Partner stories

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

NEWESD 101

Northeast Washington ESD 101 focused on creating a way to reach all 288 schools in their region with standards that fit their scope and sequence while expanding teachers understanding of climate science. This resulted in larger professional development for regions and individualized professional development for some schools.

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Spokane Student Advisory Council on Climate Change

Sep 7, 2022 | NEWESD 101, Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment

On April 22, 2022, students from Spokane Public Schools, community organizers, and staff from Gonzaga University's Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment gathered for an Earth Day demonstration. Student involvement...

Hot and Hazy Summers Connect Climate Change to Local Experience

Feb 1, 2022 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 112, ESD 123, NCESD 171, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)

Educators learned why we had such an extreme heat wave this past summer, as they heard from Robin Fox, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Spokane. Chelsea Freeman teaches high school in Tonasket, an agricultural community hit especially hard by the...

Regional Science Coordinators are growing and supporting OpenSciEd use amongst middle school science teachers

Nov 9, 2021 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189

Between 2018 and 2021, Washington State Regional Science Coordinators and a tea of dedicated middle school science teachers engaged in field testing OpenSciEd instructional units to help inform the development of a complete Grades 6-8 open educational resource (OER)....

Washington State High School Teachers and OpenSciEd: on the cutting edge of NGSS instruction and materials

Oct 5, 2021 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189

Following our state's three year participation in helping develop the nationally recognized Middle School OpenSciEd materials, Washington State high school science teachers are stepping up to aid development of OpenSciEd's open educational resource instructional...

ClimeTime cited in leading science journal

Jan 15, 2021 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, Partner Stories, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189, Cascadia CD, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), IslandWood, Pacific Education Institute, Padilla Bay, Snohomish CD, Teaching for the Climate Collaborative (TCC)

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...

Connecting Agriculture and Climate Change in Eastern Washington

Jan 11, 2021 | NEWESD 101, NCESD 171, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)

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...

Using NGSS to Investigate STEM Systems

Jan 6, 2021 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 123, NCESD 171

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...

New Tools Engage Students in Virtual Climate Science Learning

Dec 2, 2020 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)

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...

Climate Champions Game in Production

Apr 23, 2019 | NEWESD 101

Production has started for the Climate Champions, a game that was built in partnership by NEWESD and Filament Games for the State of Washington. Each ESD will receive enough games for every district in their region as well as professional development on game based...