Jun 29, 2022 | PSESD, Pacific Education Institute
For many people, the word “infrastructure” suggests images of roads, buildings, power supplies, and the like. But what if we could reframe our thinking so that our idea of infrastructure includes trees and forests? Educators in Puget Sound ESD (121)...
May 24, 2022 | ESD 105, NCESD 171, Pacific Education Institute
Thanks to the support of ESD (Educational Service Districts) 105 and 171, eleven more Central Washington teachers were able to join the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) for an exploration of their Regenerative Agriculture Storylines. This two-day hybrid online and...
May 3, 2022 | Capital Region ESD 113, Pacific Education Institute
How can trees be used to create positive impact in communities? This was the question at hand for a group of K-3 educators from Capitol Region ESD 113 this past winter as they explored Pacific Education Institute’s (PEI) Urban Forestry storyline. Tressa Arbow, PEI...
Apr 7, 2022 | ESD 123, Pacific Education Institute
Educators in southeast Washington joined Pacific Education Institute FieldSTEM Coordinators Megan Rivard and Amy Dawley for an adventure in solar energy this February. Through a series of three synchronous Zoom sessions and asynchronous tasks via Canvas, participants...
Jan 3, 2022 | Pacific Education Institute
PEI FieldSTEM Coordinator interviewed Tara Clark for the workshop’s virtual field trip. Mother Earth Farm manager, Tara Clark, shared that she left a film career in Los Angeles to work the land on behalf of her community. Pacific Education Institute’s (PEI)...
Nov 23, 2021 | ESD 105, NCESD 171, Pacific Education Institute
Workshop participants took on the role of trees and competed with each other for carbon, nutrients, and water. When Pacific Education Institute and two Central Washington Educational Service Districts thought about how to best serve the teachers in their region, an...
Jul 1, 2021 | Pacific Education Institute
In late June 2021, 33 teachers from 16 Coastal and West Sound school districts attended a three-day hybrid workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Wetlands, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Karen Lippy and Julie Tennis and PEI...
Jun 29, 2021 | Pacific Education Institute
During June 2021, 12 educators and Pacific Education Institute (PEI) staff worked together to adapt Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topic of Regenerative Agriculture. The current Regenerative Agriculture storylines were created for eastern Washington...
