These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
On Saturday, January 11, educators gathered at the Tacoma Professional Development Center to dig into NGSS and apply the Science and Engineering Practices to their local environments. After investigating the "schoolyard" for events and processes that might pique...
February 4th through 6th, a dozen educators from around the state gathered in the Pacific Education Institute's Olympia offices to create Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines that will engage Washington students on the topic of climate science. With input from PEI...
If there’s one thing education professionals can count on, it’s that educational standards and practices will continue to evolve over time as new research becomes available, and so will the need to align instruction to these changes. Following the adoption of Next...
Ask any teacher from a rural school district if they feel they have adequate opportunities for quality professional development in their community and most will tell you they do not. They will likely follow that up with a request, not for themselves, but for their...
It’s a delicate, yet important educational recipe. When imaginative curriculum, mandatory standards and critical areas of focus are combined, the outcome can be a delightful instructive concoction. This was precisely the outcome for the recent Climate Justice League...
On January 16, eleven teachers from ESD 123 and ESD 105 convened in Prosser, WA to collaborate in the development of a sample framework that models NGSS-aligned instruction and the integration of other subjects for the elementary classroom. The event was facilitated...
Foss Waterway Seaport served as a fun and educational venue to host a Climate Education for South Sound Teachers professional development workshop on December 12th, 2019. The workshop was facilitated by Capital Region ESD 113. 28 teachers from Mason, Thurston, and...
Thirteen students from the Lewis County Juvenile Detention facility in Chehalis, Washington attended a workshop about local marine mammals on November 21st, 2019. Aarin Wilde program manager from FOSS Waterway Seaport in Tacoma led the workshop. This workshop was part...
A group of eight students from Thurston County Juvenile Court ventured out to Nature Nurtures Farm in West Olympia on November 22nd. This field experience was part of a weekly environmental workshop or field experience for Thurston County adjudicated youth in...