Green Curriculum Institute
A Special Session for Educators at the Green California Summit!
Friday, April 27, 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 recently held in Pasadena! Click here.
Detailed Agenda
9:00 - 10:15
GENERAL SESSION
EEI: Fulfilling the Vision of an Environmentally-Literate California
In 2003, the California legislature passed a law requiring the creation of an environment-based K-12 curriculum. How are we doing at fulfilling that vision?
10:15-10:30
Transition to Sessions
10:30 - 11:30
TRACK 1
Getting Ahead —Connecting Common Core Literacy Standards to the EEI Curriculum
Tangible examples of how the EEI Curriculum supports literacy-learning.
TRACK 2
Successfully Integrating EEI…in the Classroom and Beyond
Using EEI to support existing school programs and as a catalyst to providers outside the classroom.
11:30 - 12:45
LUNCH BREAK
12:45 - 1:45
TRACK 1
Going Green with EEI in Today’s Technologically Advanced Classrooms
Tips and best practices to help you make the most of EEI resources with your students.
TRACK 2
Just Posted! — Online EEI Professional Development Debuts for Teachers
Check out this demonstration of EEI’s new state-of-the-art, self-directed interactive training.
1:45 - 2:00
BREAK
2:00 - 3:00
TRACK 1
Teacher EEI Talk: K-8th Grade Band Breakout Session
Teachers demonstrating EEI lessons for elementary and middle school students.
TRACK 2
Teacher EEI Talk: High School Grade Band Breakout Session
Teachers demonstrating EEI Science and History-Social Science lessons for high school students.
3:00 - 3:30
Putting It All Together: EEI Wrap-Up and Discussion
Join us for the day’s evaluation, discussions with your peers, and our EEI prize drawing.
Registration questions?
Call 626.577.5700
