Partner stories
These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
ClimeTime partners offer a variety of methods in supporting teacher professional development for climate education. These stories highlight partner successes in educating teachers across Washington state about the many ways in which climate science and the focus on local phenomena-based learning can engage both teachers and students.
By sharing these stories, ClimeTime hopes that educators, students, and anyone invested in rigorous and experiential science learning will be inspired to explore how they can engage with climate science in their region. ClimeTime values the work of Washington’s students, teachers, and community-based partners, and seeks to celebrate their commitment to engaging learning experiences.
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Our Climate is Changing, Why Aren’t We? Getting Started Using Children’s Literature
In the spring of 2022, Regional Science Coordinators met to reflect on Climate Literacy work completed in 2021-22. A few patterns began to emerge. The first pattern was that elementary teachers were excited to bring climate science to their classrooms, but unsure of...
EarthGen Expands Climate Justice League Statewide
Teacher Casey Jones’ family includes migrant farmworkers, whose lives are directly affected by climate change and social injustice. The students at Rowena Chess Elementary School where Casey teaches also see the effects of these twin crises in their daily lives....
Sharp-Tailed Grouse Connects Students to Climate Change
Climate change will affect every aspect of young people’s lives, but its incredible scale makes it hard for them to comprehend. Moreover, connecting what kids learn in school to real world problems is one of the biggest challenges teachers face. EarthGen’s training...
IslandWood continues ClimeTime Focus School partnership with Rising Star Elementary
On August 26th, 2022, 38 Rising Star Elementary School staff jumped on a bus to headed to Bainbridge Island! The staff trip was a part of IslandWood’s Focus School partnership with Rising Star Elementary centered on helping students across grades make connections...
PEI’s Coastal Hazards Storylines bring passionate ESD 113 teachers together
The topic of coastal hazards doesn’t often bring a smile to one’s face, but 21 ESD 113 and Kitsap County educators brought their enthusiasm and passion for teaching to an August 8 workshop based on Pacific Education Institute’s (PEI) Coastal Hazards Solutions Oriented...
Spokane Student Advisory Council on Climate Change
On April 22, 2022, students from Spokane Public Schools, community organizers, and staff from Gonzaga University's Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment gathered for an Earth Day demonstration. Student involvement...
NWESD educators kick off the school year with PEI’s Solar Storylines
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...
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...