2021 Los Angeles Area Conference - Sessions

Bridging the Gap: Using Teacher Leaders to Support Informal Educators

Want to create high-quality, NGSS-focused field trip experiences? Come learn how we brought together classroom teachers and informal educators to accomplish this goal with amazing outcomes!

Takeaways: Attendees will: 1. learn the steps we took to create a collaborative environment for teacher leaders to support informal educators in learning more about NGSS and the EP&Cs; 2. learn the value of bringing the expertise of informal educators and the knowledge of formal educators together in order to create high-quality, NGSS-focused field trip experiences; and 3. be given access to the agendas, handouts, and templates we used in our training/planning sessions.

Speakers

Lesley Gates (Fresno County Office of Education: Fresno, CA)

Plastic Waste and Mental Health: How Young People Build on Informal Learning to Make Change in Their School and Communities

We’ll unpack examples of young people learning across different settings, showing how formal and informal educators can collaborate to support science engagement and community involvement.

Takeaways: 1. Young people bring their learning across settings, making connections between the practices and activities they do in informal and formal spaces; 2. When educators partner and coordinate experiences across settings, they can better support young peoples’ learning pathways, identity development, and promote community involvement; and 3. This session will offer examples of how young people have brought their learning and made connections across settings, which will highlight opportunities for educators to design better partnerships in the future to support young people in the future.

Speakers

Abby Rhinehart (University of Washington: Seattle, WA)

Presenter Materials for this Session:
(Materials are only accessible to NSTA Members)