{"id":429,"date":"2026-09-18T13:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/cclc\/?p=429"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:37:07","slug":"expanding-climate-education-across-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/cclc\/2026\/09\/18\/expanding-climate-education-across-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Climate Education Across New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The RCNJ Climate Change Education Collaborative (RCNJ CCLC) continues to expand professional learning opportunities for educators across New Jersey. During the current reporting period, the CCLC hosted <\/span><b>24 professional development events<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, bringing together <\/span><b>131 unique educators and school leaders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for a total of <\/span><b>434 participant attendances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><b>Eighty-four participants, or approximately 64% of unique participants, were new to the CCLC.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professional learning opportunities were offered in partnership with organizations including <\/span><b>City Green, Great Swamp Watershed Association, the New Jersey School of Conservation, and Ramapo College of New Jersey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The RCNJ CCLC also collaborated with the <strong>Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0to offer three special sessions focused on climate education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The CCLC also began developing and offering <\/span><b>14 new professional learning sessions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that will expand opportunities for educators to explore climate change through a range of grade levels, subject areas, and perspectives. Topics include artificial intelligence and climate change, climate literacy across the curriculum, climate education through MTSS, biodiversity, climate-resilient design, climate and food systems, flood modeling, climate clubs, and identifying misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to professional development, the CCLC launched a <\/span><b>Grades 9\u201312 Professional Learning Community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, bringing together 14 teachers to collaborate around climate education and classroom practice. 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