Baltimore Lab School Sustainability Plan
Goal 1: Every Baltimore Lab School student graduates with the knowledge and skills to make informed environmental decisions.
Teachers engage students at every grade level in outdoor activities designed to increase environmental literacy.
Students participate in interdisciplinary and scaffold instruction about the key relationships between dynamic earth, energy and human systems, including STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) content, knowledge and thinking skills.
Students have information about career opportunities and requisite skills for environment-based jobs and opportunity to participate in programs that prepare them for a future in these careers.
Students have the opportunity to pursue enrichment programs and experiences that support in depth understanding of environmental issues and solutions.
Students participate in interdisciplinary and scaffold instruction about the key relationships between dynamic earth, energy and human systems, including STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) content, knowledge and thinking skills.
Students have information about career opportunities and requisite skills for environment-based jobs and opportunity to participate in programs that prepare them for a future in these careers.
Students have the opportunity to pursue enrichment programs and experiences that support in depth understanding of environmental issues and solutions.
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.
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.
Goal 3: Baltimore Lab School will maintain its buildings, grounds, and operations to support positive environmental and human health outcomes.
School buildings, grounds, and operations are models of sustainability for the community, making continual progress towards net-zero environmental impacts, including carbon, solid waste, wildlife habitat, and hazardous waste.
The school environment has a positive effect on the health of students, staff and the surrounding community.
The school environment has a positive effect on the health of students, staff and the surrounding community.
Goal 4: Baltimore Lab School will reach out to regional and state programs to obtain the full suite of information and opportunities available for our students.
Education programs are developed and refined using the best available research on the effectiveness of environmental education, and support continued research in this field.
Active communication and collaboration with Federal, state, and nongovernmental organizations with PK-12 programs related to environmental literacy planning and implementation.
Active communication and collaboration with Federal, state, and nongovernmental organizations with PK-12 programs related to environmental literacy planning and implementation.