CLEAN Teleconference Call September 15, 2020
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Working Toward an Ongoing Climate Teacher Professional Learning Community: Survey Results on How Teachers Fund Their Climate Professional Development?
Abstract: An ongoing blended Climate Teacher Professional Learning Community (Climate TPLC) has been envisioned that would help teachers build climate investigations and units using reviewed CLEAN Resources to help them effectively teach climate change in the context the 3-dimensional learning outlined in the NGSS. Recent work has focused on fleshing out a template for starting a Climate TPLC and exploring ways to sustainably fund a Climate TPLC. This presentation will describe the results of a survey of a broad spectrum of teachers that explores the extent to which climate change is integrated into classroom curriculum, the satisfaction teachers have with the climate professional development they receive, what teachers look for in professional development, and how they fund their professional development activities. This begins the process of identifying lines of potential revenue to make a Climate Teacher Professional Learning Community financially viable and sustainable.
Bio: Dr. Tamara Shapiro Ledley is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), a STEM education consultant, Earth and climate scientist, Secretary of the Education Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador, and Adjunct Professor at Bentley University. She was a 2017 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow where she explored her interests in making climate change education efforts scalable and financially sustainable and to leverage these efforts to enable all climate change stakeholders to align efforts to address the local impacts of climate change. She served as a senior scientist and chair of the Center for STEM Teaching and Learning at TERC for 20 years. She received her PhD from MIT in atmospheric and climate science and her BS from the University of Maryland in astronomy.
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