1. AEOE Program Leaders Retreat
Dates: January 31 – February 2, 2025
Location: Camp Ocean Pines, 1473 Randall Drive, Cambria, CA 93428
Description: The 2025 Program Leader Retreat will be held over the weekend of January 31 – February 2, 2025. The professional learning focus will be on evaluation.
Join your colleagues from across the state for an overnight retreat. Camp Ocean Pines is just minutes from the coast, an optional morning excursion can include nature walks, a short hike to the coast, or a short drive to see the elephant seals. Draft Agenda here.
Registration options include Saturday night only, the full weekend, or a full weekend without lodging for locals and those who prefer to stay offsite. Meals are included.
Register today! Choose the option that is most appropriate for you.
If you need financial assistance and identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color, scholarships are available through our partnership with CAELI to increase access and decrease barriers to participation. Contact us at aeoe@aeoe.org.
2. CAELI and AEOE Webinar
Date: 4:00-5:30 pm., February 5, 2025
Description: The CAELI Community-Based Partner Innovation Hub and AEOE invite you to participate in a free webinar series for environmental education program leaders.
Join Candice Dickens-Russell, CEO of Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR), in an inspiring and informative session on equitable hiring and retention practices. The presentation will be recorded and shared with all registered participants.
Register HERE.
3. Green Careers Webinar
Date: 4:00-5:30 pm, February 5, 2025
Description: Join the California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s (CAELI) Green Career CAELI-Wide Initiative for this webinar on green careers in energy, environment and utilities.
Participants will learn about multiple entry points to green career awareness/skill building through K-12 into higher education/careers in formal and informal education. It will include information about industry needs and opportunities, promising practices in formal education, and partnering for work-based learning. The webinar will include short presentations from speakers addressing their pathways, market needs, and opportunities.
Register HERE
4. Understanding Global Challenge
Date: 4:00-5:30 pm, February 12, 2025
Description: CASE invites K-12 educators to participate in this workshop series on Understanding Global Change.
Jessica Bean, PhD, is a scientist and educator at the Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley. She is the leader of the Understanding Global Change Project and the Director of Outreach and Science for the FieldScope community science platform.
She designs tools for learning about the Earth as a dynamic, interconnected system that help learners understand and engage in the process of science. Jessica studies how marine invertebrates respond to and provide records of environmental change along the California coast, has taught college and graduate level biology and Earth science courses, and partners with K-12 educators across the country to develop and implement new resources for learning about the nature of science.
This workshop is offered as three separate sessions adapted for elementary, middle, and high school educators.
Free for CASE Members, $15 for non-members
Register HERE
5. CISC Leadership Symposium
Dates: February 19-21, 2025
Location: Anaheim, CA
Description: CISC initiates collaborative leadership with school districts, the California Department of Education (CDE), and other partners to ensure programs, practices, and services that support success for all students. The committee
identifies statewide curriculum and staff development needs, provides a communication and implementation network for curriculum and professional development activities, and assists the CDE in adopting and implementing instructional materials and developing publications such as curriculum frameworks.
The annual CISC Leadership Symposium brings together over 1,000 educational leaders from throughout the State for three days of networking and learning about the latest shifts in education and models of innovative action.
CISC hosts are Dr. Lucy Edwards, CISC Chair, Dr. Corey Greenlaw, CISC Symposium Chair, and Dr. Caryn Lewis, CISC Liaison
Registration information can be found Here