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CAELI District Innovation Webinar Series

“Funding Strategies for �Environmental Literacy”

March 28, 2024

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Nate Ivy

Co-Chair, CAELI District Innovation Hub

Instructional Coach

Fremont Unified School District

nivy@fusd.k12.net

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Map Padlet

Click the + sign to add your name, location and links.

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Innovation Hubs

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

California Blueprint for Environmental Literacy. 2015

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Systems Approaches:

Districts as the Unit of Change

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CAELI District Innovation Hub Goals

Build a community of district practitioners and partners.
Create, curate and share environmental literacy and sustainability resources.
Build capacity for district planning for environmental literacy and sustainability.
Cultivate, support, and showcase leading edge exemplars.
Research, design, and deliver the best green district support strategies.

Learn more at ca-eli.org

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Funding Strategies for

Environmental Literacy

Agenda:

4:00 - 4:10 Welcome and Connections

4:10 - 5:00 Funding Strategies & District Examples

Grants
Bonds/CTE
LCFF/LCAP

5:00 - 5:05 Closing, Feedback, and Resources

5:05 - 5:30 Breakout Room Discussions & Networking

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Grant Funding

Christina Lunde

Elementary School Principal

Cotati-Rohnert Park USD

University Elementary at La Fiesta

Seaberry Nachbar

Ocean Guardian School Director

CA B-WET Coordinator

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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CA Ocean Guardian School Program

10 year snapshot

$1.3 M in stewardship grants
700+ teachers
28,000+ students

CA B-WET Program

20 year snapshot

$21+ M in ocean , climate and environmental literacy grants
6,200+ teachers
200,000+ students

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Design structures and processes with school site principals and regional environmental experts to systematically facilitate meaningful

and sustainable learning for educators and their students to understand and apply science climate knowledge,

using our local community, and in alignment of science and history-social science standards.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

● Teachers designing interdisciplinary, student-centered, inquiry-based lessons.

● Teachers integrating locally and globally relevant NGSS aligned science units

with the Environmental Principles and Concepts and Principles of Climate

Science integrate.

● Using instructional strategies that address English Learners.

● Implementing instructional strategies that plan for student access from the onset

using the Universal Design for Learning Framework.

● Students using data analysis, problem solving, and asking questions about human

impact on the ocean and aquatic ecosystems in Cotati-Rohnert Park.

● Students taking an initiative to engage in stewardship projects around climate

change, like how their everyday choices affect the environment, consumer

Choices.

● All CRPUSD 5th graders attending Environmental Education Camp.

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How does the intersection of humans and the environment impact communities?

Design structures and processes with school site principals and regional environmental experts to systematically facilitate meaningful

and sustainable learning for educators and their students to understand and apply science climate knowledge, using our local

community, and in alignment of science and history-social science standards.

System Wide Systems

15 minutes

Share my history->MCOE BWET x3

Ocean Guardian-> smaller, action piece ->

BWET-> systems lens, classroom instruction, changes through multiple contacts

Systems
Photo->Images

Building sustainable practices

“How does the intersection of humans and the environment impact communities?”

Through the three-year project, students,

teachers, administrators, and local environmental education educators will experience and

research answers to that question together through the implementation of Meaningful Watershed

Educational Experiences (MWEEs) on the school sites, the local watershed community to the

Pacific coast.

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How does the intersection of humans and the environment impact communities?

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How does the intersection of humans and the environment impact communities?

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How does the intersection of humans and the environment impact communities?

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Bonds & CTE

Sarah Whiting

Director of Client Engagement Services and Data Science

Ten Strands

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GO Bonds

School construction and maintenance are funded mainly by state and local bonds.

Bond measures that have been passed in recent years are subject to compliance on CALGreen sustainability construction and renovation codes.

To learn more about ballot measures and funding, visit Ed100: Parcel Taxes and Bonds Demystified
To see local California school bond measures that were voted on in Nov 2022, visit California School Bond Elections 2022 - Approved and Defeated.

Geographical Lead Region	Number of Districts	Total Amount of GO Bond Funding (2010-2024)
1: Far North	137	$1,083,056,000.00
2: North Bay/North Coast	80	$4,344,540,005.00
3: Capital Central Foothill Areas	111	$10,385,906,190.00
4: Bay Area	97	$40,887,194,671.00
5: Mid-State	165	$4,894,402,058.00
6: Valley to Coast	206	$52,776,635,000.00
7: Southern California	142	$30,702,225,007.00
Grand Total	938	$145,073,958,931.00

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LAUSD Example

Received $17,985,000,000 since 2004 with the some of the following sustainability goals:

Build energy efficient schools
Reduce asbestos, lead paint, air pollution, and water quality hazards
Address school facility inequities

LAUSD’s Sustainability Efforts

Energy Conservation
Water Stewardship
Campus Ecology
Emerging Technologies

Images from LAUSD Website

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Why CTE?

Standards for Career Ready Practice: #12. Understand the environmental, social, and economic impacts of decisions.
Funding:

Perkins: CA Allocation $116,843,649
CTEIG: CA Allocation $300,000,000
K12 Strong Workforce: CA Allocation $150,000,000
Golden State Pathways: CA Allocation $425,000,000
Middle School Academies: CA Allocation $1,050,000
Industry Partners: Variable

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Cabrillo Unified Example

6th-12th Sustainable Agriscience Pathway
Braided:

Perkins
CTEIG
K12 SWP
Peninsula Clean Energy funds
and more

Images Provided by CUSD for SMCOE Newsletter

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There’s still some work to be done!

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LCFF/LCAP

Andrée Grey, Ed.D.

Superintendent

Encinitas Unified School District

Tim Baird

CAELI District Innovation Hub Co-Lead

Green Schools National Network

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Funding Sustainability

Andrée Grey, Ed.D.

Superintendent

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The Why

Encinitas Union School District ignites the limitless potential of all learners.

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Learner Profile & Strategic Plan

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How we walk the talk…

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Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

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LCAP

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Bond Measure Prop P

In November 2010, voters in the city of Encinitas and the south Carlsbad area of Rancho La Costa passed a $44 million bond extension. The bond funds benefitted all nine EUSD schools and helped the district in three areas. The first provided students with 21st Century classrooms including infrastructure upgrades and provide technology tools for students and teachers. The second area of focus for Proposition P is energy efficiency which included providing solar energy, installation of solar tubes for lighting, bringing reclaimed water for irrigation, replacing inefficient heating and air condition systems, and upgrading restroom fixtures. The third area focused on upgrading and renovating existing facilities around the district.

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Child Nutrition Services

Invoice CNS for produce grown at our Farm Lab that we would otherwise purchase.

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Grants

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Partnerships

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andree.grey@eusd.net

Andrée Grey, Ed. D.

Superintendent,

Encinitas Union School District

www.eusd.net

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District Innovation Hub Webinar

Closing, Feedback, and Resources

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Meeting Feedback & Suggestions Link:

https://forms.gle/9vvi9FMDM9JzSbhh6

Contact:

Amy Frame

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Ten Strands

aframe@tenstrands.org

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District Innovation Webinar Series

Spring 2024

→ Join us from 4:00 - 5:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month.

January 25 School Board Leadership for Sustainability &

Environmental Literacy

February 29 Approaches to Climate Literacy: Responding to AB 285

March 28 Funding Strategies for Environmental Literacy

April 25 Environmental Literacy: Connecting Facilities, Operations,

& Student Learning

May 30 Troubleshooting Challenges to Districtwide Sustainability &

Environmental Literacy

Find recordings and resources from each meeting here.

Register here.

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Community-Based Partners, please sign up to be included on the site.

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K-12 Bilingual Educational Materials

Tailored, approachable, and customizable for use in a variety of classroom settings designed to meet:

California Educational Standards
2016 Science Framework for �California Public Schools
Next Generation Science Standards
Underrepresented Communities Technical Assistance Program (URC TA Program)

Prepared for all 10 hydrologic regions in the state

SGM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TRIBES, UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND SMALL FARMERS

The process started with thorough review of the “2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools” and STEM standards and developing a working knowledge of the Next Generation Science Standards.
All materials address the California Educational Standards, provide learning objectives, lesson graphics, pre-lesson, main lesson, activity, discussion questions, sources, teacher’s guide, and definition of terms.
We wanted to make the materials usable, malleable, and relatable
Not intended as just a separate lesson on "water“, they can be used on their own or woven into a lesson.
We clumped high school together into one lesson plan but split into 5 modules:

Water and Climate: Life Science, Environmental Science/Studies, Earth Science
Biological Needs and Environmental Uses of Water: Biology, Life Science, Environmental Science/Studies
Water Quality and Supply: Chemistry, Environmental Science/Studies
Urban-Geo Science: Environmental Science/Studies, Geography
Water Policy and Governance: Government, U.S. History, Environmental Studies