South Bay Clean Energy Education Program
We are creating and piloting a high school program that engages teachers and students in communities of concern in San Diego County’s South Bay on clean energy and its importance to environmental health. Students are learning about clean energy, energy efficiency and resiliency and exploring energy career paths through lessons and activities.
WHAT WE'RE UP TO
- Year 1
- Building the knowledge and experience of an interdisciplinary cohort of 9 teachers from 3 high schools in clean energy, energy efficiency, sustainability and resilience.
- Creating supplemental curricula, lesson plans and activities tailored to diverse courses and the needs of students with 1 paid high school intern
- Year 2
- Educating a total of approximately 1,800 students at 3 South Bay high schools through a variety of approaches about clean energy, energy efficiency, sustainability and resilience, with 3 paid high school interns receiving professional and leadership skills.
- Engaging about 2,000 community members through tabling (e.g., at South Bay Earth Day and the Lemon Festival), community presentations and students talking to their families.
- Producing an evaluation of the program and a replicable package of resources and distributing them to regional educators via our partners.
OUR PARTNERS
California Global Education Project is advising on program design and implementation, providing professional development and coaching for the teacher cohort, and supporting development and implementation of evaluation methodology and analysis.
Tanisha-Jean Martin, a climate equity and workforce development consultant, is coaching teachers to integrate clean energy workforce development into curricula and serve as a role model and presenter for students. Dr. Nan Renner, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Birch Aquarium, and Dr. Crystal Starr Howe, Environmental Literacy Coordinator, SD County Office of Education, are respected professional educators in the region who are advising and supporting the program.
This program is funded by San Diego Community Power with additional support from San Diego Foundation and Calpine Energy Solutions. This program is administered by San Diego Foundation.