This session will equip site and district leaders with strategies to drive system-wide shifts toward NGSS-aligned assessment. Participants will learn how to guide instructional teams in creating sensemaking tasks that turn assessments into empowering, confidence-building experiences. Leaders will leave with actionable tools to support, monitor, and scale student-centered assessment practices across their schools.

Location: David P. Meaney Education Center, 10474 Mather Blvd., Mather CA, 95655

This session will be offered twice. Please choose one date to attend based on your schedule:

• Thursday, February 25, 2027 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Tuesday, April 13, 2027 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

This professional learning experience will support participants in integrating NGSS and inquiry-based learning into outdoor education by analyzing strategies that align science instruction with meaningful outdoor experiences. Educators will develop activities that foster student engagement with nature through observation, discussion, and reflection, while also exploring how AI-powered tools can enhance outdoor learning by supporting inquiry and deepening connections to the local environment.

This session is being offered under the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) North Hub Grant from CDE. 

April 3, 2027

David P. Meaney Education Center 

10474 Mather Blvd. 

Mather CA 95655

Room C

9:00 AM- 3:30 PM