Gc Ed Net Ne Strategy Map Revised 20101222
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The document outlines a plan to promote green chemistry education in New England through various initiatives at primary, secondary, and higher education levels. It involves maintaining an engaged community through professional development opportunities and resources, assessing educational needs, and creating new curriculum materials. The goal is to prepare a workforce grounded in green chemistry principles and make the region a leader in sustainability education.
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- 1. Fundraising Green Chemistry Education Network - New England Education – Primary, Secondary and Higher - provide resources, opportunities, strategies and tools to educators at all levels Public Relations: Promotion, Awareness and Outreach C-1 Maintain an Inventory of community members C-2 Promotion, Recruitment & Conversion C-3 Empower Individuals with Tools & Resources C-4 Foster Professional Development C-5 Create GC Regional Centers of Excellence PR-1 Plan Events to Organize & Coordinate Regional Events for Awareness and PR PR-2 Develop and Continually Refine Marketing Strategy PR-3 Develop Media Kit F-1 Create Mechanism to Categorize & Prioritize Active Projects F-2 Maintain an Inventory and Calendar of Request for Proposals F-3 Actively Match Projects to Opportunities E-1 Evaluate, Refine, Advocate, & Infuse GC in State Standards & Accreditation E-3 Infuse Textbooks E-2 Enable a green mentoring hierarchical system E-6 Involve Students in GC Development, Recruitment, and Advocacy E-4 Service Learning E-5 Undergraduate Research Level Specific Educational Resources LSER-1 Involve Students in GC Development, Recruitment, and Advocacy LSER-2 Create new, level specific educational resources. LSER -3 Disseminate and train educators (professional development) LSER-4 Facilitate Publication of Educational Resources for Professional Development While Enabling Dissemination Positioning Statement: The EPA has targeted region 1 to be a national leader in green chemistry and sustainability education, outreach and workforce preparation, We are members of a regional taskforce charged with identifying, developing and supporting a stakeholders group focused on meeting the needs of society today without compromising the resources of tomorrow. Core Purpose: Prepare a workforce grounded in the principles of green chemistry in order to meet the needs of the populace. E-7 Workforce Development Community : Build a vibrant self-sustaining green educational community Assessment : Measure and leverage impact A-1 Develop Methods for Detailed and High Level Assessment A-2 Champion methods to encourage and accelerate innovation
- 2. C-1: Maintain an inventory of community members – Collect and maintain contacts of community members in green chemistry education in New England C-2: Promote green chemistry education in New England, recruit and convert new community members through professional development training, awareness and PR initiatives. C-3: Empower individuals with tools and resources – Provide access to tools and resources for educators at all levels to ensure easy adoption of green chemistry into classrooms and laboratories C-4: Provide professional development for educators of all levels on the content and curriculum of green chemistry in order to disseminate and recruit new members of the community. C-5: Create regional centers of excellence that can act as hubs for green chemistry information, training & dissemination. Each Center would be connected to local community members in their region. LSER-2: Create new, level specific educational resources – Address knowledge gaps and create new, level specific educational resources to be provided to educators PR-1: Plan regional events for the awareness and dissemination of green chemistry education. For example, hosting a green chemistry science fair, development of region 1 EPA green chemistry challenge awards, coordinating an event to coincide with Earth Day festivities or National Chemistry week, etc. PR-2: Develop, continuously refine and update a marketing strategy to effectively disseminate information about green chemistry educational events, curriculum, and resources and to a wide audienc e and ensure the most current information and strategies are being used. F-1: Create mechanism to categorize and prioritize active projects – An accounting mechanism for prioritizing and categorizing projects, along with a tracking system for the projects, allowing to track current active projects, future projects and past projects. A-1: Develop methods for detailed and high level assessment – Design and implement means for assessing the impact of green chemistry education on students of all levels. LSER-1: Inventory and assess gaps in current resources – Assess needs for each educational level to determine the current state of resources and the gaps that need to be filled. LSER-4: Facilitate the creation & dissemination of educational resources, while also providing a mechanism for educators to publish the new educational resources in peer reviewed journals to enable professional development PR-3: Develop media kit - Develop a media kit that can be used to promote the activities of the Education Sub-Group. F-2: Maintain inventory/calendar of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) – Inventorying calls for proposals and funding opportunities and keeping an up to date calendar of deadlines for funding opportunities. F-3: Actively Match Projects to Opportunities – Using the list of prioritized projects, along with the inventory and calendar, match funding opportunities with projects. A-2: Find ways to encourage innovative solutions for green chemistry education at all levels and ways to accelerate the innovation process and leverage resources. LSER-3: Disseminate and train educators (professional development) – Provide level specific training to educators on green chemistry content and resources. E-7: Workforce Development – Incorporate green chemistry into educational and training programs to train students for jobs in green chemistry and sustainable sciences. E-1: Evaluate, refine, advocate, and infuse GC in state standards and accreditations – Determine the best path forward for adoption and inclusion of green chemistry into state education standards and accreditations. E-2: Infuse Textbooks – Work with educators whom are adopting and incorporating green chemistry into textbooks and work to infuse green chemistry into textbooks at all levels. E-3: Develop and disseminate a mentorship program for students at all academic levels, beginning with middle school students through professional scientists. Each level would ideally mentor the level preceding theirs. E-4: Engage and involve students in recruiting other students, developing mentoring programs, coordinating advocacy programs, and other programs that allow for the advancement and dissemination of green chemistry. E-5: Service Learning – Create green chemistry service learning projects as part of a students learning to create a sense of service, to give back to the surrounding community, and to help to inform and educate community members about green chemistry. E-6: Undergraduate research – Engage undergraduate students in research projects on green chemistry topics.