These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
In October, ESD 112 hosted multiple NGSS and Climate Science Workshops in Camas, WA. Teachers learned about the population of pika that live in the Columbia River Gorge in order to help answer the driving question: "How can we mitigate the impacts of climate change on...
October 10th teachers learned about the pika unit which focuses on the carbon cycle and the impact of climate change on the pika. Over 300 10th grade students will experience this unit this year.
Washington Green Schools led a 2-hour training on September 26th at the ESD 113 (and ZOOM option) with the 7th/8th grade PLC. 4 teachers attended. Topics included Developing & Using Models, Asking questions & Defining Problems, Promoting student discourse,...
10 high school teachers from schools that are in comprehensive or multiple target schools, including 3 alternative school setting teachers, worked and learned for 3 days with 3 Climate Scientists and 2 Virtual Reality Scientists/Engineers to learn about what climate...
In August we teamed up with the NCESD to bring our Kids in the Forest teacher training to their STEM Summit. We offered a half day in classroom lesson followed by a half day field trip to locations we host field days for students.
PEI Professional Development: Locally Relevant 3-D Climate Science for Drawdown Storyline Writing On August 1st, 15 educators from 9 school districts participated in a 3-day workshop with project partners PEI, Braided Education Consulting, Cinnamon Bear Enos, Abby...
In July, 2018, Science Master Trainers and 7 new “Apprentice Trainers” met for three days to develop facilitation materials for a six hour “Foundational Professional Learning” session for “NGSS Phase 1” comprised of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom units for...
Design Team meeting at PEI with Cinnamon Bear Enos joining by video conference and Kathryn Kurtz, Laura Tucker and Dave Ketter at the table. The 2-day Performance Task Design meeting was held at the headquarters of the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) in Olympia,...