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Infusing Sustainability in Teacher Education in Washington: The Education for Sustainability STEM Outcomes Project
Universities and colleges across Wash- ington State recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to collaborate on the improvement of Sci- ence, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teacher-preparation programs and to increase the recruitment of diverse STEM students into teaching careers. To accom- plish these goals, a number of “critical-com- ponent working groups” were developed to create, adapt, and pilot materials and tools relevant to the preparation of STEM teachers. Education for Sustainability (EfS) is one of these critical-component groups; members of this working group hold a vi- sion for an interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum that is accessible to all pre-ser- vice teachers (students preparing for careers in K12 teaching) in Washington State. The development of an EfS curriculum and pedagogy will be systems-focused
and will invoke place-, design-, problem- or project-based learning with an explicit emphasis on social, economic, and envi- ronmental justice. The EfS team aims to generate transformative learning experi- ences so that all pre-service teachers have the necessary knowledge and skills to teach students scientifically rigorous and ecologi- cally relevant sustainability-practices. EfS aims to increase the capacity for teachers to meaningfully address real-world challenges inside and outside of the classroom. Such preparation will culminate in K12 schools recognizing the importance of an EfS certi- fication that integrates across existing state endorsable areas.
The Education for Sustainability Work-
ing Group is co-facilitated by Kathryn Baldwin, Eastern Washington University and Tamara Holmlund, Washington State University Vancouver. These leaders have built a large and diverse team of educators to contribute to this critically important task. The Working Group includes faculty members in teacher education from Eastern, Western, and Central Washington Universi- ties and all three Washington State Univer- sity campuses, as well as educators from K12 schools and non-profit organizations involved in environmental and sustainabil- ity education.
-from the Strengthening Sustainability on
Washington Campus: A 2016-2017 Progress Report, produced by The Evergreen State Col- lege Curriculum for the Bioregion, Washington Center for Undergraduate Education. Jean MacGregor, Co-Director.
Solar 4R Schools Has Changed Its Name to Clean Energy, Bright Futures
Recent professional development workshops with teachers in Portland and Clark County WA have given classroom teach- ers a chance to explore renewable energy with a review of the science technology and classroom applications of solar energy and other renewables for elementary classrooms. In Clark County, teachers ex- plore circuits, solar cars, and received a kit of renewable energy science and engineer- ing materials to take back and utilize with students.
Programs were co-sponsored by Portland General Electric and Clark PUD. As mentioned at the top, Solar 4R Schools has changed its name to Clean Energy, Bright Futures.
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Tesla STEM High School Reduces Carbon Footprint
The student Leadership Team of
Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Washington has launched “Schools Under 2C,” a group dedicated to raising youth awareness about the environment. Consisting of over 100 students, Schools Under 2C have led their school to reduce their carbon footprint by over a ton and a half each month.
Washington Science Teachers Conference in Pasco
The 2017 WSTA annual onference will be held at Chiawan High School in Pasco on October 20, 2017. Conference strands include Equity in the NGSS; STEM Certification for All Teachers; Progressing through the Standards; NGSS in the Elementary Grades, Integrating Energy, Engineering and Science; and History and Future —Engineering in Washington.
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