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April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
Online Event for CSMP Leaders
Online Event for CSMP Leaders
● How might we best integrate environmental justice into the professional learning and classroom instruction that we are already engaged in doing?
● How might we best integrate environmental justice into the professional learning and classroom instruction that we are already engaged in doing?
● How can schools partner with environmental justice experts and organizations? How can students and communities benefit from such partnerships?
● How can schools partner with environmental justice experts and organizations? How can students and communities benefit from such partnerships?
● How do we build capacity for environmental justice education? What does it mean to scale this work?
● How do we build capacity for environmental justice education? What does it mean to scale this work?
● How can we work with districts to address the need for environmental justice education in California?
● How can we work with districts to address the need for environmental justice education in California?
● How do we encourage districts, schools, and teachers to invest time and resources to integrate environmental justice into their important work?
● How do we encourage districts, schools, and teachers to invest time and resources to integrate environmental justice into their important work?
Part 1: April 21, 2020 (access video recording here)
Part 1: April 21, 2020 (access video recording here)
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview
- Maria Simani, Executive Director, California Science Project
- Karen Cowe, Chief Executive Officer, Ten Strands
- Claudia Martinez, Executive Director, California Subject Matter Projects
9:20 a.m. Keynote Speaker & Questions: Why does environmental justice matter to educators?
- Jose Gonzalez, Founder, Latino Outdoors
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Panel A: What is environmental justice?
In our communities:
- EiEi Samai, Culture Designer, Samai Group
- Sammy Nunez, Executive Director, Fathers & Families of San Joaquin
- Bernadette Austin, Acting Director, Center for Regional Change (UC Davis)
Questions & Responses
Panel B: What does teaching for environmental justice look like in practice?
In our schools:
- Isha Tobis Clarke, Student, Oakland Unified School District
- Juanita Chan, STEM/College & Careers Pathway Coordinator, Rialto Unified
- Ana Thomas, Teacher, Peralta Elementary
- Andra Yeghoian, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education
Questions & Responses
12:00 p.m. Discussion Groups
12:15 p.m. Whole Group Sharing
12:20 p.m. Next Steps
12:30 p.m. Closure
Part 2: Date/Time TBD by Project
Part 2: Date/Time TBD by Project
CSMP Executive Directors will lead discussions and planning with their Project Site Directors guided by these questions:
- How might we best integrate environmental justice into the work that we are already doing (in professional learning and in classroom instructional programs)?
- What environmental justice experts and organizations might school communities partner with? How would students and communities benefit from such partnerships?
- How do we build capacity for environmental justice education? What does it mean to go to scale with this work?
- How can we work with districts as units of change to address the need for environmental justice education in California?
- How do we encourage districts/schools/teachers to invest time and resources in order to integrate environmental justice?
We respectfully request that each Project hold this meeting no later than April 28, 2020. Planning guides will be provided to each CSMP Executive Director.
Part 3: Date/Time TBD by CSMP Executive Directors
Part 3: Date/Time TBD by CSMP Executive Directors
CSMP Executive Directors and designated Site Directors leading this work for their Project will meet after April 28th to share discussion highlights, action plans, and needs to support their plans. This information will be added to the report produced for this Environmental Justice Project. Volunteers from each project will make plans to work with Dr. Shelley Brooks (CHSSP) on a CSMP-wide plan for addressing environmental justice through professional learning.
Part 4: Report
Part 4: Report
A report will be published summarizing the information gathered through this project. The report will include:
- insights from interviews conducted with people working in the field of environmental justice,
- presentations made during the May 20, 2019, CAELI Leadership Council meeting,
- presentations made during March 16, 2020, webinar,
- presentations made during April 21, 2020, online event
- discussion highlights shared and action plans developed by CSMP Projects
The purpose for the report is to provide information about environmental justice and suggestions for addressing environmental justice in K-12 professional learning and instructional practices.
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