Professional Development Workshops: Exploring climate change through storytelling, Indigenous perspectives, and holistic gamepla

Jul 20, 2022  13:00 - 14:30

(GMT -4:00) Eastern Time

Event URL:  https://greenteacher.com/pd/
Hosted by: Green Teacher, Natural Curiosity, Springbay

his PD is limited to New Jersey-based educators and is being presented as part of the New Jersey Climate Change Education Initiative.

Three environmental education organizations based in the Greater Toronto Area are collaborating on a two-part virtual, interactive PD workshop based on local, inquiry-based learning for educators of Grades 3 to 8. Over two 90-minute sessions, educators will explore innovative teaching frameworks and tools for climate education from each organization and their focus area: inquiry and engagement through an Indigenous lens (Natural Curiosity), gamification for climate action (Springbay), and connecting emotionally through storytelling (Green Teacher). The first session will provide a holistic introduction to all three partners and their resources, and conclude with an inquiry activity during which participants will be invited to reflect on and share about “a special place” in their local natural world — a place that is meaningful to them. Educators’ personal identification to land will act as the connecting thematic thread between the two sessions, and serve as the basis for the development of participants’ own inquiry learning plans in the second session, which can in turn be applied with students.