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Sustainability Teacher Fellowship 2027-28 Cohort Applications will open December to April
Integrating Sustainability in K–12 Classrooms: Place-Based Learning and Community Partnerships in the Great Lakes Region
STF Fellows Presenting Saturday, October 3rd, 9 - 9:45 am
Presenters: Emily Gochis, Rebecca Field, Cyndie Roberts, Vicki Stoddard, Brian Dufort, Taleen Jackson, and Dana Draper-Rosin
Location: UM-Flint Riverfront Conference Center at 1 Riverfront Plaza, Flint, MI 48502
Join us for an engaging session focused on integrating sustainability into K-12 formal classrooms. Discover the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability and explore successful place-based learning experiences—including outdoor settings and community partnerships—led by current Sustainability Teacher Fellows. Through hands-on, inquiry-based activities, participants will reflect on implementing sustainability learning in standards-based teaching practice. Attendees will leave empowered with practical strategies and resources to help learners become stewards of a sustainable future in the Great Lakes.
Place-Based Sustainability Project Snapshots
Field_25-26 Unit Snapshot Poster.pdfHemmeter Elementary
Hemmeter Elementary
Saginaw Township Schools
5th Grade
Rebecca Field, STF Teacher Leader
H.H. Dow High School
H.H. Dow High School
Midland Public Schools
9th -12th Grade
Cyndie Roberts
Roberts_25-26 Unit Snapshot Poster.pdfOdyssey_25-26 Unit Snapshot Poster.pdfOdyssesy Middle/High School
Odyssesy Middle/High School
Shepherd Public Schools
7th - 12th Grade
Brian DuFort and Taleen Jackson
Western High School
Western High School
Bay City Public Schools
9th & 10th Grade
Victoria Stoddard
Stoddard_25-26 Unit Snapshot Poster.pdf
Windover High School
Windover High School
Midland County Educational Service Agency
9th - 12th Grade
Dana Draper-Rosin
Education for Sustainability: Project, Place and Justice Based Learning
Friday, October 2nd, 2 - 3:45 pm
Presenters: Drs. Emily Gochis and Darin Stockdill
Location: Suite E, UM-Flint Riverfront Conference Center at 1 Riverfront Plaza, Flint, MI 48502
Session Objectives:
Examine how sustainability issues can be explored at different scales, connecting local observations to regional data.
Analyze a specific example of a place-based inquiry involving community scans and action planning, and identify protocols to adapt this model for their own teaching.
Reflect on opportunities to integrate multi-scale, justice-centered sustainability learning and action projects into their instructional practice.
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