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...
Partner stories
These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.

Pacific Education Institute
Pacific Education Institute (PEI) delivers high-quality professional development and consultation services for educators in equitable, locally relevant, career connected, outdoor STEM education. PEI’s project, “Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines (SOLS),” is designed to strengthen teachers’ equitable climate science instruction through locally relevant storylines.
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Fire workshop
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...
Climate Science Learning for K-3 Teachers
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...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards in the Puget Sound
During the week of November 2nd 2020, 23 teachers from nine districts across the Puget Sound region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Tressa Arbow,...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines Renewable Energy: Solar workshop (Eastern Washington)
During the week of October 19th, 2020, 18 teachers from Pasco School District attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Renewable Energy-Solar, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinator Mike Nepean and Faculty...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines Renewable Energy: Solar workshop (Western Washington)
During the week of October 19th, 2020, 17 teachers from the Puget Sound region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Renewable Energy-Solar, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Molly Griffiths, Tressa Arbow...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards
During the week of October 12th, 2020, 25 teachers from across the South Sound and the Olympic Peninsula attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Julie...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines Writing Workshop: Coastal Hazards
During the week of August 10th, 2020, 12 educators from across western Washington joined Pacific Education Institute staff and faculty online to write Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topic of coastal hazards. The goal was to create developmentally...
Distance Learning for the Birds
When ESD105 originally partnered with Pacific Education Institute and the Mount Rainier Institute to offer a professional development for secondary educators in June 2020, the idea was to take Yakima area workshop participants into the great outdoors and study the...