PEI is one of the community-based organizations funded by the ClimeTime initiative which is overseen by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in collaboration with the UW Institute for Science + Math Education. OSPI manages the network and the grant funding flows through all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington, some Tribal Compact Schools, and nine community-based organizations, which are launching programs for science teacher training linking Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science.
In addition to teacher professional development, the project supports the 18 grantees to develop instructional materials, design related assessment tasks and evaluation strategies, and facilitate student events.