During the week of June 22nd, 2020, 16 educators from across the state joined Pacific Education Institute staff and faculty online to write solutions oriented storylines on solar energy, for first and fourth grades and middle and high school. The goal was to create...
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: Forest Management and Skills
During the week of June 9th, 2020, 30 middle school and high school teachers from across Washington attended an online workshop series, Solutions Oriented Learning Fire: Forest Management and Skills, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinator, Mike...
Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines with Nonformal Educators
On May 29th, 2020, 25 nonformal educators from Western Washington came together online to discuss climate science in K-12 schools, climate science within their programs, and review PEI’s Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topics of Regenerative Agriculture,...
Wildfires in Western Washington- May 2020
During the week of May 18th, 2020, 28 teachers from across Western Washington attended an online workshop series, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Wildfires in Western Washington, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators, Julie Tennis and...
Climate Science Series for Grades 3-5: April/May Canvas Course
During the months of April and May 2020, seven teachers from around the ESD 113 region completed the third part of the Climate Science Series for Grades 3-5. This was planned to be an in-person session but was quickly turned into a Canvas course due to Covid-19. The...
Wildfires in Eastern Washington
During the week of April 18th, 2020, 26 teachers from across Eastern Washington attended an online workshop series, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Wildfires in Washington, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Megan Rivard and Mike Nepean...
Wildfires in Western Washington
During the week of April 18th, 2020, 23 teachers from across Western Washington attended an online workshop series, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Wildfires in Washington, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Julie Tennis and Hattie...
Climate Science Series for Grades 3-5: March Event
On March 4th, Hattie Osborne of Pacific Education Institute met with 23 third through fifth grade educators from across the ESD 113 region to continue learning about forests, climate change and climate science resources. To begin the day, teachers discussed phenomena...
Educators Help Write Climate Science Storylines in Olympia
February 4th through 6th, a dozen educators from around the state gathered in the Pacific Education Institute's Olympia offices to create Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines that will engage Washington students on the topic of climate science. With input from PEI...