Program Leaders Webinar Series

Grant Funding�

Hosted by the

CAELI Community-Based Partner Innovation Hub

and AEOE

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April 23, 2024

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Program Leaders Webinar Series

Facilitators�

Estrella Risinger, Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE), CAELI Co-Chair

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Carol Olson, Environmental Education Funders Collaborative

Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (AEOE)

• Who we are & what we do:

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• We strengthen environmental education in CA
• We are a network of individuals and organizations across the state committed to environmental change
• We act as the California affiliate of NAAEE

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aeoe.org

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Innovation Hubs

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• Community-Based Partners
• County Offices of Education
• Districts
• Equity
• Green Career Education
• Policy and Advocacy
• Professional Learning

Increasing access to impactful environment-based learning for all of California's TK–12 students.

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Program Leaders Webinar Series

The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI) is a collective action network that seeks to ensure access to high-quality environment-based learning for all California’s TK–12 students.

Program Leaders Webinar Series

CAELI Community-Based Partners Innovation Hub Goals�

• Convene a broad range of community-based partners across the state working in support of environmental literacy.
• Elevate the importance of environmental literacy CBPs in California.
• Strengthen the pathways between formal education and CBPs.
• Increase the capacity of CBPs to better serve students with high-quality, culturally relevant programs.
• Determine additional field-level priorities, which may include policy, funding coordination, tools and resource development, and innovations in environmental education to better address equity and inclusion and align with the needs of formal K–12 education.

https://ca-eli.org/innovation-hubs/community-based-partner/

Program Leaders Webinar Series

Moderator:

• Carol Olson – Environmental Education Funders Collaborative

Presenters:

• Annie Kohut Frankel – California Coastal Commission
• Emily Henry – Parks California
• Efraín Chavez Delgado – Justice Outside
• Seaberry Nachbar – NOAA

Annie Kohut Frankel

California Coastal Commission

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Emily Henry

Parks California

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Efraín Chavez Delgado

Justice Outside

Seaberry Nachbar

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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Seaberry Nachbar (she/her) | NOAA

CA B-WET Coordinator, Ocean Guardian School Director

seaberry.nachbar@noaa.gov

Bay Watershed Education and Training

B-WET provides competitive funding to support locally-relevant, authentic experiential learning for K–12 audiences

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Experiential learning is focused around Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for students and learning opportunities for teachers

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Bay Watershed Education and Training

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE)

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• Focused on a question, problem or issue that is within the context of the local community
• Direct connection to the marine and estuarine
• Investigative or project oriented- stewardship action project
• Integral part of the classroom activities
• Part of a sustained activity

Bay Watershed Education and Training

• Schools and school systems
• State organizations
• Institutions of higher education
• Non-profit
• State and county agencies

Bay Watershed Education and Training

• Up to$100,000 for up to three years
• Funds will cover staff time, bus transportation and equipment
• Funding announcement will be posted in Fall 2024
• Start date- August 1, 2025

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Ocean Guardian School Program

Engages K-12 students (public, private, charter) in the protection and conservation of local watersheds, the ocean and special ocean areas like national marine sanctuaries.

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Students carry out hands-on stewardship projects on school campus and/or in the local community that address an issue affecting the health of local watersheds and/or the ocean.

• School Garden / Habitat
• Marine Debris
• Energy & Ocean Health
• Watershed Restoration
• 6Rs - Rethink / Refuse / Reduce / Reuse / Rot / Recycle

Ocean Guardian School Program

• Project introduction presentation
• Hands-on activities
• Student artwork
• Internal outreach
• External outreach
• Measurable data*
• Project wrap-up

Ocean Guardian School Program

• $4,000 per project per school
• Funds can support supplies, project signage, field trips, professional development for teachers, stipends
• Applications are open now and close on June 1
• Projects start at the beginning of the school year 2024/2025

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Ocean Guardian School Program

California

Maryland

Washington and Oregon

California School Districts

Florida Keys

Texas

NOAA Ocean Guardian School Recognition

Panel Discussion

Q & A

Program Leaders Webinar Series

Appreciations

Announcements

Closing

Program Leaders Webinar Series

Thank you!