Feb 24, 2021 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of January 25th 2021, 24 teachers from 12 school districts across Washington state attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Karen Lippy and...
Jan 26, 2021 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of December 10th, 2020, 23 teachers from nine districts across Washington attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Food Waste for Bilingual Teachers, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinator Hattie...
Jan 15, 2021 | Capital Region ESD 113, Cascadia CD, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 105, ESD 112, ESD 123, Grantees, IslandWood, NCESD 171, NEWESD, Nooksack Salmon EA, NWESD 189, Olympic ESD 114, Pacific Education Institute, Padilla Bay, PSESD, Snohomish CD
The Washington state program ClimeTime, which is facilitated by the state’s nine Education Service Districts (ESDs) and community partners, was recently cited as a popular and effective model for educator education in climate science. The Journal of Science Policy and...
Jan 11, 2021 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), NCESD 171, NEWESD
Professional learning forms community and educators made connections in more ways than one at the recent Washington Green Schools’ STEM Seminar: Agriculture and Climate Change, which was held over three afternoon sessions in October and November. Twenty-six educators...
Jan 11, 2021 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of December 7th, 2020, 27 educators from six districts across the Eastern Washington region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Fire, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Mike Nepean and...
Jan 6, 2021 | ESD 105, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NEWESD
High School teachers from Eastern Washington started the new year off with a bang! On January 5th teachers came to learn about the systems and the “Invisible Forest”. The evening started with Anne Thompson. Anne is a Research Assistant Professor in the Biology...
Dec 8, 2020 | Capital Region ESD 113, Pacific Education Institute
This fall 24 teachers from the ESD 113 region met to learn more about climate science for K-3 learners. The series included three 2-hour sessions. Topics included climate science connections for young learners, how to get students outside during distance learning, and...
Dec 2, 2020 | Capital Region ESD 113, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 105, ESD 112, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NEWESD, NWESD 189, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD
Adults usually try to reduce kids’ screen time, but when COVID-19 closed schools to in-person learning last spring, schools had no choice but to move classes online. With little experience in remote instruction, teachers have been challenged to get kids actively...
