Santa Cruz County

Teacher Leadership Institute for Science and Environmental Literacy

December 10, 2021

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Website link with session info

Please rename yourself with your grade level lesson sequence in front of your name!

Example: 5, Amity (she, her)

Please rename with grade first: 5, Amity, she/her

Agenda

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• SEL Time
• Engage with a Draft PD Session for your grade
• Looking Ahead
• Closure

Please rename yourself with your grade level lesson sequence in front of your name! Example: 5, Amity (she, her)

SEL Reflection

If I identify a challenge, do I see it as a problem or opportunity?

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Do I present opportunities for students to choose their own outcomes?

Field Instructor SEL Guide

Self Reflection and Student Support for:

Self- Awareness

Self- Management

Social Awareness

Relationship Skills

Responsible Decision Making

https://grow-outside.org/assets/Field_Instructor_Self_Reflection_Questions.pdf

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Go Deeper

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Explore The Feel Wheel

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Do you recognize a specific feeling from your experience?

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What intensifies or soothes that feeling?

Add to your “quick write.”

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Our Why

Schools are a gateway to powerful, life changing outdoor learning experiences. We have the opportunity to ensure that all children have access.

Workshop 1:

Engage in a model PD session through a learner lens

Workshop 2:

Reflection on the model PD session

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Workshop 3:

Explore PD Lesson planning tools and best practices

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Workshop 4:

Engage in draft grade level Lesson Sequence PD

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Workshop 5:

Continue engaging with draft PD and collaborate on revisions

TODAY

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Engage in Draft PD Session

• Breakout rooms will close at 4:50pm so we can end at 5pm
• Send requests for help & we will join your room or use the Question Wall padlet

Question Wall Padlet

Looking Ahead

Outcome of 2021-22 TLI: Each grade level develops one 90-minute* in-person Professional Learning session that introduces teachers to a grade level lesson sequence developed previously in the TLI.

Final product: A facilitator guide w/slides to provide all the guidance needed for anyone to be able to use it to lead the PD.

*some flexibility on timing

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Next Steps

• Schedule two team meetings (teacher and EE partner collaborators together either in person or virtual)
• 1) January: Hand off the complete draft of facilitation guide and slides and address any clarifying questions
• 2) February: Practice Run! Teachers present the PD with EE partner as audience
• Optional consultation time (virtual) with COE and MBSP
• January 22 & 29 from 1-4pm

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Teacher Roles and Responsibilities

Teachers:

• Revise the Facilitation Guide and Slides to add your expertise for classroom realities, grade level teaching tips, equity strategies and connections to adopted curriculum
• February: Do an informal practice run with EE partner as audience before submitting your final draft to the COE
• Submit final guide and slides by the end of February
• Final meeting and survey May 7, 1:00-4:00 pm

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Partner Roles and Responsibilities

Environmental Education Partners:

• Finish complete draft of facilitation guide and slides – see BEETLES guides and slides as exemplar models for inspiration (but do not be too hard on yourselves! Those folks had a lot more time and resources.)
• Make any necessary updates to the lesson sequences and share final version that should be linked in the PD guide and website
• Info to come from COE on new evaluation links to insert
• Final meeting and survey May 7, 1:00-4:00 pm

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STEAM Conference March 5

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• Call for presenters: UCSC Monterey Bay Area Mathematics and Monterey Bay Science Projects Annual STEAM Conference
• Additional stipend: $100 for attending or $200 for presenting

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Closing

Share words that describe what you are grateful for in this teaching and learning community

ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.

We’re listening!

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