THEME OF THE DAY:  Go Green Day/ Earth Day

Bring a Bit of a Living Green

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Presenters will discuss the types of sea turtles found in Guam, nesting biology, threats facing our sea turtle populations, and things we can do every day to contribute to healthy sea turtle populations.

Addie Ferguson

Addie is a sea turtle biologist working under the AAFB Sea Turtle Monitoring, Protection, and Outreach Project. She graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a BS in Biology. She has been working for UOG Sea Grant now for almost 2 years.

Leilani M. Sablan

Leilani is the lead sea turtle biologist working under the AAFB Sea Turtle Monitoring, Protection, and Outreach Project. She graduated from UOG in 2019 with BS in Biology and has been working for UOGSG since then. 

Resources

Visit UOG Sea Grant https://www.uog.edu/seagrant/

Explore UOG Conference of Sustainability https://www.uog.edu/cis2023/

Connect @uogcis / @uogseagrant / philcruz@uog.edu / 671-688-4732

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Presentation about Circular Economy, Makerspace & Innovation Hub; What we offer in our space, suggestions for future Makerspaces,  & open forum for questions

Abby Crain

Abby Crain is the Guam Green Growth Circular Economy Coordinator. She was one on the first members of the Guam Green Growth Conservation Corps and she helped to successfully launch and manages the Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub.

Crain coordinates courses and programs to educate about circular economies and to promote sustainability and circular practices for students, artists, makers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Crain is also a small business owner of a cottage-industry brand, The Blue Latitude. She designs and handcrafts sustainably sourced leather accessories and is passionate about supporting aspiring local entrepreneurs and helping younger artists develop and grow. 

Resources

Visit Guam Green Growth https://guamgreengrowth.org/

Explore UN Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Explore The Circular Economy Show https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy-show/overview

Companies

Visit Green Banana Paper https://greenbananapaper.com/

Visit Micronesia Conservation Trust http://www.ourmicronesia.org/programs2.html

Visit LEAF https://www.visitguam.com/listing/l-e-a-f/3740/

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This session will lead participants through an abbreviated step-by-step version of “novel engineering,” a science, technology/coding, reading, arts, engineering, and mathematics–based activity in which learners tackle the problems presented in children’s books by collaboratively engineering imaginative  inventions out of simple recycled items. For example, if Little Red Riding Hood had just had a jet pack to soar over the woods, she never would have encountered the wolf; and if the Three Bears had just installed a motion-activated camera on their door, they would have known Goldilocks was at their house and could have remotely locked their doors while out on their walk.

This session borrows inspiration from Tufts University’s work on novel engineering and Lauren Burrow’s session at NAEYC 2022. When students engage in novel engineering, they get interdisciplinary practice in collaborative problem solving, expressing subject matter knowledge through writing and creation, seeing that “trash” can be repurposed for other uses, and flexing their imaginations. Having young students dive into the books they are reading to solve problems the characters encounter can offer meaningful reasons to revisit texts and reread for understanding, help improve overall story comprehension, and increase overall interest in reading.

During this session, participants will work in small groups to try to create invention prototypes that could solve character problems presented in a preselected children’s book. Presenter/s will offer formative feedback throughout the adult participants' brainstorming, design, and engineering process. Participants will get the chance to share their final inventions and share additional book suggestions that help students feel like inventors.

Michelled De Guzman

Michelle De Guzman has been an educator for 16 years. She is a Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching – K-6 Elementary. She is currently an instructional coach with the Guam Department of Education. She taught music, 1st grade at Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School and kindergarten at Upi and Liguan Elementary School. Mrs. De Guzman is an alumnae of the University of Guam, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 2009. In 2013, she received her Masters in Education in Teaching and Learning from Liberty University and graduated with an academic distinction.

De Guzman has been part of the leadership cadre at her former schools. Her committee involvement include Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and Intervention (CIAI), Standards Based Grading leadership, Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT), Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), Family-Community and Engagement, Science Fair and Reading Fair. She was a school-based mentor with the Teacher and Administrator Effectiveness Project (TAE) for 2 years prior to being a district IC.

After attending her first National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference in 2019 (NAEYC), Michelle De Guzman became a member of NAEYC.

Michelle De Guzman has a passion for music and has involved herself with the music ministry at her church for the past 19 years. With her three children and her husband, they have participated in coastal cleanups, school beautification days, and enjoy Christmas caroling at the local hospital and homeless shelters during the holidays.

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The Todu Guam Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to providing no-cost access to care for the island's underserved and underinsured population. The TGF CARES Movement is a new program under the Todu Guam Foundation, which focuses on the social and emotional resilience of students. CARES stands for Community Approach to Resilience and Education for Students. In 2022 the TGF CARES Movement launched its pilot program in Maria Ulloa Elementary School, V. Benavente Middle School, FB Leon Guerrero Middle School, and Simon Sanchez High School delivering the curriculum to over 3,000 students. In addition to the CARES Movement, the Todu Guam Foundation handles 7 other programs that work in the community towards the mission of Getting Guam Healthy One Man, One Woman, and One Child at a time.

The Todu Guam CARES Movement promotes social and emotional resilience through the use of 24 character strengths. This presentation will explain how to utilize the 24 character strengths not only in the classroom, but how to encourage students to find them in books and improve their interpersonal relationships.

Ashley Calvo-Rodriguez

Ashley is the Lead Trainer for the Todu Guam Foundation. Since the organization's establishment in 2016, Ashley has worked with the various programs to provide access to care for Guam's underserved population at no-cost. When the TGF CARES Movement started in 2022, Ashley has worked closely with the team of Care Coordinators and other CARES staff to train and promote the program and bring Kinder Days Ahead for the island's youth.

Kateri Santos

Kateri is a Care Coordinator for the Todu Guam CARES Movement. When CARES goes into the schools, Kateri is one of several facilitators who presents the CARES program to students and assists them in moving to the You Matter and one-on-one sessions. Kateri is a student at the University of Guam as an education major and hopes to continue inspiring the young minds of Guam and bringing Kinder Days Ahead! 

Resources

Contact wecare@toduguam.com / 671-649-8638

Visit Todu Guam Foundation https://toduguam.com/cares/

Character Traits on home page

Visit Resources / Forms linktr.ee/toduguamcares

Explore Mentimeter https://www.mentimeter.com/

Review presentation https://www.menti.com/9q2rt65im4 [Code 2365 2246]

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Explore LinkTree https://linktr.ee/

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Participants will be introduced to the five social emotional competencies as it relates to teaching and leading learners affected by the pandemic challenges, such as learning loss, personal anxieties, and worries. It provides for tips, strategies, and techniques to care for one's social emotional learning and learner's SEL to thrive in a more personalized environment.

Estela L. Calata

Eslela L. Calata is currently a GDOE School Counselor. She was awarded the first School Counselor of the Year (SCOY) in 2020 and represented Guam in Washington, D.C. as the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) 2021 SCOY Honoree. She is a certified Breathe for Change Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Facilitator.

Estela is committed to counseling and facilitating SEL sessions for the school community, supporting students to process their emotions to thrive in the school environment

Resources

Visit CASEL https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/

Learn Science of the Heart https://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/

Visit https://guam.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/what-is-sel-video/social-and-emotional-learning-the-arts-for-every-classroom/