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NWESD is approaching equity in access to climate science learning through the spheres of P-K learning, indigenous ways of knowing science and pedagogical tools that engage all learners.

The NWESD has created multiple entry points for teachers and administrators to the body of work that will now constitute WA STATE ClimeTime. At the elementary level, pre-K and K teachers have created sharable lessons. The NWESD SMC has piloted (and chose) materials for adoption by their member districts.

NWESD has also collaborated with CBOs and other ESDs to create materials and processes that can be used as part of professional learning.

Materials Support Projects

OpenSciEd Elementary Field Test

NWESD is supporting our state’s Elementary School OpenSciEd field test teachers by procuring them the materials they need for transformative professional development and for classroom instruction with their students. These field test teachers are on the cutting edge of science instruction and pedagogy and will be testing and informing the remainder of the Elementary OpenSciEd through 2025.

HS OpenScied PLC

NWESD is supporting a PLC of High School OpenSciEd field test teachers who will come together four times in the 2023-24 school year to review released units, inform the broader cohort of field test teachers about changes, inform future professional learning needs in our region and in the state, and identify or create a practical measure to help teachers see the affective changes in their students stances toward science or their self-perception as scientists.

Pedagogical Projects

Teacher Workshops with Community Based Organizations

In 2023-24, Pacific Education Institute, Islandwood, Padilla Bay, and Teaching for the Climate Collaborative are providing climate science education opportunities for teachers in our region. As these opportunities become available, we will be sharing them through our website and through our social media feeds as well as supporting the pedagogical needs of their programs.

Science Discipline and Cultural Content Knowledge Projects

Teaching Climate Change Book Study

NWESD will host a book study around Mark Windschittl’s “Teaching Climate Change: Fostering Understanding, Resilience, and a Commitment to Justice.”

NGSS and Middle School Math

The NWESD Regional Math Coordinator and Science Coordinators will create a workshop or online class meant to help middle school mathematics teachers and science teachers make sense of the Common Core Statistics and Probability Domain Progression Document in order to better understand how to help students in grades 6-8 engage in sense-making through the science and engineering practices of Analyzing and Interpreting Data; and Using Mathematical Thinking.

Upcoming Professional Learning & Events