Mar 19, 2021 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 112, PSESD
A new virtual training, COVID and Climate Change helps teachers explore the relationships among climate change, COVID, and social injustice. This professional learning workshop, a collaboration between EarthGen and ESD 112, was first offered on January 23 and attended...
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...
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...
Jul 23, 2020 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 105
Standing in the shadows of giant wind turbines, it’s hard not to be awestruck. For Yakima-area teachers, a field trip to the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility outside Ellensburg not only inspired wonder, it connected them with local resources to engage their students...
Mar 9, 2020 | Capital Region ESD 113, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
March 4th, 2020, Becky Bronstein of Washington Green Schools met 15 middle school teachers in Chehalis, WA to better develop their understanding of floods and droughts. They centered their discussions on relating these issues to their students’ lives...
Jan 28, 2020 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 123
Ask any teacher from a rural school district if they feel they have adequate opportunities for quality professional development in their community and most will tell you they do not. They will likely follow that up with a request, not for themselves, but for their...
Jan 24, 2020 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), ESD 112
It’s a delicate, yet important educational recipe. When imaginative curriculum, mandatory standards and critical areas of focus are combined, the outcome can be a delightful instructive concoction. This was precisely the outcome for the recent Climate Justice League...
