A Program of the San Mateo County Office of Education's Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Initiative (ELSI)
The last cohort to complete this program is the 2021 cohort
The Sustainable and Climate Ready Schools Administrator (Admin) Fellowship Program supports educational leaders to successfully drive environmental transformation across their school community, and meet the increasing curricular and facilities mandates related to environmental literacy/sustainability and climate resiliency. This knowledge-to-action fellowship focuses on successfully managing change through the development and implementation of a project that does one or more of the following:
Greens one aspect of their school/district's facilities and operations, and utilizes these efforts in the curriculum as a laboratory for learning;
Develops and implements a strategic plan for integrating environmental literacy into the curriculum and instruction for all students at every grade level;
Supports a project that prepares the school/district to be Climate Ready in one focus area (high heat, floods, wildfires, trauma-informed practices for climate change, etc).
COMMUNITY IMPACT PROJECT: Fellows will be supported and guided through the process of developing and implementing an Administrator-Led Community Impact Project that will launch by Earth Week (April 22nd).
Administrator Fellowship Case Study: See template here, and examples from past fellows here: 2020 fellows and 2021 fellows.
Capstone Presentation: Prepare and deliver a five minute presentation about your project.
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Coordinator
SMCOE
SCRS AF: Program Lead and Coach
Green Facilities and Operations Analyst
SMCOE
SCRS AF: Technical Assistant Support
Environmental Literacy Coordinator
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
SCRS AF: Coach
Science Coordinator
Santa Clara County Office of Education
SCRS AF: Coach