Ten Strands offers Technical Assistance Services that support education-focused organizations to design and implement environmental and climate action initiatives that take place across the campus, curriculum, community, and overall culture of a school community.
We recognize that change occurs across different phases—establishing buy-in, assessing the current status, strategic planning, implementation, and continuous improvement.
Ten Strands is offering customized services to schools, districts, county offices of education, nonprofits, other public agencies, and individuals within organizations, in addition to piloting a capacity-building program that provides cohort-style technical assistance.
CUSTOMIZED SERVICES
Consultation Services and Coaching
Provide background and contextual information for this work in the field, support the identification of needs and assets, assist with problem-solving during stuck points, share best practices, etc.
Networking
Connect constituents to relevant community-based partner organizations, agencies, service providers, and leaders in the field who can support them.
Training and Professional Learning
Design single or a focused series of training (depending on whether the focus is curriculum, campus, community engagement, etc.), suitable for a variety of audiences including faculty, staff, leadership teams, students, parents, and community partners.
Assessment and Strategic Planning
Focus on baseline or benchmark assessments, in addition to supporting the development and implementation of strategic plans for environmental and climate literacy and action.
Project Management
Support or directly manage curriculum and instruction projects, community engagement program development projects, or sustainable and climate-resilient schools facilities and operations projects.
In addition to the services above, we have also identified different levels of services across three tiers that are described in the table below.
In the 2023-24 School year, Ten Strands is working with the following organizations:
- Proof Point Districts: Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Initiative, Long Beach Unified School District Environmental Literacy Plan
- Proof Point Regional Collaborations: Santa Clara County Youth Climate Initiative (SCCYCI); Tulare County Sequoia Environmental Education Directive (SEED)
- Statewide Projects and Non-Profit Support: CAL-MSCS, Climate Generation Teacher Institute for California
For questions about technical assistance services, please contact chief innovation officer Andra Yeghoian at ayeghoian@tenstrands.org.