ClimeTime Teacher Training
At the heart of NSEA’s mission is the unwavering belief that education is the impetus to changing behavior. We assist our partners in providing essential professional development opportunities and help create science-based, classroom-ready curriculum materials that seamlessly integrate into existing lesson plans, all while aligning with state standards. NSEA’s aim is to empower educators with the tools they need to engage their students in meaningful conversations about climate change, ultimately cultivating a generation of informed and environmentally conscious citizens.
Hope & Resilience
This field-based workshop will focus on equitable solutions currently being implemented for the health of Whatcom County watersheds. The Teaching for the Climate Collaborative will guide participants through classroom-ready STEM activities that connect students to the outdoors and illustrate how climate change is affecting different stakeholders and ecosystems. Tribal partners will share their expertise and a variety of take-home resources will set teachers up to integrate workshop learning with the Since Time Immemorial Curriculum.
This workshop is designed to answer the following questions:
What are the effects of climate change on salmon and our watershed?
What are community members, tribes, CBOS, etc. doing about it in Whatcom County?
What are the Indigenous Ways, currently and since time immemorial, to solve these issues?
Who: Whatcom County Teachers grades 3-12
When: February 8th, 2025, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Where: Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Teachers receive: 3 STEM clock hours, 1 Equity hour, a $100 stipend, and a delicious lunch!
Teaching Outside
Calling all Whatcom County elementary teachers and staff serving grades K-5 looking to integrate the outdoors into everyday lessons. Our Teaching Outside workshops are designed to provide teachers and other education staff with the basic skills and tools to implement outdoor experiential and climate-related activities on school sites, in local parks, and in urban settings. Each workshop is stand-alone.
Objectives:
Teachers will be able to evaluate the potential risks of teaching outdoors and plan appropriate measures to mitigate risks.
Teachers will be able to summarize at least one teaching outside activity and one teaching outside strategy that may be used while teaching students.
Teachers will be able to apply course learning by implementing and reflecting on a lesson delivered outside to their classroom students.
TEACHING OUTSIDE - SESSION 1
Who: Whatcom County K-5 educators
When: March 13th, 2025 from 4:30-6:30PM
Where: Harmony Elementary School
Last Day to Register: March 3rd, 2025 by 5:00PM
TEACHING OUTSIDE - SESSION 2
Who: Whatcom County K-5 educators
When: April 24th, 2025 from 4:30-6:30PM
Where: Nooksack Elementary School
Last Day to Register: March 3rd, 2025 by 5:00PM
Please email Annitra (apeck@n-sea.org) for more information
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