Cohort 4 Interest Form: https://tinyurl.com/pe77cnrj
Tuition covered for NYCPS educators · Up to 9 graduate credits through CUNY City College of New York
Since February 2023, STEMteachersNYC and City College have been collaborating on a microcredential for in-service and preservice teachers - YOU! Cohort four of our for-credit courses starts January 2027! Tuition may be available for up to 15 NYC Public School teachers!
A collaborative opportunity for teachers to develop a coherent understanding of climate change in our city and across the globe, infused with real-world, data-rich, fieldwork experiences with local nonprofits, master teachers and climate scientists - and immediately implementable teaching tools and strategies, along with the ongoing support of our community!
This three course (9 credit) micro-credential for in-service teachers, titled "Teaching Urban Climate Change: Systems, Science & Stewardship'' will focus on 1) building foundational knowledge and experiences to understand interconnected systems, causes, effects and solutions, 2) working with local partners to develop/enrich these experiences with field research and data analysis (for teachers and students), and 3) learning from other teachers already teaching about Climate Change in classrooms across NYC.
Collaborators include BBG, AMNH, NYC Parks, NYAS, Urban Systems Lab, a team of six of our master teacher-leaders... and more!
Coursework shall be applications and practice-based, leveraging current events and the Ecology Disrupted curriculum, to help support teachers - you! - to be confident, knowledgeable, and equipped to not only teach about Climate Change, but create and respond to events and teaching contexts with appropriate resources and new material. Coursework will comprise:
Science Content & Fieldwork - systems and resilience focused course; participating teachers will engage with scientists and researchers in the field, grade appropriate datasets, examining down and upstream networks of causes and effects.
Emergent student and teacher-driven themes include - Keeping it local; Systems thinking; MakerSTEM & Climate; Climate Modeling and Data; Sustainability; and Youth voice.
Teaching Resources and Tools - participants will engage directly with tool and curriculum developers.
Real, vetted classroom connections - including student work, PBL strategies, real world examples - engage with teachers already teaching about CC in their classrooms.
This program will be made available to any NYC teacher, public, charter, independent! Please feel free to share this form and reach out with any questions to yadana@stemteachersnyc.org