gathered at local schools to engage in the Teaching for the Climate Collaborative’s 2-hour experiential and place-based Teaching Outside course on March 21, 2024 and April 25, 2024. This course is designed to provide teachers with...
When Elizabeth Nightingale announced that she would offer forestry classes next fall, Eatonville High School students responded enthusiastically. By April, the classes were full – even though they won’t start until September. “I’ve gotten a lot of interest,” says...
In a remarkable collaboration, educators and environmentalists from Sharpstein Elementary in Walla Walla, WA, embarked on a transformative journey of experiential learning. Led by 5th-grade teachers Mr. James, Mr. VanDonge, and Ms. Keyes, alongside Principal Mrs....
Feet were running, students were talking, the sun was shining as over 400 students made their way to the big tents to kick off their STEAM in the Field events at various locations across north central Washington. This is the fourth year that NCESD has been able to...