AEOE Statewide Virtual Conference 2020 Schedule

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1	AEOE Statewide Virtual Conference Workshop Info Friday, May 29, 2020				To join, you must pre-register by 8 p.m. PT on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at aeoe.org/events/aeoe-statewide-virtual-conference-2020 The conference organizers will email you the workshop links.
2	Workshop Time (Pacific)	Presenter(s)	Organization	Workshop Title	Workshop Description

3	Opening 9:30-9:45 a.m.	Estrella Risinger + AEOE Board	AEOE	n/a	Welcome and opening from AEOE. Learn what's new in our world!
4	Workshop Block 1 9:45-11 a.m.	Patrick Lyra Lanier	Pacific Pride	LGBTQ+ 101: Biology's Rainbow	This training covers LGBTQ+ 101 and shares some examples of same-sex partnership and gender diverse behavior in the Animal Kingdom. Please note that this session will not be recorded.
5		Kurt Holland	CSULB	Connecting Informal Providers with Classroom Teachers	Participants get three environmental literacy tools that support your staff's NGSS learning at the same time as they enhance your program's value to classroom teachers.
6		Emilie Lygren	BEETLES	How to Teach Nature Journaling: Supporting Science Learning	In this interactive virtual workshop, we'll participate in an activity from the new book How to Teach Nature Journaling, share strategies to set students up for success in journaling, and discuss how the practice supports meaningful science learning. All experience levels welcome. Note: Participants will need a pencil, a journal or piece of paper, and two leaves, from two different kinds of plants. Any kind of plant near you will work, including leafy vegetables from your fridge!
7		Amy Frame	Ten Strands	A Call to Action - Advocating for Environmental Literacy from Multiple Perspectives	Through lively role play scenarios, you will explore the perspectives of various stakeholders involved in making decisions about which students get to experience outdoor education. You will learn how environmental literacy supports public schools' goals and requirements and practice using the lingo that can help make the case for outdoor ed for all students. Based on the Call to Action document created by CAELI's county office of education working group, this session will empower all of us to ensure more equitable access to your programs throughout California.
8	Workshop Block 2 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Laura Short	Population Education	Let's Explore the Human Landscape (Population Education)	Though Earth and its ecosystems have evolved over 4 billion years, a dramatic transformation has occurred in just the past 200 years from the dominant species - us. In this cross-disciplinary, hands-on session, explore the major trends that have shaped the global landscape in such a short span of time: human population growth, agricultural expansion, industrialization and urbanization. Examine the impacts of these trends including deforestation, biodiversity loss and climate change through simulations and other group activities for the classroom or environmental education center.
9		Melissa Murphy, Sona Klimowicz	LUK, Inc	Build a Better Box: How to Recognize, Respond and Contain Trauma Triggered Behaviors Both in the Classroom and the Field	Tools and tips from two licensed mental health clinicians for helping students in the classroom and outdoors with trauma-related behaviors. Melissa is the director of the outdoor program at LUK and Sona runs trauma trainings.
10		Miho Aida	NatureBridge	Centering Equity & Inclusion in EE Program Re-emergence	We are eager to return to programming, but we know the world in which we will be operating will be different from the one we've left behind. Knowing that COVID-19 will have disproportionately impacted communities that are already vulnerable, in this session we will explore how we can come out stronger, with practices that better support our participants and with strengthened relationships with the communities we serve, with an emphasis on historically marginalized folks.
11		Dean Thompson	Camp KEEP	The Pandemic and the Future of Outdoor Ed	History of Pandemics, how they can be agents of change, and a discussion on what outdoor schools need to do to remain viable
12	Workshop Block 3 12:30-1:30 p.m.	Leslie Urban	High Trails OSS	Leader vs Manager: Buzzwords that Actually Mean Something	So you're a manager. And also a leader. Wait! What's the difference? In this workshop, we'll discuss what these buzzwords mean and how understanding the difference can impact your effectiveness as a manager and leader. While this is a discussion-based workshop, we will also be practicing our management and leadership skills in a "mock teaching" format by acting out different scenarios and receiving feedback on how you did.
13		Matthew, Estefania	UCSB - Gevirtz Grad School of Ed	Crossing Borders with Environmentalism	Develop interdisciplinary lesson plans that incorporate topics of environmentalism and sustainability. Participants will use the Green Teach lesson planning framework to create plans that address educational standards across traditional subject-area boundaries. Conceptualizing environmentalism as a community-based literacy, participants will discuss ways to authentically ground lessons in community and place-based phenomena.
14		Kevin Beals, Emilie Lygren	BEETLES	Bark Beetle Explorations	Bark beetle galleries are fascinating to investigate! We’ll model a BEETLES student activity using NGSS science practices and cross-cutting concepts to figure out what causes bark beetle features they observe. Participants will leave with a write-up on how to teach the activity in person, and having experienced an example of how to teach it online.
15		Ali Stefancich	Sierra Foothills OSS	Oak Woodlands FireWorks	Interested in teaching about wildfire at your program? The lessons from the USFS FireWorks Curriculum are aimed at helping students better understand how and why wildfires behave the way that they do, how to be prepared in the event of a wildfire, and how our ecosystems are adapted to wildfire. You will leave this workshop with access and understanding of how to bring these hands on lessons into your programs.
16	Workshop Block 4 1:45-2:45 p.m.	Tremaine El-Amin	National Council for Behavioral Health	Mental Health Awareness	This session on mental health awareness includes a focus on the current COVID-19 environment and managing stress. Attendees will learn how to recognize symptoms of high-risk stress in themselves and others, and the best steps to take toward assisting a loved one, friend or co-worker in crisis. They will also be able to ask their own questions at the end of the program.
17		Rena Payan	Youth Outside	Identifying and Mitigating Unconscious Bias in EE Hiring & Recruitment	Join Youth Outside staff in this hour long interactive workshop to identify and mitigate bias in hiring and recruitment. Participants will lean into identifying their own biases, create tools to mitigate that bias, and practice shifting bias through job description language. This workshop is best suited for hiring managers, directors, and administrative staff who take part in hiring processes. Please note that this session will not be recorded.
18		Kori Donley, Allison Collins	Westminster Woods & San Joaquin County Office of Ed	Social & Emotional Learning for Managers	This session is designed for Program Leaders to explore the new Grow Outside website, focusing on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how we can apply it to this COVID 19 world.
19		Tor Allen	Solar Schoolhouse	Designing a Solar Energy Activity Plan for Your Program	In this workshop, we'll share several fun & engaging activities designed to introduce your students to the prime energy source on Earth, the Sun. You'll design a custom plan for your site that includes one or more solar energy exploration activities. Participants will receive a copy of the Your Solar Home Reader and links to activity plans.
20	Workshop Block 5 3-3:45 p.m.	Kimi Waite, Jessica Lura, Anna Antoniou	National Geographic Education, National Geographic Explorer	How Can Explorers, Educators, and EcoBlitz Transform Students into Planetary Stewards?	EcoBlitz is a fun and meaningful way to develop and practice the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of an Explorer while connecting with other K12 classes around the globe. An EcoBlitz identifies the biodiversity of flora and fauna in your community and compares it with the quantity and types of trash found in the same location. By evaluating these two data sets, we can better understand how we impact our environment so that we might do something about it.
21		Korena David	Foothills Horizon OS	Discovery Swap	Please join me for a student-driven trail routine that facilitates students sharing and teaching each other about organisms they have found and investigated. From the Beetles Project, this simple strategy uses science practices to make trail hikes more student-and-nature-centered, and less instructor-centered. Our focus will be organisms living in the creek, but this is a routine that can be used anywhere!
22		Sarah Angulo	California Naturalists	Project Learning Tree Curriculum Info Session	The award-wining Project Learning Tree (PLT) curriculum has tons of activities centering around forest education and more for K-12 that can be used inside and outside of the classroom. Come learn about the PLT pedagogy, try out a few of the activities, get materials for whole lessons, and find out how to become a certified PLT educator or facilitator.
23		Nicole Barden	Pepperwood Preserve	TeenNat: Insights into a Field Science and Photography Program for Teens	Do you work with teens? Have you dreamed of starting a teen program? Come learn about TeenNat, a free field science and photography program for 13-18 year olds that has been running successfully for the past 7 years in Sonoma County. We will go over the steps involved in making a teen program possible including recruitment, administration, and planning. We will also address some of the challenges we have faced over the years and hear stories about the positive impact TeenNat has had on the lives of young people. Come share information about your own teen programs and brainstorm new ideas!
24	Closing Session 4-4:30 p.m.	Estrella Risinger	AEOE	Closing Session & Howard Bell Award	Final words and reflection from AEOE and valued partners; plus, don't miss out on the Howard Bell Award presented to Kevin Beals of the BEETLES Project!
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