19:34:27	 From  claretallonruen : will this be recorded? I have to walk somewhere during the meeting
19:35:37	 From  Ian Shanahan : Yes, indeed. We will post it on greenteacher.com tomorrow.
19:39:33	 From  Liz French : Liz from Georgia. I work as an environmental educator for my local school system. I am hoping to grow my program into a nature center eventually!
19:39:34	 From  Judy : Calgary Alberta
19:39:45	 From  mickeyjosorrell : North Carolina. Kids in the creek, star parties.
19:40:12	 From  Ian Shanahan : Ian, southern Ontario. (Green Teacher)
19:40:23	 From  Adrien Hilmy : I work in Corpus Christi TX for a conservation organization. We provide field experiences for students grades k-12 at our wildlife preserve.
19:40:24	 From  Carolyn : Hi Megan...I'm a 5th grade public school Science teacher, and even though this is my 18th year teaching, I'm still learning.  I've been teaching Science exclusively for 3 years.
19:41:09	 From  Liza Barney : Liza Barney - New Brunswick, Canada Education Program Coordinator at Bird Studies Canada
19:41:13	 From  claretallonruen : I work as an outdoes educator across a district, pushing in on water education. I partner with local experts, bringing them in, bringing kids to sites lie beach/wastewater treatment plant/etc. I’m looking to make a “template” for what I do to bring it to two other nearby school districts and, “engaging partners” is something I’ve done here and am curious how do to it outside of my community
19:42:07	 From  Ian Shanahan : Thanks for these contributions so far, folks. We will follow up on these items during the Q-and-A.
19:42:44	 From  Ian Shanahan : NGSS
19:45:07	 From  Carolyn : My school adopted them 3 years ago.  The NGSX training is the "full training," because it incorporates the cross-training concepts.  The models used in the traing make the integration of the cross-cutting concepts seem a bit daunting, if you ask me.
20:09:11	 From  mickeyjosorrell : Those kids are so lucky to have you.
20:17:33	 From  Liza Barney : Thanks for sharing your experiences, Megan. This is such a great model- one challenge I see in schools is the constraints of the bell-ringing schedule - even if a teacher is keen to integrate these immersive experiences, they are tricky to fit into the typical block of time before kids move to another class. Any examples or suggestions on how a teacher can break through some of those structural barriers?
20:17:48	 From  Carolyn : I like your story, Megan, and that is what education was about 3 decades and more, ago.  There wasn't all the testing in the US.  
20:18:08	 From  Liz French : Do you work mostly with your science class, specific classes like AP, or clubs? 
20:18:39	 From  Liz French : I mean clubs as afterschool programs
20:21:20	 From  Carolyn : EXACTLY!
20:23:19	 From  Liza Barney : is that a bird calling out your window?
20:24:00	 From  Carolyn : Evil Monsanto.
20:28:55	 From  Liz French : Thank you so much!!
20:29:05	 From  Ian Shanahan : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BH2W5H3 
20:29:06	 From  Carolyn : Thank you both!  Wonderful!