Sierra Streams Institute

Description:this Project Provides Funding to Sierra Streams Institute to Implement Its Project, Which Will Design, Demonstrate, and Disseminate Environmental Education Practices, Methods, and Techniques, That Will Serve to Increase Environmental Literacy and Encourage Behavior That Will Benefit the Throughout Western Nevada County and Yuba County of California. the Grantee Will Do This Through Efforts to Promote Communication Around Environmental Issues Surrounding Watershed Health, With a Focus on Clean Water and the Impacts to Foothill and Valley Communities. the Outdoor Environmental Education Activities in This Project Enhance Students' Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Around These Local and Region-wide Watershed Issues. These Activities Will Serve as a Pathway for Students to Engage in Future Environmental Action and Stewardship. This Agreement Provides Full Federal Funding in the Amount of $100,000. Activities:this Project Will Increase Public Awareness and Knowledge About Environmental Issues Throughout Western Nevada County and Yuba County of California and Provide Schools, Parents, Teachers, Informal Educators, Students, and Environmental Education (EE) Organizations the Skills Necessary to Make Informed Decisions and to Take Responsible Actions. Activities to Be Performed During This Project Period Include: the Development of a Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) That Supports Youth in Critical Thinking and Science Literacy by Communicating With Their Peers Around Region-wide Watershed Issues. the WCT Will Include Activities on Indigenous Ways of Knowing That Have Been Shared by Tribal Organizations. (3) to Pilot the WCT as an Extension of Existing Ee Programs in the Region, With at Least 8 Different 4-8TH Grade Classes From Schools. Subrecipient:subawards Will Be to Eligible Organizations to Conduct the Following Activities: Develop and Design the Environmental Education (EE) Opportunities Database. Develop the Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT). Pilot Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) With Existing Ee Field Programs. All Subawards Will Contribute Directly to Achieving the Three Primary Objectives Listed Above. Some Subawards May Address More Specific Needs Within Each Category, Such as Maintenance of Pilot Program Field Sites or Transportation of Classes to and From the Field Sites. Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) Will Reach Out to a List of Organizations That Can Help Advance These Objectives. Their Eligibility, Capacity and Expertise Will Determine the Amount of Their Subaward. a. Subaward Oversight: All Subrecipients Will Enter Into a Subaward Agreement That Is Signed by Both Ssi and the Subrecipient. Each Agreement Will Include the Following: Scope of Work (sow), Period of Performance, Outline of Financial Control, Invoicing Process, and Funding Instructions (eligible and Non-eligible Costs for the Sub-award). Subrecipients Must Keep Track of All Expenditures and Activities Under the Sow and Provide Brief Quarterly Update Reports.outcomes:it Is Anticipated That This Project Will Result in the Following Deliverables: an Interactive, Publicly Available Environmental Education Opportunities Database (eeod), Cataloging Dozens of K-12 Environmental Education (EE) Field Sites and Ee Opportunities Across 14 School Districts; a Publicly Available Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) With Which Educators Can Connect Their Students With Other Classes and Regions Through the Shared Lens of Watershed Science and Stewardship; and the Provision of an Outdoor Ee Experience Coupled With Across-school Sharing and Pilot Collaboration Opportunity (implementation of the WCT) to at Least 8 Classes. Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) Anticipates That the Pilot Program Will Reach at Least 8 Elementary and Middle School Teachers and 200 4-8TH Grade Students, Roughly Half of Whom Live in Communities Categorized as Disadvantaged by the (climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool) Cejst or Attend a Title