CCLC Workshops and Events
This project is designed to prepare educators to implement climate change initiatives in their schools through increasing educators’ content knowledge on climate change, assisting schools with identifying and developing high quality interdisciplinary standards-aligned problem-based units of study, and engaging educators and K-12 students in experiential learning opportunities with community-based partners.
The professional development events are designed to provide educators with strong content knowledge on climate change and how climate change directly impacts our local communities in the South Jersey area. Experiential learning experiences will be used to connect hands-on experiences with content knowledge on climate change.
Educators will then learn how to create, assess, and teach problem-based learning units of study focused upon climate change causes, effects, and responses specific to the Southern Jersey community, especially the coastline and pinelands. Problem-based learning units of study will be interdisciplinary, standards aligned and incorporate experiential learning opportunities.
Programming Provided by Stockton’s Climate Change Learning Collaborative (CCLC) is organized around several key areas.
- CORE Workshops – these sessions will be provided by Stockton faculty with expertise in Climate Change and in Education. These workshops will be repeated throughout the year and will provide the core content that educators will need to better understand Climate Change and prepare to effectively teach it through interdisciplinary project-based learning units across all grade levels.
- Experiential Learning Experiences – These sessions will provide opportunities for teachers to explore the various topics of Climate Change through the lens of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) who are currently engaged in activities that educate our communities about the impacts of Climate Change. Opportunities to explore Barnegat Bay through an overnight excursion on Sedge Island and facilitated beach walks, exploring the climate changes that affect urban communities with the Center for Aquatic Sciences, visiting the Nature Center in Cape May and the Sustainability Center in Camden County with NJ Audubon, and exploring the numerous research-based projects at Stockton’s Marine Science Field Station will be available during the year.
- Virtual Roundtables with Community-Based Organizations will be scheduled throughout the year.
- Additional Workshops based on the needs and requests of LEAs.
- Virtual Classroom Visits for your students with our community partners will be available on a limited basis throughout the year. Information will be available shortly about how to request that support.
The calendar will be updated regularly. Please check back often for new dates and opportunities. We will be offering in-person workshops throughout the southern region and many of the workshops will be offered virtually as the school year begins.
All workshops are available at no cost. Teachers attending out-of-school workshops will receive a stipend for their participation. Districts will be reimbursed for the cost of substitutes when teachers attend programming during the school day.
For more information email climatelearning@stockton.edu.
2024 Professional Development Events/Activities
Professional development events will include six core professional development workshops that will be offered on a rotating basis. Additional workshops will provide participants with experiential learning experiences and community partnership networking. Additional collaborative opportunities for LEA’s will occur through electronic platforms.
| Date | Workshop/Event | Times | Format | Population/Grade Levels | NJSLS Content Areas |
| Jun 25th | Core PD #1 (initial): Understanding Climate Change |
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Face to Face: Stockton University (Galloway) | All educators/ K-12 |
Science Social Studies |
| Jun 26th | Core PD #2 (initial): Climate Change and our Community: How Climate Change Impacts our Community Coastline |
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Face to Face: Stockton University (Galloway) | All educators/ K-12 |
Science Social Studies ELA World Language Visual/Perf Arts |
| Date | Workshop/Event | Times | Format | Population/Grade Levels | NJSLS Content Areas |
| Jul 24th | Core PD #3 (initial): Climate Change and our Community: How Climate Change Impacts our Pinelands | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Face to Face: Online Synchronous |
All educators/ K-12 |
Science
Math Computer Science & Design Thinking Health & PE |
| Date | Workshop/Event | Times | Format | Population/Grade Levels | NJSLS Content Areas |
| Aug 15th | Core PD #4 (initial): Designing Interdisciplinary PBL units on Climate Change aligned to NJSLS |
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Face to Face: Off site location (TBD) | Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers |
All interdisciplinary standards |
| Aug 16th | Core PD #5 (initial): Teaching interdisciplinary PBL units on Climate Change aligned to NJSLS |
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Face to Face: Off site location TBD (CBO) EDUC/CBO STAFF |
Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers |
All interdisciplinary standards |
| Date | Workshop/Event | Times | Format | Population/Grade Levels | NJSLS Content Areas |
| Sep 19th | Core PD #6 (initial): Choosing and Evaluating High Quality Resources |
3:00 AM-5:00 PM | Face to Face: Online Synchronous | Secondary Teachers Elementary Teachers |
All interdisciplinary standards |
