BEETLES Guide for

Outdoor Science Program

and Organization Leaders:

Building Capacity for Teaching and Learning

Table of Contents

An overview to what you’ll find in this guide and some foundational knowledge about BEETLES.

  • Overview of the Chapters in This Guide

  • Implementation Cheat Sheet

Chapter 1: Working Toward Equitable and Just Outdoor Science Organizations

How can we create and sustain equitable and just working and learning environments?

  • Eight Recommendations for Equity and Inclusion

  • Effecting Change for Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural Relevance

  • Working Toward Racial Equity: A Vignette

  • Debriefing the Vignette

  • Key References and Resources

Chapter 2: Creating a Professional Learning System

How can we design our professional learning to inspire instructors to become curious about how students learn and to engage in ongoing instructional improvement and reflection?

  • A Vision of Ongoing Professional Learning: A Vignette

  • Debriefing the Vignette

  • Four Elements of Effective Professional Learning

    • Setting Professional Learning Goals

    • Choosing and Sequencing Professional Learning Experience

    • Using BEETLES Student Activities as Professional Learning

    • Building a Reflective Learning Culture

Chapter 3: Supporting High-Quality Learning Experiences

How can we ensure that all our learners receive high-quality learning experiences?

  • Vision for High-Quality Teaching and Learning: A Vignette

  • Debriefing the Vignette

  • Content in this Section

    • Equity and Justice in Teaching

      • The Role of Teaching and Instruction in Moving Toward Equity and Justice

      • How BEETLES Design Principles Support Equity and Inclusion in Learner Experiences

    • High-Quality Instructional Materials

      • Using BEETLES Student Activities in Your Programming

      • Adapting Your Existing Activities and Creating New Activities

      • Making Organization-Level Changes to Support High-Quality Learner Experiences

Chapter 4: Building Capacity for Organizational Improvement

How can we assess and build the capacities of our organization?

  • How to Assess Your Capacity and Make a Plan to Improve It

  • Capacity Framework

    • Vision and Reality

    • Distributed Leadership

    • Organization Policies and Priorities

    • Contextual Conditions

    • Professional Learning and Instructional Practices

    • Learning Experiences and Instructional Materials

    • Equity and Justice

  • Sample Action Plan Process

Chapter 5: Power of Networks

How can we collaborate with other organizations to build capacity and advance the field?

  • Introduction to Networks

  • Lessons Learned

Chapter 6: Implementation Examples

What are challenges and successes others have had with implementing BEETLES that we can learn from?

How have organization leaders approached aspects of program improvement that we haven’t addressed in this Guide?

  • Vision and Reality

  • Distributed Leadership

  • Organization Policies and Priorities

  • Contextual Conditions

  • Professional Learning and Instructional Practices

  • Learning Experiences and Instructional Materials

  • Equity and Justice

  • Comprehensive Organizational Transformation

  • Supporting Social Emotional Learning

  • Using BEETLES Resources and Approaches

  • Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Outdoor Science Education in Classrooms, Schoolyards, and Districts

  • Working with Subnational Networks

  • Thoughts from the BEETLES Team

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