BALTIMORE LAB GREEN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
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  • 2020 Outdoor and Experiential Education
  • Baltimore Lab School's Environmental Mission Statement
  • Baltimore Lab School Sustainability Plan
  • 2nd Green School Renewal Application 2022
  • Archives (2018 1st Green School Renewal Application)
    • Cover Sheet with Principals signature
    • One Page Narrative Overview
    • Top 5
    • Cover Sheet with Principals signature
    • 1.1 Environmental Issue Instruction >
      • 1.1 Lower School Grades 1,2,3,4,5
      • 1.1 Middle School Grades 6,7,8
      • 1.1 High School Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
      • 1.2.1, 2, and 3 Professional Development
      • 1.3.1 School-wide Environmental Behavior Changes
      • 1.3.2 Systemic Partnerships
      • 1:4 Celebration
    • Objective 2: Student Driven best management practices >
      • 2.1 Water Conservation/Pollution Prevention
      • 2.2 Energy Conservation
      • 2.3 Solid Waste Reduction
      • 2:4 Habitat Restoration
      • 2.5 Structures for Environmental Learning
      • 2.6 Responsible Transportation
      • 2.7 Healthy School Environment
      • 2.4 Habitat Restoration
    • 3.1 Community Partnerships
    • 3.3 Awards and Special Recognition
  • Archives (2014 New Green School Application)
    • One Page Narrative Overview
    • Top 5
    • Objective 1: 1 Environmental Issue Instruction
    • Objective 1: 2 School-wide environmental behavior changes(non student driven bmp's)
    • Objective 1: 3 Professional Development
    • Objective 1:4 Celebration
    • Objective 2: Student Driven best management practices
    • Objective 2:1 Water Conservation/Pollution Prevention
    • Objective 2:2 Energy Conservation
    • Objective 2:3 Solid Waste Reduction
    • 2:5 Structures for Environmental Learning
    • Objective 2:6 Responsible Transportation
    • Objective 2:7 Healthy School Environment
    • Objective 3:1 Community Partnerships, Awards and Special Recognition
  • BLS Environmental Blog
  • 2020 Outdoor and Experiential Education
  • Baltimore Lab School's Environmental Mission Statement
  • Baltimore Lab School Sustainability Plan
  • 2nd Green School Renewal Application 2022
  • Archives (2018 1st Green School Renewal Application)
    • Cover Sheet with Principals signature
    • One Page Narrative Overview
    • Top 5
    • Cover Sheet with Principals signature
    • 1.1 Environmental Issue Instruction >
      • 1.1 Lower School Grades 1,2,3,4,5
      • 1.1 Middle School Grades 6,7,8
      • 1.1 High School Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
      • 1.2.1, 2, and 3 Professional Development
      • 1.3.1 School-wide Environmental Behavior Changes
      • 1.3.2 Systemic Partnerships
      • 1:4 Celebration
    • Objective 2: Student Driven best management practices >
      • 2.1 Water Conservation/Pollution Prevention
      • 2.2 Energy Conservation
      • 2.3 Solid Waste Reduction
      • 2:4 Habitat Restoration
      • 2.5 Structures for Environmental Learning
      • 2.6 Responsible Transportation
      • 2.7 Healthy School Environment
      • 2.4 Habitat Restoration
    • 3.1 Community Partnerships
    • 3.3 Awards and Special Recognition
  • Archives (2014 New Green School Application)
    • One Page Narrative Overview
    • Top 5
    • Objective 1: 1 Environmental Issue Instruction
    • Objective 1: 2 School-wide environmental behavior changes(non student driven bmp's)
    • Objective 1: 3 Professional Development
    • Objective 1:4 Celebration
    • Objective 2: Student Driven best management practices
    • Objective 2:1 Water Conservation/Pollution Prevention
    • Objective 2:2 Energy Conservation
    • Objective 2:3 Solid Waste Reduction
    • 2:5 Structures for Environmental Learning
    • Objective 2:6 Responsible Transportation
    • Objective 2:7 Healthy School Environment
    • Objective 3:1 Community Partnerships, Awards and Special Recognition
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YOUR CART

Goal 2:  All Baltimore Lab School teachers are provided with sustained professional development, tools, and resources that support their role in providing students with high-quality environmental education.

·         Teachers have access to high-quality, curriculum-based lesson plans, resources, and information on training opportunities that focus on environmental issues for all grade levels and subjects.
·         Teachers have sustained professional development related to environmental education content, outdoor learning strategies, and pedagogy to promote environmental literacy in their students.
·         Partnerships with federal, state and local natural resources to actively engage in environmental education and communicate current scientific findings and knowledge of research-based environmental education best practices.


1.2.1 
​All Baltimore Lab staff is aware of our Green School Application process.  

All of the Baltimore Lab School staff is made aware of the Green School application process at a meeting during staff orientation in the beginning of every school year.

2017-2018
Green School Sustainability Coordinator:  Patti Child
Lower School Green Leader:  Carrie Brazell
Middle School Green Leader:  Kara Huggins
High School Green Leaders:  Lauren Moore and Britta Hoffman

​Green School Work Sessions:
Dates:  November 29, 2017, December 5, 2017, Jan. 4th, 11th ,18th ,25th 2018.
# of staff:  3

Activity:  Informing the school through newsletters, bulletin boards, meetings and announcements.   Editing and documenting our green school activities on www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com
BLS Staff attending: Patti Child, Green School Sustainability Coordinator, Carrie Brazell, Lower school Green Leader, Britta Hoffman, High school Green Leader.

Annual Green School Information Sessions:
Date:  August 24, 2016  8am-12 noon
# of staff:  130

Activity:  Annual Green School Update and information for teachers and staff about the green school application process and current Baltimore Lab School Environmental Literacy goals.  100% of teachers participated in this informative session held every year before school begins.  After this initial Green School meeting BLS staff divides up into individual committees to plan lessons and action projects throughout the year as needed.    
BLS Staff attending:  100% of the BLS staff.
Green School Sustainability Coordinator:  Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator

Date:  August 19, 2015.  8am-12 noon.
# of staff:  120

Activity: Annual Green School Update and information for teachers and staff about the green school application process and current Baltimore Lab School Environmental Literacy goals.  100% of teachers participated in this informative session held every year before school begins.  Teachers are re-introduced to www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com and directed to the current process of updating and documenting green school activities.  Teachers discussed the horizontal thread of environmental literacy through each specific subject area.  Outdoor Education library and hands on materials were shared and made available to all teachers.  We now have an Outdoor Education Environmental Literacy area in our school library for ideas and resources.  After the meeting all teachers took home a Baltimore Tree Trust Tree Keeper bucket and pledged to facilitate their students to be Junior Tree Keepers.
Teachers:  In addition to this session, 37 Baltimore Lab teachers met to learn how to connect their subject areas to environmental literacy goals through a meaningful watershed experience, investigative questions and stewardship.  

Monthly Green School Committee Meetings:
Dates:
September 16, 2015
February 23, 2016
# of staff: 5

Our Green School application process was started by 3 teachers in 2011 and now includes the entire school.  Our committee began meeting on a monthly basis.  Everyone has access to our Green School files to document the green school activities our staff was teaching. 
We currently meet on a quarterly basis.  Sub committees meet as needed.
BLS Staff attending:  Karen Yeoman, Kara Huggins, Lauren Moore, Patti Child, Zac Lawhon.

Partnership Meetings:
October 21 and 27, 2014
# of staff:  2

Two Baltimore Lab School teachers, Patti Child and Karen Yeoman, met with Howard K. Cohen, Dan Millender and Debbie Cameron and BLS Board member Kent Croft to talk about our partnership with the Baltimore Tree Trust.
 Mission: To reforest Baltimore, making it a healthier, more livable city, in the process restoring the 30% tree canopy loss of the last 50 years. 
•                    Street tree planting and care
•                    Education/training on planting and care – Patti will coordinate with Amanda Cunningham in order to start BLS Tree Keepers.
•                    Create awareness of the need with public officials and the general public
•                    Mitigate storm water fees of property owners with large scale tree plantings.
Amanda Cunningham will present information to BLS staff on February 18,2015 at 1 pm. so our students can become Baltimore Lab School Tree Keepers.

Annual Green School Update and information:
Date:  August 2014 
​# of staff:  110

Activity:  Annual Green School Update and information for teachers and staff about the green school application process and current Baltimore Lab School Environmental Literacy goals.  100% of teachers participated in this informative session held every year before school begins.  Teachers are re-introduced to www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com and directed to the current process of updating and documenting green school activities.  "Hope Spot" theme for the year with Dr. Sylvia Earle as our Environmental Hero.  Mrs. Child began to show the film Mission Blue to Baltimore Lab School teachers and students in order to introduce Dr. Sylvia Earle’s research and knowledge behind her push for "Hope Spots" and start the conversation. 
BLS Staff attending:  100% of our teachers.  In addition to this meeting, 25 teachers agree to make their classroom a “Hope Spot”.
Date:  September 2011-present.   
​# of students:  6

Students are involved in the application process!
All staff and students are aware of the Green School application process. 
Additional students and staff were invited to join our application process in November of 2013.  This weebly was created to form the outline for the application  and share the responsibility of documenting information with the whole school. 
www.baltimorelabschool.weebly.com starting February 12, 2015.

1.2.1:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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1.2.2 
​100% of our teaching staff have participated in Professional Development.  

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 Date:  Wednesday June 1, 2016.  12 noon-3:30pm.
# of hours: 3 1/2 hours
# of staff:  60
Location:  Clyburn Arboretum
Course Title: ​
Team Building through Environmental Literacy
Teachers: 60 Baltimore Lab School staff traveled to beautiful Clyburn Arboretum to participate in professional development. 
Course Leader(s):  Patti Child and Amy Weishaar 
Organizing Question:  How can Baltimore Lab School teachers connect their students and community to the local environment and the Chesapeake Bay? 
Description:  60 Baltimore Lab School staff participated in the Clyburn Arboretum Team Building Classroom.  Teachers toured the Johns Hopkins Food Lab, hiked the Clyburn Arboretum trails with a Master Naturalist, played Bay Saver games in the field with their peers and toured the gardens with Patricia Foster.

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Date:  October 7 and 14, 2015.  12 noon-3:30pm.
Location:  Druid Hill Park
# of hours: 3 1/2 hours
​# of staff:  54
Course: 
 Teachers used Druid Hill Passports and green maps to discover, enjoy, learn and take action to bring their students outdoors in Druid Hill Park.  Passports were purchased by the Baltimore Lab School from Baltimore Green Map and the Friends of Druid Hill Park.  Staff worked in small groups to complete multi-disciplinary lessons in the park.  Activities focused on team work, safely bringing students outside and environmental literacy goals.
Teachers:  54 staff members attended one afternoon of professional development at Druid Hill Park on Experiential Learning, Environmental Literacy Cross Curricular connections and the outdoors.
Course Leaders:  Patti Child and Amy Weishaar

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  Wednesday September 21, 2016
Location:  Baltimore Lab School Outdoor Sustainability Center
# of hours: 1 hour
# of teachers:  10
Description:

10 Baltimore Lab school teachers participated in this professional development, in order to get as many people as possible to use the Sustainability Learning Center (garden space) as a teaching tool. John Mulherin taught the staff about the aquaponics system.  Many resources for teachers were distributed.
Course Leader:   John Mulherin 
Course Title:  Using BLS Sustainability Center in your classroom.
Organizing Question:  How can Baltimore Lab School teachers connect their students to the new BLS Sustainability Center?
BLS Staff attending:  Kara Huggins, 8th grade Science,  Audrey Hildebrand, 6th and 7th grade Science,  Amy Kisler, 4th and 5th grade Assistant, Jackie Lesh, 5th grade Science and Rennaisance Teacher, Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator, Lauren Moore, High School Environmental Science and Statistics, Malinda Medzinski, High School Biology and Physical Science ,  Kristin Britcher, Reading Specialist,  Joel Bonotai, Middle School Math, Annette Fallon, Admissions Director.



February 18, 2015  12 noon-2pm.  
# of hours:
  4 hour Workshop
​# of staff:  43
43 teachers and staff attended a professional development seminar with The Baltimore Tree Trust.

The Baltimore Tree Trust Director of Programs, Amanda Cunninghan presented information to all of our teachers on becoming Tree Keepers.  She educated our teachers so that we could educate and increase our students role in the planting and care of trees in our school neighborhood of Old Goucher.  Teachers and students have agreed to adopt trees in our neighborhood by learning about them and taking care of them over time.  
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Date:  April 23, 2014. 
Issue Investigation Workshop with Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
# of hours:  4 hour Workshop
# of Staff:  63 Baltimore Lab School teachers
Description:  Allyson Ladley Gibson led this Chesapeake Bay Foundation Professional Development Workshop to build confidence in our teachers as outdoor educators and action project leaders.  The Chesapeake Bay Foundation staff ran a 1/2 day professional development workshop for our staff.  They used the CBF Issues Investigation Framework to facilitate an application session for our staff that ends in action projects (of various kinds, not just restoration).  Everything was tied to curriculum, standards, and what our staff already work with. CBF presented lots of options, grant sources, and ways to tie action projects to classroom work.  Our students do field experiences with CBF and other Environmental Education providers, and have the inspiration and spark to take action.  This workshop helped our teachers feel confident when they share project ideas and logistical details with students.  

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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1.2.3 
Additional Professional Development

5 staff members, from Lower, Middle and High school divisions, attend the Annual MAEOE Conference for the first time.

Date: 
February 2,3,4, 2018
MAEOE Conference
# of staff:  5

Our BLS administration supported MD Green School professional development by sending a team of five teachers and staff from each division to the Annual MAEOE conference.  The Green Team of Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator, Carrie Brazell, LS green leader, March Klein, MS Green leader, Lauren Moore and Britta Hoffman, HS green leader, came back from the conference with exciting resources and ways to bring hands on environmental education into the classroom!  
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Date: 
Saturday March 1, 2014.  8am-4pm.
Saturday February 25, 2016
.  8am-4pm.
Saturday February 24, 2017.  8am-4pm.

Location:  Millersville, Davidsonville and Severn, MD.
Course Title:  Watershed Stewards Academy 4th, 5th and 6th Annual Conference:  Spring into Action. 
Description:  One of the sixth annual conference break out session highlights was a panel focused on increasing involvement by minority populations in Environmental Education and Careers.  
BLS Staff attending:  
Patti Child

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  November 5, 2017. 9am-12 noon.
Location:  Crofton Elementary, Crofton, MD.
Description:  Environmental Literacy Workshop on Schoolyard Habitats with AAWSA.  
Course Leaders:  Suzanne Etgen, AAWSA and Melanie Parker, AACPS
​Staff attending:  Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator

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Date:  November 19 and 20, 2016
Location:  DC National Arboretum
Description:  Wilderness First Aid Course
Course Leaders:
BLS Staff attending:  Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  November 5, 2016.  8:30am-3:30pm.
Location: Hood College
Description:  All day Mid Atlantic TIC Training and Orientation.  
Trout in the Classroom Training
Course Leaders: Dr. Drew Ferrier,Hood College,  Cindy Etgen, MD DNR, and Chuck Dinkel, Trout Unlimitted
BLS Staff attending:  John Mulherin, High School Government and Kara Huggins, Middle School Science

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  October 24, 2015.  12noon-2pm.  
Location: Waldorf School
Course: Green School yard Tour and Class. 
Office of Sustainability
Teacher:  Patti Child

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Date:  October 21, 2015
February 17, 2016

Location:  Baltimore Lab School
Description:  Monthly Aquaponics/ Sustainability Learning Center Meetings
BLS Staff attending:  Patti Child, Outdoor Education Coordinator, Steve Buettner, Head of School, John Mulherin, High School Government, Kara Huggins, Middle School Science, Amy Kisler, Lower School Green Leader.

Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  August 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2015.
Course:  5 day CBF Chesapeake Classroom’s Teachers on the Estuary Class:  Data Edition.
 
Zac and Patti learned to incorporate the environment, the use of data, and the issues surrounding the Chesapeake Bay into their pedagogy. 
3 continuing education MSDE credits were awarded.
Course goals included: 
  1. Knowledge of Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences,
  2. Design and Implement authentic student-driven investigations connected to Bay issues,
  3. Analyze and interpret collected information,
  4. Consider action projects to manage and address the issues based on results of investigations,
  5. Access tools and curricula that support Environmental Science and eSTEM programming,
  6. Utilize Estuaries 101, Chesapeake Exploration, and CBF. 
Teachers:  Zac Lawhon,  Art and photography teacher 1-12
Other Staff:  Patti Child, BLS Outdoor Education Coordinator,
Course Instructors:  Vicki Matthews, CBF Mentor Teacher, Bart Merrick, NOAA, Coreen Weilminster, MDDNR, Paige Sanford, Molly Graham, Shawn Ridgely, CBF Educators.

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Date:  Tuesday, May 13th 7:30-9:30pm
National Aquarium PD
4-D Immersion film, will run at 7:45pm and 8:45 pm
8:15pm short program and Dolphin Presentation
7:30-8:30pm Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extreme
BLS Staff Attending:  Christina Rickman, Business Office.

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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October 1, 2014 
Governor O’Malley’s “Explore and Restore Your Schoolshed” Initiative
Teacher Professional Development
Elementary Version
Held at the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center at Otter Point Creek
700 Otter Point Road, Abingdon, MD 21009
BLS Staff Attending:  
Patti Child 

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March 14, 2015.  9-12.
Tree Keepers 102 Workshop
BLS Staff Attending:  Patti Child 

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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January 9, 2014
WSA Behavior Change Workshop
CBT
Staff:  Patti Child

​Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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 Master Watershed Steward  Watershed Stewards Academy, Arlington Echo Green Center. 

Outdoor Education Coordinator:  Patti Child.

September 23, 2014.  12noon-2pm.
Aquarium Workshop and Professional Development
BLS Staff Attending:  Molly Meredith

Examples:  Agendas, sign in sheets, certificates, notes...

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Bachelors in Environmental Science

​Staff Members with Degree in Environmental Science: 
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Lauren Moore, High School Environmental Science, Earth Science, Chemistry and Statistics:  Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from Eckerd College 2008. (Also minors in Biology and Theater)
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