Teaching the Teachers
CCEF has begun an ambitious effort to train teachers in solar energy education. Cities and towns that have committed to 20% clean energy by 2010 are eligible to send up to two teachers to workshops focused on solar energy education at the 9th grade level.
The Learning for Clean Energy Innovation (LCEI) initiative started with a group of eight volunteer science teachers in Glastonbury, Milford, and West Hartford and is gradually being rolled out to other cities and towns. The ultimate goal is to use monitoring software linked to solar panels on schools and other buildings to collect operating data for students to analyze. Lessons will link together energy conservation, electricity, and solar energy.
The solar energy lessons are aligned with the Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework and will serve as alternative lessons for the Energy Transformations module of the 9th grade standards. The Solar Education Unit was developed with the support of the Department of Education, a working group consisting of experts from the education field in Connecticut, and an education consultant.
The Next Workshop Training
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund would like to invite science teachers working with the 9th grade science frameworks to participate in one of two scheduled professional development workshops this fall. Each workshop offers training and materials in addition to Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for all participants. Complete solar tool kits are available for teachers from 20% by 2010 communities. The LCEI program is a test pilot program and space is limited to one hundred teachers.
To sign up for a Fall 2008 Learning for Clean Energy 9th grade solar workshop please complete the on-line registration form by Oct. 2, 2008.
Fall 2008 workshops, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- October 9 - Greater Hartford Academy for Mathematics and Science, Hartford
- November 6 - EastCONN, Willimantic
Please note, all teachers that register after Sept. 8, 2008 will be put on a wait list. We have maximized the classroom space available in Hartford and Willimantic.
Please continue to fill out the a registration form because we are working to find a Saturaday workshop date. We will send an update on Oct 2nd to wait listed teachers.
For questions please contact Beth Byron at the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund; (860) 257-2882 or email beth.byron@ctcleanenergy.com or Jillian Carbone; (860) 257-2881 or email jillian.carbone@ctcleanenergy.com.
Program Documents