Planning for Environmental Justice for Secondary Students (ONLINE)

Presenters

Cheryl Lydon
Nicole Flynn

Description

Join us to learn how to frame an upcoming science unit around an interesting problem of environmental justice. Participants attending this series will receive the information and support to take an existing unit of student and modify to engage students in relevant and current issues of environmental justice important to them. During our month-long series, teachers will

Work with students to identify environmental justice problems that are of interest to students and connected to content in a second semester unit
Craft a unit frame that
- Launches the unit with an exploration of the environmental justice problem
- Uses student-generated questions about the problem to build a unit storyline
- Use the UDL framework to make decisions regarding student exploration and student demonstration of understanding.

Logistics

$480 stipend available upon completion of class assignments and unit showcase (Stipend prorated for incomplete projects)
12.5 STEM clock hours available for purchase (CH application pending approval)

Course Meeting Schedule (12.5 clock hours available for purchase)

Prework

1 hour

Canvas Course

Choose your own adventure and define environmental justice for the secondary classroom

Choose from a list of resources
Record initial reflection on what environmental justice means for secondary students in class Canvas course

Wednesday - March 17

4:00 - 5:30

Zoom

Course overview

Goals, schedule, logistics

Guest speaker: Yasmine Shakoor Asadi, middle school teacher, Clover Park

Triangle, square, circle reflection
Discussion breakout
Preview student voice in phenomenon decision-making

1 hour

Canvas Course

Research and create a list of potential environmental justice phenomena related to an upcoming PE bundle/unit

Record initial thinking in class Canvas course

Wednesday - March 24

4:00 - 5:30

Zoom

Welcome back

Homework review

Small group breakout - Peer feedback on environmental problems list

Explore issues of student voice in the secondary classroom

Small group breakout - How will you gather student input as you make decisions about your unit

0.5 hour

Canvas Course

Collect student input on potential justice problems and demonstration projects

Analyze data to choose a unit environmental justice problem

Saturday - March 27

9:00 - 11:00

Zoom

Welcome back

Homework review

Small group breakouts - Share student data on potential just problems and final decision on environmental justice problem that will focus the unit

Review the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework and consider application to unit of focus

Grade level breakout groups - Receive support to consider framing the unit using UDL

How will your Unit Launch activity reflect UDL's Multiple Means of Engagement?
How will students use UDL's Multiple Means of Representation and/or Multiple Means of Action & Expression to demonstrate understanding at the end of the unit?

0.5 hours

Canvas Course

Finalize and submit Unit Launch and Unit Demonstration of Learning unit plans in the Canvas course

Wednesday -March 31

4:00 - 5:30

Zoom

Welcome back

Learn about the strategy of unit storylining.

Small group breakout - Consider issues on unit storylining using current science materials and receive feedback from colleagues

1.0 hours

Canvas Course

Draft a high level unit storyline - at the activity title level ... no details

Submit at least three activities connected to the unit launch and leading to the unit demonstration of learning

Wednesday - April 14

4:00 - 5:30

Zoom

Welcome back

Home work review work session

In grade level breakout groups, share unit outlines including launch, learning activities and student demonstration of understanding using the UDL framework
Receive feedback on unit plan
Course feedback, clock hour and stipend review

Teach unit

Thursday - May 20

4:00 - 5:00

Zoom

Welcome back

Grade level breakouts - Share experience of teaching the unit. Include the following:
Analysis of levels of student engagement
STEM careers embedded in the unit
Success of the demonstration of learning activities

Event Notes

Thank you for registering for Planning for Environmental Justice for Secondary Students. There is a small amount of pre-reading for this course. All course materials will be shared through the Canvas platform. You will be invited to join the Canvas course during the week of March 8. If you don't receive the information, please check your SPAM folder or contact Cheryl Lydon < clydon@psesd.org >.

Please note that the final session will be held on Wednesday, March 19. The day is listed correctly in the course description.

Send any questions our way!

Dates

Tue, March 16 2021

12:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Asynchronous Learning ( 1 hour of work on your own time)
Wed, March 17 2021

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Zoom
Thu, March 18 2021

12:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Asynchronous Learning Module Opens (1 hour of work on your own time)
Wed, March 24 2021

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Zoom
Thu, March 25 2021

12:00 AM - 12:30 AM

Asynchronous Learning Module Opens (30 minutes of work on your own time)
Sat, March 27 2021

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Zoom
Sun, March 28 2021

12:00 AM - 12:30 AM

Asynchronous Learning Module Opens (30 minutes of work on your own time)
Wed, March 31 2021

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Zoom
Thu, April 1 2021

12:00 AM - 12:30 AM

Asynchronous Learning Module Opens (30 minutes of work on your own time)
Wed, April 14 2021

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Zoom (Date may change based on participants' spring break)
Thu, May 20 2021

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Zoom

Registration

Event # 112606

Price: Free
Registered: 21 / 30
Registration Ends: Monday Mar 15, 2021 4:00 PM

Registration is now closed.

Professional Hours

Clock Hour Number: SEK0704

12.50	Clock Hours	$37.50
12.50	STEM

Contacts

Audrey Otto (425) 917-7975 aotto@psesd.org

Subjects

Curriculum Science STEM Teaching Strategies Equity NGSS

Audience

Curriculum Director / Coordinator High School Teacher Instructional Coach Middle School Teacher

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