ESD 123

ESD 123 is engaging K-12 teachers in groundbreaking, place-based professional learning with a variety of community partners around climate science, career connections, human impacts and resources. These transformative experiences for teachers will translate into authentic learning for their students.
There are several projects encompassed in the ESD 123 Clime Time Projects. In the 2022-23 school year there will be professional development opportunities around topics such as, Climate & Children’s Literature, Ambitious Science Teaching book study, and partnership projects with Earth Gen, WSU Master Gardeners, Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Each project incorporates:

• The integration of climate science as a focus or vehicle for learning
• Deepening educator learning around Eliciting Student Ideas (Ambitious Science Teaching)
• Experiencing, identifying, and capitalizing on local place-based phenomena to engage student learning
• Exposing teachers and students to local educational and career opportunities in the ESD 123 region.
• Developing and implementing Models and Explanations and/or Arguing from Evidence as Classroom Formative Assessment Tasks

In order to provide equitable access for educators and ultimately for their students the Theory of Action for ESD 123 Clime Time is that targeted recruitment of underserved and underrepresented student populations teachers such as those that teach alternative education, English language learners, indigenous peoples, and migrant education students will increase the probability that more of those students will have access to climate science learning and experience effective instruction.