Welcome

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Land Acknowledgement

In the chat box, please:

• Share your name and role
• Share the county where you currently work AND Identify the native land that your county resides on.

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→ If you are not sure, look it up: https://native-land.ca/

Agenda

• Welcome, Purpose & Overview
• Part 1: Meeting this Community of Practice
• Part 2: Panel & Discussion--Examining the role of COEs in systemic change for environmental literacy
• Next Steps, Survey & Closing

Why

Environmental Literacy?

The Status Quo is Not Working

We Can Change the Status Quo

What is

Environmental Literacy?

“An environmentally literate person has the capacity to act individually and with others to support ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and equitable communities for present and future generations.

Through lived experiences and education programs that include classroom-based lessons, experiential education, and outdoor learning, students will become environmentally literate, developing the knowledge, skills, and understanding of environmental principles to analyze environmental issues and make informed decisions.”

~ California’s Blueprint for Environmental Literacy (2015)

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CA Environmental Principles & Concepts

Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are based on a wide range of considerations and decision-making processes.

Principle I: The continuation and health of individual human lives and of human communities and societies depend on the health of the natural systems that provide essential goods and ecosystem services.

Principle II: The long-term functioning and health of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems are influenced by their relationships with human societies.

Principle IV: The exchange of matter between natural systems and human societies affects the long-term functioning of both.

Principle III: Natural systems proceed through cycles that humans depend upon, benefit from, and can alter.

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Tony Thurmond

California Superintendent of �Public Instruction

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Our Call to Action

We know what we need to do. How do we do it?

Together.

COP Objectives

By sharing our resources and innovative practices, this COP intends to build the capacity of COEs to serve as regional backbone support for the following outcomes in each county:

• Supporting access to regular and ongoing environmental and outdoor learning experiences for students, by working with school districts, teachers, and community-based partners. This work centers on supporting those from the most vulnerable and marginalized communities.
• Developing district-wide plans that include experiences for students at all grade levels, with an emphasis on low income students and students of color.
• Applying frameworks that integrate environmental literacy and sustainability into the curriculum, campus, community, and culture.
• Infusing sustainability principles and practices into COE core operations.

Community of Practice Meetings

• Meeting 1: August 26, 2021 - COEs as Leaders in Systemic Change
• Meeting 2: Oct 14, 2021 - Facilitating a Community-Based Partner Network
• Meeting 3: December 9, 2021 - Curriculum and Professional Learning
• Meeting 4: February 3, 2022 - Sustainable Facilities, Climate Resilient Campuses, and Outdoor Learning
• Meeting 5: April 7, 2022 - Funding Environmental Literacy Programs
• Meeting 6: June 9, 2022 - Youth and Parent Engagement

Please register here for all meetings. !

Automatic registration was not available! Calendar holds are not registrations.

Meeting this Community of Practice: Profile Page

Breakout Rooms

Get to Know your cohort and why you’re here.

• Using the Meet your COP slides, introduce yourselves to each other and discuss:
• Why are you here?
• What environmental issues is your community is facing?
• How are your most marginalized communities being affected by these issues?

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• Please update your contact information on this COP Roster. Remove your name if you’d rather not be listed.

Systemic Change for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability: How COEs can lead change in their region

COE Change Initiatives for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability

Readiness for Change

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Change Management

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Prepare, Plan, & Design Change

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Disruptive Change

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Changemakers Need the: Change Theory Guide for Initiatives

General Implementation Stages

Gaining Buy-In and Emerging Efforts

Assessing and Planning, and Strategic Implementation

Systemic Sustainable Implementation

Many COEs are seeing their change happen across these phases.

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Phases are fluid.

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A little action can go a long way!

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Buy-in is crucial.

Leadership Case Studies

Case 1: San Mateo COE

No to No Effort Yet

Buy-in & Emerging Efforts

Assess, Plan, and Strategic Implementation

Systemic Sustainable Implementation

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Case 2: OC Department of Ed

No to No Effort Yet

Buy-in & Emerging Efforts

Assess, Plan, and Strategic Implementation

Systemic Sustainable Implementation

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Implementation Stages

No to No Effort Yet

Buy-in & Emerging Efforts

Assess, Plan, and Strategic Implementation

Systemic Sustainable Implementation

Self Assess

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At what stage of the work is your COE at for supporting districts or schools?

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Breakout Room Discussions: Self Identifying your COEs Progress in Leading Change for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability

Breakout Rooms

• Please join a breakout room by region - or if there are lots from your COE - you will have your own room.

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• If you would like another room configuration please let us know in the chat or come back to the main room.

Discussion and Data Collection

Question 1: How equipped is your COE’s Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Program to support each of these areas in the districts you serve?

• Campus: Supporting districts, schools, and your own COE with “green” environmental sustainability and climate resilient facilities efforts
• Curriculum: Support districts, schools, and your own COE schools programs with environmental literacy efforts
• Community and Culture efforts towards integration of environmental topics,, issues, and programming

→ Self identify where your COE is at using the phases framework (Buy-In and Emerging Efforts; Assessing and Planning, and Strategic Implementation; Systemic Sustainable Implementation) add your details to this collective spreadsheet: CA COE Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Initiatives

Implementation Stages

Little to No Effort Yet

Buy-in & Emerging Efforts

Assess Plan and Strategic Implementation

Systemic Sustainable Implementation

Self Assess

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At what stage of the work is your COE at for supporting districts or schools?

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Discussion

Question 2: Where do you see the connections to equity and inclusion efforts going on in your county?

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Closing

Closing

Change begins with hope.

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Share a small thing in your county that makes you hopeful about Environmental Literacy.

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJwv0HkJ-xmF9pCMgLAZVEXYFGG_Q1yXPUAk8hjAmpnoJ27A/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Community of Practice Meetings

• Meeting 1: August 26, 2021 - COEs as Leaders in Systemic Change
• Meeting 2: Oct 14, 2021 - Facilitating a Community-Based Partner Network Invite your favorite Community Partner!
• Meeting 3: December 9, 2021 - Curriculum and Professional Learning
• Meeting 4: February 3, 2022 - Sustainable Facilities, Climate Resilient Campuses, and Outdoor Learning
• Meeting 5: April 7, 2022 - Funding Environmental Literacy Programs
• Meeting 6: June 9, 2022 - Youth and Parent Engagement

Please register here for all meetings. !

Automatic registration was not available! Calendar holds are not registrations.

Thank You COE Innovation Hub

Amity Sandage, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Amy Frame, K-12 Program Manager, Ten Strands

Andra Yeghoian, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education

Olivia Kernan, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, Humboldt County Office of Education

Nathan Inouye, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, Ventura County Office of Education

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Tamara Basepayne, Coordinator Outdoor Education and Environmental Literacy, Durham Ferry STEM Programs, San Joaquin County Office of Education

Jennifer Mutch, Science Coordinator, Santa Clara County Office of Education

Katie Beck, STEM Coordinator, Educational Services Orange County Department of Education

Lori Kiesser, Coordinator, Development & Funding, Inside the Outdoors, Orange County Department of Education

Crystal Howe, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education

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