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Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative glstewardship Statewide effort in Michigan since 2007

Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative www.glstewardship.org Statewide effort in Michigan since 2007. GLSI Vision. Develop stewards of the Great Lakes… Using three strategies… Place-based education Professional development School-community partnerships Supported by an infrastructure…

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Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative glstewardship Statewide effort in Michigan since 2007

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  1. Great Lakes Stewardship Initiativewww.glstewardship.orgStatewide effort in Michigan since 2007

  2. GLSI Vision • Develop stewards of the Great Lakes… • Using three strategies… • Place-based education • Professional development • School-community partnerships • Supported by an infrastructure… • Regional hubs • Statewide initiative • Collaboration with others

  3. Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) GLSI involves 80 teachers and 4100 students in 29 schools http://www.glstewardship.org/ Provide regional leadership/advocacy for place-based education about the Great Lakes. Implement the GLSI’s 3 key strategies in K–12 schools and communities Leverage resources

  4. GLSI Regional Hubs

  5. Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative Regional Hubs Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education) Discovering PLACE (University of Michigan–Flint) GRAND Learning Network (Michigan State University) Grand Traverse Stewardship Initiative  (Grand Traverse Conservation District) Groundswell (Grand Valley State University) Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan) Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition (Eastern Michigan University) West Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (Muskegon Area Intermediate School District) Hubs provide leadership, expertise, support and professional development for K–12 teachers, and material and financial resources for the collaborative work of students and community organizations in their local areas.

  6. Grants to GLSI Hubs By Great Lakes Fishery Trust • $1,933,193 (70%) By Other Funders • $581,250 (30%)

  7. Other Funders* • Wege Foundation — LSSI (100%); Groundswell (50%) • Frey Foundation — Groundswell (20%) • Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan — SEMIS • Fremont Area Community Foundation — WMGLSI • Community Foundation for Muskegon County — WMGLSI • C.S. Mott Foundation — Discovering PLACE • NOAA – Groundswell, LSSI, NE Michigan * Does not include in-kind/grants provided directly to hubs

  8. We Know GLSI Is Working When… Near-Term – GLSI hubs implement 3 strategies – Students study environmental issues in communities – Students have firsthand experiences in stewardship – School-community partnerships are created that are mutually beneficial Ultimately – Work is sustained over time – Participants are retained/increased – Other funds replace GLFT’s –

  9. GLSI Statewide Initiative Support the 8 hubs through: • Organizational development • Communications • Evaluation/Assessment • Networking and convenings • Access to national experts/resources

  10. Accomplishments To Date The GLSI has: • Worked with more that 600 K—12 teachers in 185 schools across Michigan. • Of these, 344 teachers in 111 schools have developed place-based education efforts related to environmental stewardship • Enlisted 326 community partners to help students with their place-based stewardship experiences •Provided more than 25,000 students with place-based stewardship experiences

  11. The Great Lakes Stewardship Initaitive (GLSI) integrates 3 strategies: • Place-Based Education 2. K-12 Teacher Professional Development 3. K-12 School-Community Partnerships

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