California Alliance for Next Generation Science Standards (CA4NGSS) An Introduction to the CA4NGSS Communications Toolkits MARCH 22, 2017

Today’s Agenda Welcome & CA4NGSS Background Communications Toolkit Goals & Inventory Overview Toolkit Development & Core Content Toolkit Example Materials Panel Introduction & Panelist Remarks Q&A Closing & Upcoming Calendar Items

Who is CA4NGSS? Established in 2015 to connect organizations in California committed to supporting implementation of the state’s new science education standards. Visit us at www.ca4ngss.org

60+ CA4NGSS Member Organizations Achieve California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) California Project Learning Tree Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) California Reading Association (CRA) Chevron Cal Recycle Children Now Aspire Public Schools California School Boards Association (CSBA) Common Sense Media Cal Academy of Sciences California Science Project (CSP) CSU Fullerton California Association for Supervision and Curriculum (ASCD) California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) CSU Long Beach California Teachers Association (CTA) California Coastal Commission California State Board of Education Education Trust-West California Community College Chancellor's Office California State Parks Exploratorium California State University System (CSU) California Department of Education K12 Alliance @WestEd California Parent Teacher Association (CAPTA) CDE Foundation KQED California Federation of Teachers (CFT) LA Regional STEM Hub/LA Chamber of Commerce California Association of Teachers of English California Mathematics Council

60+ CA4NGSS Member Organizations Lawndale High School S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation UC Berkeley Linked Learning Alliance San Joaquin County Office of Education UC Davis Manhattan Beach USD San Juan USD UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Science Partnership/East Bay Science Project/Alameda COE National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Solano COE North State STEM & Shasta COE Southern California American Association of Physics Teachers (SCAAPT) Oakland USD Stanford GSE OC STEM Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Palm Springs USD TechNet Partnership for Children & Youth (PCY) Ten Strands Qualcomm Two Wires Lab, Inc. Samueli Foundation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Stephen Blake Jessica Sawko Senior Advisor, Children Now Jessica Sawko Executive Director, CSTA

Communications Manager, CDE Foundation Neetu Balram Communications Manager, CDE Foundation See how the core messages are embedded in: Educators Fact Sheet Principals Overview Parents Fact Sheet

Our Panelists Jill Grace – Regional Director, K-12 Alliance at WestEd & CSTA President- Elect Linda Braatz-Brown – Science and Environmental Ed Coordinator for San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Yamileth Shimojyo – STEM/Science Coordinator at Riverside COE Lisa Hegdahl – 8th Grade Science teacher at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, CA & CSTA President Dr. Joan Bissell – Director of Teacher Education, CSU Office of the Chancellor Jill: working on the CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation Initiative Lisa: teaches in a CA NGSS Early Implementation District

Q & A

Upcoming Events in 2017 NSTA National Conference in Los Angeles – March 30th-April 2nd Engaging Girls in STEM: Making the Connection for Action – April 20th @Riverside COE Conference Center CSTA Conference in Sacramento – October 13th-15th CA STEAM Symposium in San Francisco – December 10th-11th (steamcalifornia.org)

Your Call To Action… What’s Next? Join us at the events listed—register now with the live links on the slide before this one. Share your customized versions of the toolkit materials. What is working for you? How did you tweak them for your context? What needs work? Have your organization join as a CA4NGSS member. Request a presentation by CA4NGSS representatives. Let us know what you’d like to see next using the survey slide at the end. More tools are in the works. And of course… check out our website to get the full suite of toolkit materials. Make them your own! www.ca4ngss.org

www.ca4ngss.org Contact CA4NGSS Jessica Howard, STEAM Initiatives Program Director at CDE Foundation & CA4NGSS Lead jessica@cdefoundation.org www.ca4ngss.org

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