Welcome

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Happy π Day!

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Agenda

Hour 1:

• Discussion Topics for Today
• Welcome
• Chat Connection
• Discussion Breakouts
• Gots & Needs

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Hour 2: Deeper Dive Topic (optional)

• District Conversations

Choose a Topic

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Use the link or QR code to identify a topic to discuss in breakouts today.

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https://bit.ly/COPTopics

Land Acknowledgment

Please acknowledge the indigenous tribe/nations in your community and share that in the chat.

March 25 - Lunar Eclipse

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April 8 - Solar Eclipse

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• Do you know your local nation’s eclipse stories and traditions?
• Who might you connect with to learn more?

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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.
• Supporting development of 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.

Share in the Chat

What is your favorite type of pie?

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Discussion Breakouts

Topics for Today

– Add notes HERE during breakouts

Next Steps

Gots & Needs

Optional Hour 2

Lets us know what you learned and what you still need in the chat.

Focus topic: Guide to District Conversations

Brief Introduction

Breakout Discussion Groups

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If you would like to stay on and have a custom breakout room, that works too!

• Break -

Restart at 10:10

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DEEPER DIVE:

Guide to District Conversations

Existing Tools to Use with Districts

• Green Ribbon
• Call to Action for Educational Leaders
• Seal of Civic Engagement Tool
• Teacher Call to Action
• Opportunity: Golden State Pathways
• Coming soon! AB285 - Climate Change Requirement

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Green Ribbon

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CAELI’s Statewide Green Ribbon Working Group

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Taking Green Ribbon to Scale

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Application Resources

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CAELI Green Ribbon Campaign Resources (website)

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• How is your County Office involved with Green Ribbon applications?
• How are you supporting School Districts with this?

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Call to Action

Connects Environmental Literacy to Statewide Priorities

How guiding structures in California’s educational landscape—LCAPs, MTSS, and Environmental Literacy (as codified in SB 720)—mutually support:

• conditions of learning
• engagement, and
• pupil performance outcomes

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Example use: Intro and jigsaw reading with district teams and partners

Seal of Civic Engagement

Support for districts, schools, and teachers implementing the State Seal of Civic Engagement

Explores examples and resources for each criteria:

• Academics
• Civics
• Civic Engagement
• Self Reflection
• Character

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Example use: Present “Student Snapshots” with local examples and then jigsaw read with district teams and partners

Teacher Call to Action

Three-part publication developed for educators

Focuses on the imperative for environmental literacy, showcases voices from the field, and includes a roadmap for including environmental literacy in TK-12 classrooms.

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Example uses:

• Developing common understanding and language for communities of learners
• Links to real world examples
• Introduce an Implementation Continuum
• Roadmap Steps

Golden State Pathways

1. Education, including early education and child development.
2. Computer science.
3. Health care.
4. STEM pathways that focus on climate resilience.

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• Planning Grants are for local educational agencies (LEAs) that want to develop and establish a career focus program or pathway.
• Implementation Grants are for LEAs that have existing career focus programs, courses, or pathways that have been integrated and that want to expand, enhance, or continue these programs.

New Tools in Development

A New Tool for AB 285 Support

In development - brief overview with simple guidance:

1. What is the legislation?
2. What does it mandate?
3. Recommended next steps for districts
4. Guiding questions and considerations for district leaders
5. Resources

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1. What is AB 285?

What are the requirements? Teach climate change through NGSS Science!

How broad in scope is the mandate? 1st-12th grade

What is the timeline? In effect in 2024-2025

Where is the accountability? CAST and Science Framework

What about interdisciplinary approaches? Great opportunity!

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Full text of the legislation here

2. What are climate science expectations?

See detailed performance expectations in Climate Change Concepts in Next Generation Science Standards

3. Recommendations for Districts

Where to start?

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Review what you are doing for science at each grade band

Provide PL for climate science and trauma informed practices

Supplement curriculum as needed

Review scope and sequence and adjust as needed

Providing Professional Learning

• Clear limits on content that is grade appropriate
• NGSS aligned climate science content
• Trauma informed experiences for adults in PL
• Trauma informed tools and practices for teaching

Key Trauma-Informed SEL Practices

Considering supplementation

• Enhancing current curriculum
• Local phenomena
• Community Based Partner Speakers
• Local field trips and CBP Programs
• Site as a learning laboratory

Scope and Sequence

• Ongoing check in with staff
• Timing of units
• What other needs are arising?

4. Considerations for your Team

Questions are provided to consider as you plan:

• CURRICULUM: Reviewing your current science curriculum and classroom implementation of NGSS and climate science.
• CAMPUS: Evaluating your campus as a learning laboratory.
• COMMUNITY and CULTURE: Partnering with your community to support climate science and solutions

Discussion Questions

Curriculum:

Is your curriculum NGSS and Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&C’s) aligned with age appropriate climate science ideas and solutions? If so, where in your scope and sequence are these ideas addressed?

How much time is dedicated in your TK-6 schedule to teach NGSS? Are the minutes equitable across core subjects and student groups? CASE Policy Statement

What professional development opportunities are provided to support your teachers with NGSS climate science, Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&C’s) and trauma informed practices to address climate anxiety?

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Discussion Questions

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Campus and Facilities:

How are you modeling climate ready and sustainable practices on all campuses for students to learn from?

What opportunities does your campus have as a learning laboratory?

What opportunities are students given to design solutions that build climate resilience on their campuses?

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Discussion Questions

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Community and Culture:

How are you communicating with parents and caregivers about climate science ideas and solutions?

What community based partners might be potential partners to provide programs and/or expertise in local climate impacts and solutions?

How are you involving counselors/student services to help with trauma informed practices around climate science ideas?

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5. Resources

There are a lot of existing resources! And remember–first, look at what you have already

• The final CAELI AB 285 Tool will include links to existing resources for professional learning, curriculum and instruction
• Reach out to your County Office of Education for support
• Free Open Source Curriculum is coming in 2025-26

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A New Tool for District Conversations

Purpose: Simple guidance for COE staff to engage districts in exploring connections between environmental literacy and district goals.

• Typical entry points
• Common settings & opportunities for these conversations
• Differentiation for site and district levels

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Ideas for formats: Flow chart? Matrix of Entry points & Tools? District reflection questions?

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Breakout Rooms

Select a room based on your interest in further discussion.

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Discuss:

• How might this tool support conversations with districts?
• What else might you need to consider when meeting with districts?

Share Out

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In the chat (or jamboard), share a takeaway from your breakout room discussion.

Closing

COES, let us know if you’d like a free micro-site!

aframe@tenstrands.org

Please register here for all 2023-2024 meetings!

See flier here for topics.

Thank You COE Innovation Hub

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

Amy Frame, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Ten Strands

Julie Hilborn, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education

Nathan Fairchild, Director of Science, Shasta County Office of Education

Anthony Quan, STEM Coordinator, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Maia Steward, Continuous Improvement Specialist, Mendocino County Office of Education

Summer Belloni, Environmental Literacy Program Manager, Solano 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, Orange County Department of Education

Olivia Kernen, Coordinator, Humboldt County Office of Education

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

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