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 Why do Green Schools?
- You will engage your staff and your students in learning about energy,
its impacts on the environment, and energy conservation.
- You will save serious money.
- "Confidently recommended," participating district Supervisor of
Instruction.
- "Highly recommended," participating district
Assistant Superintendent.
These benefits have been the demonstrated results of our first two years
of piloting the Alliance to Save Energy’s nationally acclaimed Green
Schools Program in Brick Township Schools and Toms River Regional
Schools. Together these districts saved more than $300,000 in the
2005-06 school year.
We are now looking for additional school districts
that are ready to do something about rising energy costs
while raising student knowledge at the same time.
Our pilot schools were funded by the Office of Clean
Energy at the
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
We want to identify school districts that are ready
to implement Green Schools quickly with local funding, as well as those that
would like to participate if additional funding is secured in the future.
How the Green Schools Program works
- The Green Schools Program is implemented by school teams of
teachers, custodians and administrators, who receive professional
development training and ongoing support.
- The Green Schools Program provides a range of teacher-friendly
lessons and a tool kit of professional energy monitoring instruments
for students to use.
- The Green Schools Program uses a flexible planning model, which
each school team customizes to meet their unique needs.
- Dollar savings are returned to individual schools for
additional educational and outreach activities. This provides a local
funding source for sustaining these activities over time.
This comprehensive approach saves schools money on energy costs and
strengthens academic learning by showing the relevance of science and
math and by teaching about energy and links between energy efficiency, the
environment, and finances.
For More Information, Call Jeff Brown at
(732) 281-8929, or E-mail
globallearningnj@comcast.net
Global
Learning Launches
Green Schools Program in New Jersey
Brick Township Green Schools
Newsletter 2 – March 2005
Saving Energy Bucks
Kids Learn to Conserve
Program
Helps Schools to Bring in the Green
From BRICK TOWNSHIP BULLETIN,
January 12, 2006
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New Jersey Department of Education
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Jeffrey L. Brown
Executive Director |
Paula Gotsch
Associate Director |
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