Green Curriculum Institute
A Special Session for Educators at the Green California Schools Summit!
Presented in cooperation with the Office of Education and the Environment
of the California Environmental Protection Agency

Friday, September 28
9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Discover how to incorporate concepts, principles, practices and technologies related to sustainability into your classroom curriculum!

Get a glimpse of the green tech future and the opportunities it will bring to your students!

With increasing interest in linked learning and national common core standards, K-12 schools are beginning to focus more real-world application and careers. California’s landmark Education and the Environment (EEI) curriculum offers a unique and powerful tool to make these connections and to develop environmental literacy within the context of existing curriculum requirements.

This K-12 curriculum is formally approved by the State Board of Education for use in classrooms statewide. It contains 85 individual units that are aligned to more than 100 selected Science and History-Social Science academic content standards, while supporting English Language Arts standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade.

The EEI Curriculum is poised to implement and has the potential to:

• increase environmental literacy
• help millions of students become informed decision-makers
• advance tomorrow's leaders in a changing economy
• reach more than 6.2 million students and 150,000 teachers in California
• serve as a model across the nation and internationally
• help prepare today’s students to become future scientists, economists, and green technology leaders

The Green Curriculum Institute at the 2011 Green California Schools Summit will be a day-long event, developed in partnership with the California Environmental Protection Agency (the agency responsible for development of the EEI materials) and devoted to helping teachers understand how they can effectively use the rich collection of EEI resources.

Curriculum specialists and teachers will become familiar with all elements of the EEI Units, and learn how many of these elements can be incorporated in their current curriculum even if they are not yet ready or do not wish to use a Unit in its entirety.

Who Should Attend?

• Teachers with an interest in incorporating sustainability concepts, principles and practices in their curriculum
• Curriculum Specialists
• Instructional Leaders
• Representatives of organizations with an interest in implementing sustainability curriculum in the K-12 sector.
• Grade 9-12 students (if accompanying a teacher)

Read about the Green Curriculum Institute at the Summit last year! Click here.

Pricing

Registration fees for this event are the same as a one-day pass to the Summit. Early Bird pricing is available; for a pricing schedule, click here.

Questions? Call 626.577.5700

Detailed Agenda

9:00 – 10:15
General Session

“EEI: Fulfilling the Vision of an Environmentally-Literate California”

EEI Overview
Christy Porter Humpert, Office of Education and the Environment

Shared Support and Visions
Will Parish, Friends of Environmental Education

The Dream of EEI
Chloe Mills, Green Youth Movement

The Future is Now with EEI
Michael Leifer, CEO, ecodads and GuerillaPR

10:30 – 11:30
“Meeting Your Education Goals with EEI:
Connecting Common Core Literacy and ELA Standards to the EEI Curriculum”

Video Presentation
Tom Adams, California Department of Education

ELA and Literacy Support from EEI
Phil Romig, Sacramento County Office of Education

Next Gen Science Standards support
Yami Shimojo, Riverside USD

Q & A

12:45 – 1:45
“Successfully Integrating EEI: In the Classroom and Beyond”

EEI Inspiration in the Classroom – Case Studies
Rita Exposito and Jodie West, Pasadena USD

CREEC Services and Outside Resources, Supporting EEI in the Classroom
Helen de la Maza, CREEC Region 9B, Orange County Dept. of Education

Going Green with EEI; PD Website; and Using EEI digitally/electronically
Roni Java, EEI Curriculum Staff, Office of Education and the Environment
Chris Liske, EEI Curriculum Staff, Office of Education and the Environment

1:45 – 2:00
Break

2:00 – 3:15
"Teacher Talk: EEI in the Classroom”

TA presentation on Grades K – 8
Linda Rassmussen, Poway USD
Dave Ficke, CREEC San Bernardino Region, Retired Science Teacher

TA Presentation on High School
David Whitman, Alhambra USD

3:15 – 3:30
Conclusion