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PLT GreenSchools: Student Leadership for Environmental Stewardship

Learn about PLT GreenSchools program that combines community service and student learning to develop leadership skills, promote environmental stewardship, and create a sustainable future.

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PLT GreenSchools: Student Leadership for Environmental Stewardship

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  1. Welcome to Lori Paradis Brant lbrant@ctwoodlands.org 860-346-TREE

  2. www.ctwoodlands.org/PLT_CT

  3. What is PLT?

  4. Support for Members of Connecticut Forest & Park Association

  5. What is Environmental Service-Learning? • Community service • Learning • Service-learning +

  6. Service-Learning Characteristics* • Meaningful Service • Curriculum Connection • Reflection • Diversity • Youth Voice • Partnerships • Progress monitoring • Duration and intensity • Celebrate and share successes • Others? *As defined by the National Youth Leadership Council

  7. Inspirational • Creates responsibility • Develops critical thinking skills • Grows leadership What is it?

  8. Why become a PLT GreenSchool?  Learning Cost savings Student leadership skills Recognition Environmental stewardship Health

  9. Program Components 1. Professional Development • Five GreenSchools! Investigations 3.Environmental Service-Learning Action Projects

  10. PLT CT GreenSchool: Two Rivers Magnet Middle School, East Hartford “Their work has shown me all the things students can accomplish when they’re given leadership opportunities and a voice,” says school enrichment coordinator/Green Rivers team advisor Christie Hazen and PLT CT Educator of the Year, 2011-2012.More on Two Rivers as a PLT GreenSchool!

  11. Authentic Student Voice “Our goal is to educate ourselves, our school, and do outreach work in nearby schools and towns. We want to teach others how to conserve energy, recycle, compost, and how to protect the environment. ” Green Rivers You Tube Video

  12. Registration: www.greenschools.org • Professional development • Establish GreenSchools! Team • Investigate • Action projects • Results & success Certification Requirements

  13. Environmental Quality -Discover the connections among dust, air particles, and asthma Energy Investigation -Using technological tools -School-Wide Energy Survey

  14. tree benefits calculator

  15. www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html

  16. School Site investigation -Creating a school map -Using on-line calculators to determine the value of trees Waste & Recycling -Interview school personnel to learn about purchasing policies Water -Understand their place in the local and regional watershed

  17. Connections

  18. “Our Green Rivers Club started as a grassroots thing, the idea of just two students. Now it involves the whole school community and many different projects. From the beginning, PLT’s GreenSchools! program has helped our students grow in skills, leadership, and environmental awareness.” --Christie Hazen, Enrichment Coordinator, Two Rivers Magnet Middle School, East Hartford and PLT CT Educator of the Year, 2011-2012

  19. Small Group Discussion Questions • What are some possible environmental action projects that could combine community service with student learning? • What state or local partner organizations might you involve in PLTGreenSchools? 3. If you have an existing “Green Schools” type program – how might you partner with them to accomplish the goals of PLT’s GreenSchools! initiative?

  20. Thank You! PLT GreenSchools Facilitator: ADD YOUR NAME/CONTACT INFO IF DESIRED PLT CT Coordinator: Lori Paradis Brant Connecticut Forest & Park Association lbrant@ctwoodlands.org 860-346-TREEwww.ctwoodlands.org/educ

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