Advancing Environmental Literacy at Scale: Building Capacity at County Offices of Education

Abstract

In California, County Offices of Education (COEs) sit in a rather liminal space, providing technical support for districts to build their capacities in various ways. Knowing the imperative that all students deserve access to the skills and information that will support them in promoting health and wellbeing for themselves, their communities, and the planet, The California Environmental Literacy Initiative, supported by the nonprofit organization Ten Strands, sought to train COE employees to plan and implement environmental literacy initiatives through a 9-month fellowship program. In studying this program and talking to its fellows, its success as a pilot is clear, and I recommend that the program is not just continued, but expanded. Further, I uncovered opportunities to support and complement the ongoing policy advocacy that Ten Strands is engaging in to expand environmental literacy at scale in California.

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Seidmon, S. (2023). Advancing Environmental Literacy at Scale: Building Capacity at County Offices of Education. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/qf607jx7303. https://doi.org/10.25740/qf607jx7303.

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