INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION SEMINARS
CELF offers half-day and full-day programs to explore Sustainability Education (SE), learn how it improves student learning and achievement, increases student involvement, and how schools have successfully implemented SE within their existing programs.
ANNUAL CELF SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION:
July 6-10, 2009, Middle and High School Teachers and Administrators
July 13-15, 2009, Elementary School Teachers
Co-sponsored by Manhattanville College
- CELF 2009 Summer Institute for Sustainability Education: an intensive collaborative learning experience designed to build a community of K-12 educators who are sustainability education leaders and practioners.
- Institute strands for grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Educators will work specifically on integrating sustainability content and themes into existing math, social studies, science and ELA curriculum.
- Middle and High School Presenters: Susan Santone, Director of Creative Change Educational Solutions; Scott Beall, Director of Integral Learning Systems; Melissa Billings, Chappaqua School District Elementary School teacher, district trainer and Science 21 designer for Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; as well as content experts from related fields such as:
- Green building and renewable energy
- Green mapping (applying GIS technology to sustainability analyses)
- Elementary School Presenter: Jen Cirillo,
Director of Professional Development at Shelburne Farms
- Program evaluation continues throughout the year to focus on the Institute's impacts on student achievement and teachers' professional growth. Stipends for participation in program assessment are available.
- 2009 Institute: co-sponsored and hosted by Manhattanville College - School of Education, at its Purchase, NY campus.
- Course eligibility: 2 in-service credits OR 3 graduate school credits (MS/HS Workshop), 2 graduate school credits (Elementary Workshop).
- Learn more about future CELF Summer Institute's or to arrange a workshop at your school, please contact Katie Ginsberg, Executive Director of CELF, at katie@celfoundation.org, or call (914) 238-4743.
SCHOOL CELF EVALUATION:
- Sustainable School Coordination Program - LEED-certified schools and others seeking to achieve high green building standards learn how to turn their facility into a place-based learning model. Curricular tie-ins provide students and faculty an understanding of and connection to the green attributes of their school.
- World Cafe - An in-school forum where participants gather to discuss ideas, clarify the context, explore questions that matter, connect diverse perspectives, encourage each person’s contribution, listen together for patterns, insights and deeper questions, and share collective discoveries.
CELF Programs for students and communities
ANNUAL STUDENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE EXPO: [EXPO site]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York
- Features participating corporations' creative and innovative sustainable and ecological practices. The goal of the EXPO is to ignite student interest in studying and pursuing career paths that promote a sustainable future.
- Showcases student work in related areas of study
- Exposes whole communities to a variety of green practices and leaders across fields of sustainable development.
- For more information on how to become an exhibitor or visit on a school field trip, or to join the expo volunteer staff, please visit: www.celfoundation.org/expo09.
SCHOOL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTING PROGRAM: An in-school full-day program conducted by CELF, along with parent volunteers, to teach the concepts of sustainability and humans' impact on earth and provide students with empowering, relevant tools to address global concerns. Students explore their school and interview "experts" in order to formulate the facility's carbon footprint and then learn ways to reduce their impact as a school and a community and at home.
LEARNING WITH LEADERS PROGRAM: An annual speaker series for
students and teachers to explore a variety of topics with experts from across industry and government; FREE of
charge and OPEN REGISTRATION for 8th-12th grade students and all teachers. Locations vary
throughout the series to encourage participation from across the Tri-State region. To request to host a LwL Program at your school or facility CLICK HERE and submit a suggested topic and date(s).
2007-2008 School Year Series included:
- Green Companies: Cool Ideas for a Cool Planet
Presenter: Dr. Riva Krut, VP Cameron-Cole LLP
- Renewable Energy Syposium
Presenters: Jon Koch, Founder & Managing Director, US Renewables Group
Topic: Investment in our Future: the Case for Renewable Energy
Rosi Kerr, JUICE Inc.
Topic: Alternative Energy 101
Moderator: Robert Preston, Portfolio Manager Merrill Lynch Global
Private Client Group
- Product Life Cycle and Material Science: The Science Behind Sustainable Design READ ABOUT IT!
Presenters: Melissa Desota, Developer Environmental Strategy & Programs,
Steelcase Inc.
Jay Bolus, Executive Vice President of Technical Operations
McDonough Braugart Design Chemistry (MBDC)
Moderator: Chris Hall, CELF Board Member,Senior VP, Mizuho Corporate Bank
Co-sponsors: Steelcase and Waldner's Business Solutions
- Legally Speaking: Perspectives in Environmental Law
Pace University Center for Environmental Legal Studies - Program goal: to introduce
high school students and graduates to the variety of backgrounds and experiences of
people taking on climate change, environmental stewardship, and sustainability
issues from the legal profession.
A guided tour hosted by a LEED-certified professional who will explain green
building's environmental, societal and economic benefits.
INTERACTIVE CELF WEBSITE:
- www.celfoundation.org serves as a source for the most current SE theories and practices and as a networking and communication resource for teachers and field experts.
- The website is continually updated with CELF's programs and initiatives and Students for a Sustainable Future EXPO details.
