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February 2024 Planning Meeting

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Climate Change Curriculum Planning Meeting
February 21-23, 2024
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

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Questions?

If you have questions about the Planning Meeting, please contact Anaïs Alexander. While in transit or in Honolulu, please call 541-666-6248.

Overview

Bringing together the experience and expertise of representatives from the Pacific Islands and Tribal nations, as well as climate scientists, educators, curriculum developers, and local youth, we will work to develop a climate change curriculum framework and determine the essential components that these lessons will contain.

Meet the Facilitators

Agenda

Location: Kapuni Room

Wednesday, February 21

  • 7:00-8:00am Breakfast
  • 8:00-11:30am Morning Session
    • Welcome, Overview, Vision
    • Opening activities led by Vivayic
    • Instructional Scope and Sequence Design Rational
  • 11:30am –12:30pm Lunch Break
  • 12:30– 5:00pm Afternoon Session
    • Scope and Sequence Model, Evaluation and Consensus
    • Determine a base model and identify improvements for effectiveness

Thursday, February 22

  • 7:00-8:00am Breakfast
  • 8:00-11:30am Morning Session
    • Present the capture ideas and potential next iteration of the Scope and Sequence
    • Opening activities led by Vivayic
    • Instructional Template Design Rational, Evaluation and Consensus
  • 11:30am –12:30pm Lunch Break (Photos)
  • 12:30– 5:00pm Afternoon Session
    • Focus group with local Hawaiian students: Understanding Climate Change from a Student Perspective
    • Learn the basic writing style and structure of the development process
    • Lesson Writing: Write several pilot lessons to test the model and template structure

Friday, February 23

  • 7:00-8:00am Breakfast
  • 8:00-11:30am Morning Session
    • Lesson Writing Development Time Write pilot lessons to test the model and template structure
  • 11:30am –12:30pm Lunch Break
  • 12:30– 3:00pm Afternoon Session
    • Writing Process Evaluation
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Travel and Lodging

Sheraton Princess Kaiulani
120 Kaʻiulani Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815

► Check in time 3pm

Sheraton Princess Kaiulani

Register a guest or extend your stay

To register an additional guest, please contact:

Princess Kaiulani Group Reservations
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-808-921-4631
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm HST

* your confirmation number was emailed on 1/23

Additional Guests: A third adult will incur an extra person charge of $80.00 plus tax per person per night. Children 17 and under are free.

Extending your Stay: Unfortunately, the hotel is sold out before our meeting. Because they have very limited availability after the conference, guests won't be able to extend reservations at the group rate or stay in the same room. If you would like to make a new reservation, you will need to make a new reservation.

Hotel Suggestions: If you are planning on extending your stay, here are some other hotel options.

Laylow

Pagoda

Surf Jack

Twinfin

Wayfinder

What should I pack?

  • Casual clothing for the meeting
  • Name Badge - if provided by your organization
  • Notetaking tool, such as laptop or notebook
  • Business Cards
  • Sunblock
  • Sunhat
  • Sunglasses
  • Loungewear if you'd like to partake in the early morning hotel activities
Hotel Activities
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Airport Shuttle

If you have not already, please provide your departure and arrival information so we can minimize shuttle trips. Once I receive your information, I'll notify you if others are arriving/departing around the same time.

Hotel transfer options include:

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Carbon Offsets

Please purchase carbon offsets for your flight and add them to your trip expenses.

Carbon Offsets

Per Diem for Honolulu

Per Diem Rates for OSU Employees and Advisory Committee Members:

  • Out of state transit day $117/day (2/20 and 2/24)
  • Dinner $94/dinner (2/21 and 2/23)

Breakfast, snacks and lunches are included for the conference, and dinner on 2/22.

Group Dinner

Thursday, February 22 at 6:00pm at the MonkeyPod located behind Outriggers, beachfront.

We will enjoy "family style" salad and appetizers, and then, to best accommodate our group, guests will order individual main dishes.

*If a guest is joining you, please click the link below to pay for the "family-style" dishes. They must pay separately for their main dish after dinner on Thursday.

Pay for a guest's salad and appetizers
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Recommended Restaurants

Travel Tip: When you support locally owned businesses, you can impact the local community. Your patronage, even on a micro level, can uplift or empower small businesses, and when small businesses can survive, whole communities thrive.

Who's Coming?

  • Anaïs Alexander: YEA-CN Events and Marketing Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Kristi Backe: Curriculum and Professional Development Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, Advisory Committee (Northern Marianas): Family, Community, and Youth Development Program Leader, Northern Marianas College
  • Spirit Brooks: Director of Outdoor School, Oregon State University
  • Audrey Cant, Learning Designer – Vivayic, (Oregon)
  • Nicole Cobb, Writing Team Leader (Tennessee): Expertise in curriculum development, counseling, social & emotional learning, and culturally responsive pedagogy, Vanderbilt University
  • Kristopher Elliott: Associate Director for Extension, Oregon State University
  • Deb Fassnacht, Writing Team Leader (Montana): Expertise in curriculum development with the Watershed Education Network and Montana Indian Education Project
  • Cathy Haas: 4-H Program Leader, Oregon State University
  • Lorena Hernandez, Learning Analyst (Youth Voice and EDIA) – Vivayic, (Nebraska)
  • Celeste Janssen: 4-H Positive Youth Development Research Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Molly Lagai, Advisory Committee (American Samoa): Extension Program Coordinator, American Samoa Community College
  • Amelia Marchand, Advisory Committee (O‘ahu): Interim Senior Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians,
  • Beth Marino, Advisory Committee (Oregon): Associate Professor of Anthropology and National Climate Assessment Committee, Oregon State University- Cascades
  • LeeAnn Mikkelson: Director of Oregon Natural Resources Education Program, Oregon State University
  • Chaney Mosley, Writing Team Leader (Tennessee): Expertise in STEM education with a focus on underrepresented minorities in agriculture, Middle Tennessee State University 
  • Tina Mueller, Advisory Committee (Honolulu): 4-H Military Program Coordinator, University of Hawai’i Manoa
  • Jason O’Brien: Master Naturalist Program Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Shephali Patel, Writing Team Leader (Washington):Expertise in climate-informed agroecological production and education, including developing training programs for youth and BIPOC farmers
  • Belisario Nigenda Pérez: YEA-CN Program Manager, Oregon State University
  • Craig Rebich, Project Owner - Vivayic (Indiana)
  • Ashton Robertson: 4-H External Communications Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Eric Scheuering: YEA Climate Change Curriculum Coordinator, Oregon State University
  • Rebecca Symons: Administrative Assistant to the Associate Director of Extension and the Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, Oregon State University

Tips to Reduce your Carbon Footprint

Taking small steps can have a positive impact on the environment.

As gifts, you will receive a reusable water bottle and a collapsible tote bag.

Please use these instead of single-use bags and bottles whenever possible.

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