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DRAIN RANGERS
Curriulum Implementation and
Assessment
Prepared by Janet Geer and Pamela Jull
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Concept
Polluted runoff single largest source of pollution entering Puget Sound
Stormwater curriculum is administered sporadically
Developed curriculum with teachers, informal educators, curriculum administrators, jurisdictions, and state agencies
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• Background
STORM-King County 2009
STORM-Snohomish County 2010
STORM-Puget Sound Partnership 2013
STORM- Bothell 2015
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Goals of 2013 Grant
Review existing curriculum
Meet with stakeholders
Develop curriculum that can be implemented in whole or in part based on needs
Train teachers and begin piloting
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Goals of 2015 Grant
Assist formal and informal educators with implementing the curriculum
Create additional tools and resources for teachers to use
Adapt the curriculum for Eastern WA
Develop evaluation questions and strategies that can be gauged to assess student learning
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Accomplishments
Conducted 15 teacher trainings across the State for 183 formal and informal educators
Piloted curriculum in 9 schools
Revised and improved both Western WA curriculum
Adapted curriculum for Eastern WA
Developed 4 videos, 6 illustrations, 13 fact sheets, and 5 posters
Evaluated 70 teachers and 203 students to measure teacher understanding and student learning
34 school signed up for 2017-18 and 70 for 2018-19
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Program Theory
Training teachers in the curriculum will increase teachers’ confidence
Increased confidence will increase teachers’ use of the curriculum
Use of the curriculum will enhance student understanding of stormwater, pollution, careers and BMP solutions
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Varied Approaches
Different training/engagement
Different curriculum
Different geography
Different levels of schooling
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Varied Approaches
Style
Training
Team Curriculum Grades Geography #
Mentoring IslandWood
DR Elementary+
Science Kits Grades 4-5 NorthShore, SPS 14
Modeling King County
DR Secondary+
Science Kits Grades 7-12 South Sound 3
Workshop PEI
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East Grades K-5 Eastside 34
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West Grades 7-12 Westside 53
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Summary teacher findings
Mentoring produced strong learning of problems
Workshop produced strong learning of solutions
Teacher motivation to help solve problems was high
Strong positive response to curriculum resources
Modeling was well received
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Summary teacher findings:
Barriers
Planning time
Implementation Time
Materials/$
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Student outcomes
203 pre and post tests
Great increase in understanding of stormwater concepts, what stormwater is and why it’s a problem
Smaller increase in engineering design process and identifying solutions
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Student data challenges
Matching pre to post
Timing
Very powerful results for 42 matched student tests
3-4 point gains typical across classes with unmatched pre-post tests
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Recommendations
Workshop
Follow with planning time
Follow with site visits/mentoring for K-5
Construct and test more LID/GSI models
Partner for historical information
Make online mapping tools available
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Recommendations
Solve the problem of materials sharing/lack
Develop pictorial student assessment option
“I used to think that stormwater runoff was more controlled by city officials than it currently is, but now I
know we have many things we can do as citizens, homeowners, and businesses to improve stormwater
quality.”
Thank you!
Transect Films
Faith Haney
Transectfilms.com
206-947-4114
City of Bothell
Janet Geer
425-806-6796
Pacific Education Institute
Patricia Otto
206-431-8177
King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Susan Tallarico
206-263-8930
Applied Research Northwest
Pamela Jull
www.arnorthwest.com
1-360-647-6067
Islandwood Educators
Kate Bedient
206-855-7027