AB 1548 calls upon the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the California Integrated Waste Management Board, in cooperation with Resources Agency, State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Secretary for Education, to:

Develop education principles and concepts for the environment for elementary and secondary schools

Incorporate the education principles and concepts for the environment for in criteria developed for textbook adoption in Science, Mathematics, English/Language Arts, and History/Social Sciences.

Ensure education principles and concepts for the environment are aligned to the academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education and do not duplicate or conflict with any academic content standards.

Develop and disseminate a “model curriculum” to teach the environmental principles and concepts

Education and the Environment Initiative

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Review of draft environmental principles and concepts:

• Technical Working Groups — June, July, August

• On-line discussion forum — August-November

• Distributed at California Science Teachers Association annual conference in San Jose

• Electronically distributed to over 1,000 educators

Review Process — July—November

ALIGNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES & CONCEPTS TOCALIFORNIA’S ACADEMIC CONTENTSTANDARDS

Standards Alignment Maps

The alignment between the EP&C and California’s academic content standards were considered appropriate if they met one or more of the following criteria:1. directly teach the standard;2. provide the context to help students understand the

standard; or, 3. help students perceive the significance of the

standard to their daily lives.

Review of draft standards alignment maps:

• Standards Alignment Teams — science and history/social science identified in cooperation with the staff of the Curriculum Commission

• Distributed at California Science Teachers Association annual conference in San Jose

• Five regional field reviews with K-12 educators (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento/Central Valley & Redding)

• On-line discussion forum — October-November

• Three regional orientation sessions for environmental organizations/education providers (Los Angeles, Bay Area and Central Valley)

• Electronically distributed to over 1,000 educators

Review Process — October—November

External Review and Outreach

Educators and Administrators

Region Location Dates and Times

Los Angeles LACOE October 26 4:30 – 6:30 pm

San Diego SDCOE November 4 — 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Orange County OCDE/Tustin USD November 1 — 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Sacramento SCOE November 17 — 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Bay Area Lawrence Hall of Science November 10 — 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Redding Turtle Bay Museum November 18 — 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Environmental Educator Providers and NGOs

Region Location Dates and Times

Los Angeles LA River Center November 12 — 10:00-12:00 pm

Clovis Center for Adv. Research Tech. November 16 — 10:00 -11:30 am

San Francisco Crissy Field Center November 9 — 2:30 – 4:00 pm

STATUS NEXT STEPS

Implementation Plan and Timeline2004

Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&C)Draft "overarching" environmental principlesDraft environmental principlesDraft environmental conceptsReview draft EP&C (external)Revise draft EP&C

Standards Alignment MapsDraft standards alignment mapsReview draft alignment maps (external)Revise draft alignment maps

Submission for Review and ApprovalSubmit to Secretary of CalEPA and CIWMB

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Implementation Plan and Timeline2005-2006

Planning of Model CurriculumMeetings with EE providersOutreach to educatorsDevelop Scope and SequencePlan for integrating existing materialsResearch and develop instructional design

Develop Model CurriculumDevelop and field test materials Review by Curriculum Commission RevisionsReview by SBEProduction

2005 2006

Implementation Plan and Timeline2006-2009

Dissemination and professional developmentEstablish and train dissemination teamsRecruit educational leaders (±10 per district)Conduct workshops across state Conduct follow-up sessions

EvaluationDevelop evaluation instrumentsCollect evaluation data Analyze data and report on evaluation results

2006 2009

Legislative Provisions for theModel Curriculum

• Developed by Cal/EPA and CIWMB, in cooperation with Resources Agency, State Department of Education and State Board of Education;

• Aligned with adopted academic content standards in Science, Mathematics, English/Language Arts, and History/Social Sciences;

• Reviewed by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission, Secretaries of Cal/EPA and Resources and, submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval; and,

• CIWMB pays printing costs and CDE posts and maintains on its Internet site.

Purpose of the Model Curriculum

It will be designed to:

• help students achieve mastery of academic standards at each grade level with clearly defined learning outcomes that are aligned to California’s academic content standards

• provide a learning continuum from K-12 grade for teaching the Environmental Principles and Concepts

Task Timeframe

I. Establish an inter-agency Model Curriculum Planning Committee (governmental) 12/04

II. Define goals and scope of model curriculum e.g., standards by grade-level 1/05

III. Identify grade-level sequence of instruction to achieve mastery of academic content standards and EP&C — based on standards alignment maps

1/05-2/05

IV. Outline instructional plans that connect teaching standards and EP&C 2/05-3/05

V. Interagency committee of EE providers (CEEIN members) develops self-review criteria and reporting documents —grade-level applicability; alignment to mastery of academic content standards and EP&C

12/04-1/05

VI. Invite CEEIN members and other EE providers to self-report on materials 2/05-3/05

VII. Conduct educator needs assessment (10,000 teachers ) — e.g., format for Model Curriculum

3/05-4/05

VIII.Formulate process for developing writing teams for Model Curriculum 3/05-4/05

IX. Compile components into draft Model Curriculum Plan 3/05

X. Review draft Model Curriculum Plan with Education Partnership 3/21/05

XI. Review draft with Model Curriculum Planning Committee — revise and finalize 4/05

Plan for Designing the Model Curriculum