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Community-Based Partner Innovation Hub

GOALS

  • Convene a broad range of community-based partners across the state working in support of environmental literacy.
  • Elevate the importance of environmental literacy CBPs in California.
  • Strengthen the pathways between formal education and CBPs.
  • Increase the capacity of CBPs to better serve students with high-quality, culturally relevant programs.
  • Determine additional field-level priorities to better address equity and inclusion and align with the needs of formal K–12 education.

PROJECTS & WORKING GROUPS

  • CBP Network Leaders Community of Practice: Bring together CBP network leaders from around the state to engage in information sharing that promotes collaboration, program support, and program delivery to more students.
  • CBP Program Leaders Webinar Series: Provide professional development and regular networking opportunities for EE provider program leaders. Opportunity to showcase leading CBP organizations in CA to demonstrate models of effective and culturally-relevant EE programming.
  • Program Leaders Convenings: Provide opportunities for in-person attendance at two statewide conferences to build new networks and connections, collaborate on joint projects, and work together to advance environmental literacy.

RESOURCES

  • Community-Based Partner Network Toolkit developed by the COE Innovation Hub
  • CAELI Partner Portal supported by Green Guardians
  • Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (AEOE)

Co-Leaders

Amity Sandage

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Amy Frame

Ten Strands

Andra Yeghoian

Ten Strands

Anthony Quan

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Austen Needleman

Program Manager

Chris Griesemer

Sacramento Area Science Project

Christina Emmett

Hidden Villa

Craig Strang

Craig Strang Consulting

Crystal Starr Howe

San Diego County Office of Education

Edward Hilton

Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District

Ellen McClure

Berkeley Unified School District

Emily Schell

California Global Education Project

Erin Mongiello

Estrella Risinger

Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education

George Garcia

California Department of Education

Gloria Harwood

Laguna Beach Unified School District

Jason Schlatter

Impact Capital

Jeff Rivero

Merced Union High School District

Jennifer Mutch

Santa Clara County Office of Education

Jerry Song

Los Angeles Unified School District

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