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California Regional Environmental
Education Community
California Department of Education,
STEM Office
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Region 4 Newsletter
May 2015
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May is Living Schoolyard Month
Established by California Assembly Resolution ACR-128, schools across California are encouraged to "take their students outside to celebrate their school grounds and use them for hands-on learning, place-based inquiry, recreation, environmental stewardship and community-building."
To help celebrate Living Schoolyard Month, Green Schoolyards America worked with organizations from across California to produce an activity guide for engaging students in art, recreation, health, agriculture, energy, climate study, wildlife habitat and watershed stewardship while focusing on the thoughtful use of materials and developing place-based understanding.
Download your free copy of the guide here.
Nate Ivy, CREEC Coordinator, Region 4
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The San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative
(SMELC) is seeking San Mateo area K-8 teachers to participate in a professional development learning collaborative hosted by Ten Strands to co-create Next Generation Science Standards aligned units of study for environment-based education. Stipends and CEUs available. Applications due May 15. Learn more and register
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Bay Area Climate Literacy Collaborative Launches
The Bay Area Climate Literacy Collaborative aims to increase climate literacy and action throughout the Bay Area by sharing successes and building the capacity of climate educators and messengers. For more information contact Catherine Carlton or Oksana Shcherba at the Institute at the Golden Gate
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Forestry Institute for Teachers
The goal of FIT is to provide K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills and tools to effectively teach their students about forest ecology and forest resource management practices. Register one of these week-long residential institutes in one of three beautiful spots in Northern CA in June or July!
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This summer, seventeen Bay Area high school students representing eleven cities from Windsor to Mountain View will travel to Hong Kong and China for three weeks as part of an environmental leadership tour funded by the US State Department and organized by Via Programs. Students will learn about international environmental issues and participate in a service-learning conference while traveling. Upon returning to the Bay Area students will develop environmental service-learning projects in their own communities to help address international and local issues.
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Disclaimer: These professional learning opportunities and resources are intended merely to provide access to information. The California Department of Education (CDE) has not reviewed these opportunities or resources for effectiveness or alignment with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). CDE does not warrant or guarantee the effectiveness or results of any opportunity or resource that may be made available through this communication network. The inclusion of an opportunity or resource is neither an endorsement nor recommendation by CDE. Please excuse formatting errors that may result from the software application used to distribute this newsletter.
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The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is an educational project supported by the California Department of Education in collaboration with state, regional and local partners. Its expansive communication network provides educators with access to high-quality educational resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California Students.
CREEC Region 4 serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Solano Counties and is housed at the Alameda County Office of Education STEM Office, California Dept. of Education, 1430 N Street, Suite 4309, Sacramento, CA 95814
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