Summer Institute
2024-25
Day 1 - Monday, July 15, 2024
Day 2 - Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Day 3 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A key component of the Environmental Solutionary Teacher Fellowship (ESTF) program is the fellow's ability to connect with local community-based partners that can provide hands-on and place-based field trips and learning. Day 3 will allow each teacher to attend a field trip of their choice to experience what their students might experience on an actual field trip. The field trips are closely related to the Day 2 strands, but choosing a matching field trip is not mandatory. Teachers can choose whichever field trip might fit best with their students and curriculum.
Morning: Field Trips
Resilient Food Systems: The Heal Project
Clean Water and Marine Ecosystems: Marine Science Institute
Land-based Ecosystems: Grassroots Ecology
Zero Waste: Rethink Waste
Afternoon: Curriculum Integration Time
The afternoon on Day 3 will be dedicated to work time for teachers to dive more deeply into their unit and/or curriculum plan, which is a deliverable for the program. Fellows will also meet their mentors from 2pm to 2:45pm.
Day 3 Slides
Day 3 Feedback Form
Day 4 - Thursday, July 18, 2024
On Thursday, teachers will be able to connect with a wide variety of local community-based partners that can provide hands-on and place-based learning, and/or supplemental curriculum partners who can help to enhance and enrich the overall learning experience. Thursday morning is dedicated to community partner connection time, where community partners will present their programs in 20-minute rotations, and teachers can choose which partners they would like to hear from. Community partners will also be tabling at SMCOE from Noon to 1:30pm. The afternoon will be dedicated work time for teachers to dive more deeply into their unit and/or curriculum plan, which is a deliverable for the program.
COMING SOON:
Day 4 Community Based Partner Connection Time (Rotation Schedule and Information)
Afternoon: Curriculum Integration Time
The afternoon on Day 4 will be dedicated to work time for teachers to dive more deeply into their unit and/or curriculum plan, which is a deliverable for the program.
Day 4 Slides
Day 4 Feedback Form
Resources
Community-Based Environmental Education Partners: These partners offer field trip experiences, at school experiences, and guest speaking experiences. Most of these partners can offer programs in-person and virtual.
Supplemental Environmental Education Curriculum Partners: These partners offer supplemental curriculum resources that teachers can integrate into their solutionary teacher practice.
Environmental Education Experiences by Grade Level: