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…– Regional hubs– Statewide initiative– Collaboration with others

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

GLSI Regional Hubs

Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative

Regional Hubs1. Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (Western Upper Peninsula Center for

Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education)2. Discovering PLACE (University of Michigan–Flint)3. GRAND Learning Network (Michigan State University)4. Grand Traverse Stewardship Initiative (Grand Traverse Conservation District)5. Groundswell (Grand Valley State University)6. Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (Community

Foundation for Northeast Michigan)7. Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition (Eastern Michigan University)8. 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.

Grants to GLSI HubsBy Great Lakes Fishery

Trust • $1,933,193 (70%)

By Other Funders • $581,250 (30%)

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

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–

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

Accomplishments To DateThe 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

The Great Lakes Stewardship Initaitive (GLSI) integrates 3 strategies:

1. Place-Based Education

2. K-12 Teacher Professional Development

3. K-12 School-Community Partnerships