Partner Opportunities: Resources, Programs, Professional Development & Events
Discovering PLACE partners with organizations that promote exceptional professional development opportunities for educators and offer engaged stewardship opportunities for youth, and works to elevate those efforts in our region. Here are highlights of some resources and programs of interest.
2023-24 Flint River GREEN Citizen Science
Join the Flint River Watershed Coalition and engage your students in monitoring local water quality and protecting the watershed.
Deadline to register for spring is January 26, 2024 ( Late registrants are welcome, but supplies and mentors are available on a first come, first-served basis).
GREEN Professional Development: February 6, 2024 9-3pm
Face-to-Face water quality testing refresher and mentor meetup: March 5, 2024, 4-6:30pm
Salmon in the Classroom
The Michigan DNR Salmon in the Classroom program is accepting application through April 15, 2024 for teachers wishing to participate during the 2024-25 school year. The program supports 3rd - 12th grade classrooms across the state to raise, learn from and release young Chinook salmon in approved waterways.
Create for STEM - Health in Our Hands
Middle school science teachers in Flint and Genesee County are invited to apply for this FREE professional learning that prepares them to teach Health in Our Hands (HiOH), two 10-week life science units for middle school aligned with the Michigan Science Standards covering modern concepts in genetics. Units includes:
What Controls My Health? focuses on Type 2 diabetes; recommended for 6th/ 7th grade.
How Can Looking for Thrills Make Me Miserable? Focuses on substance use disorder; recommended for 7th/8th grade.
2023-24 Flint River Environmental Leadership Council
The Flint River Watershed Coalition (FRWC) Environmental Leaders program serves youth that want to build their environmental leadership skills. Supported by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET), this program will bring together middle and high school youth with community partners to advance environmental stewardship and solve problems facing natural resources in our communities.
The Flint River Environmental Leaders program brings together student representatives in grades 7-13 from across the Flint River watershed. Youth decide which issues to explore in their own communities and share ideas with others for how to protect and improve the Flint River and the surrounding area.
Visit the website to learn more about this program and to apply to participate.
For additional information: contact Tom Esper, FRWC Education Manager, education@flintriver.org