TEEP Workshop III (2018)

Come and Review Progress Made Since Last Year's Workshop! 

The workshop will feature presentations and roundtables in the following areas:

• Improvements in Sustainability Education in NYC Schools
• ESE Clearinghouse Update
• Current Research in ESE
• Political Action and Civic Engagement
• New ESE/Teacher Prep. Strategies
• Statewide Initiatives

You are invited to join our workshop focused on expanding Environmental and Sustainability Education in teacher preparation programs.

Teacher Environmental Education Preparation (TEEP) is a project of the Environmental Education Advisory Council (EEAC). The purpose of TEEP is to motivate colleges of education in New York State to include more environmental/sustainability education (ESE) in their teacher preparation programs. Within the context of the current global and national situation, climate change is a major focus of ESE.

While the Standards in most curriculum areas in New York State contain a significant amount of environmental content, as do Regents examinations in science and social studies, most teachers are not trained in the content or processes of ESE.

TEEP has held seven symposiums and two workshops throughout the state to address this issue. The third workshop, to be held at NYU in December 2018 will report on recent advances and plans for the future. Participants will be actively engaged in workshop activities. Environmental education issues and activities associated with TEEP’s goals, even if not directly related to teacher preparation, are also part of the program package.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

9–9:30 AM. Registration and Coffee/Breakfast 9:30-10AM- Progress made on the Teacher Environmental/Sustainability Education (ESE) Clearinghouse since TEEP II

10–10:15 AM. Presentation on Next Generation Science Standards and how ESE can support the new standards

10:15–10:30 AM. Report on the Parents Conference on Sustainability held on October 13th at Teachers College(TC) by representatives of TC, NYC DOE or representatives of the District 3 Green Schools Group10:30-11:15AM- Report and discussion on progress made on the Coalition for Improving School Sustainability (CFISS)proposal to conduct a four year pilot program to design and implement the placement of seven full-time, paid regional sustainability coordinators (sc’s) to coordinate sustainability education and work with the volunteer sc’s in three schools in each of NYC’s seven regions.

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM. Presentation by colleges of education with comprehensive TEEP programs:

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

• Rebecca Light, Early Childhood Education
• Sue Kirch Elementary Science Education
• Catherine Milne, Chairperson of the Department of Teaching and Learning
• Mary Leou, Environmental Conservation Education

BANK STREET COLLEGE

• Bob Wallace, Bank Street College Preservice Field course at Tiorati

12:45–1:30 PM. LUNCH

1:30–2:30 PM. Strategizing in groups on:

1. ways to improve teacher preparation in ESE in schools of education and development of specific plans to communicate with specific schools of education;
2. how to strengthen the role of sustainability coordinators in schools;
3. ways to improve climate change education

Sponsored by the Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education at NYU and the Teacher Environmental Education Preparation (TEEP) Committee of the Environmental Education Advisory Council of New York City (EEAC-NYC).