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=__**West Orange Workspace**__ =

**Team Member Names**
1. Xavier Fitzgerald

2. Bob Csigi

3. Fil Santiago

4. Jennifer Dowd

**Mission Statement:**
The West Orange School District wishes to have healthier schools and a lower cost by reducing environmental impact of the school community, and supporting the use of the building as a teaching tool. The District is committed to implementing practices consistent with sustainable living. Conservation of resources, waste reduction, recycling and increased reliance on renewable energy will remain a focus for the school and our students.

District Leadership

 * Green School Initiative Survey will be filled out by school principals in conjunction with Bob Csigi and head custodians of each building.
 * Benchmark energy expenditures with the past 12 months of electric bills and water utility bills. Document in Energy Star.- (Princeton Green)
 * Provide environmental education professional development for teachers and administrators. Or public resources for teachers.
 * Present scenario in the PBL format- challenge administrator to identify solutions and track changes.*
 * In order to assist administrators to monitor school greening, they will create an after school Problem Based Learning program that utilizes technology to investigates and report: Energy, water, waste and recycling, school site, environmental quality.*
 * Adds a subcommittee to the Health and Wellness Committee for Green Schools Initiatives.*

//**PBL for Administrator***//
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Information to include:

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">//Using the Building as a Teaching Tool- Green Schools After School Program*// =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__Green Detectives Program:__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scope:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Determine system usage and find ways to conserve in the areas of energy, water, waste and recycling, school site, environmental quality. Any thing that uses energy costs the school money. While the schools have already taken some measures to reduce the amount of energy they consume, what can we do to have a healthier school for less money?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Grade Level:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4th and 5th

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Problem:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><Need to frame for a student> What makes our school work? Imagine going to a school without lights, water, trash cans, a yard. Where would you wash your hands, or get a drink of water? How would you read your books? Where would you throw your trash or play? We need these things in order to have a school that functions. Design develop and demonstrate .... underwater community. What can we do to make our school sustainable? Reference Mars Project

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Action Plan: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Guiding Questions:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[[file:Green Detective Action Plans.doc]]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What do we need to know in order to find out how much energy is currently being used?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What cost free or low cost options exist to address the problems?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What can be done immediately by addressing behavioral changes?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who can impact those behavioral changes? How?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is the timeline to implement the changes?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How will we measure our success?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Program Evaluation:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will design a website that details their energy investigation.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This website will document the steps taken to conduct an energy investigation.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rubric to include: visuals, data representation, recommendations, implementation, impact/ effectiveness

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Materials for Energy Research Packets:// >>> >>
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Audits
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.greeneducationfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_fjrelated&view=fjrelated&id=596&Itemid=454
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lighting Solutions
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Light shelves
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://livebuilding.queensu.ca/green_features/smart_lighting/light_shelves
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">GPS Suntracks
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://gpsobsessed.com/suntracs-solar-powered-gps-tracker/
 * Solar Panel
 * http://www.energyrefuge.com/store/solar-228013-B000CIADLG-Sunforce_50044_60_Watt_Solar_Charging_Kit.html
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Example Schools
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Neptune- http://www.neptune.k12.nj.us/11361023211333587/site/default.asp
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">E-cube
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.prlog.org/10784664-new-ice-cube-stops-refrigeration-burning-up-money-ecube-in-ireland.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Materials for Air Quality:// >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Smarter Paint
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.smarterpaint.com/non-toxic-paints/mythic-zero-voc-paint.html#
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Smart Little House
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.smartlittlehouse.com/
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Shaw Contract Group
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.shawcontractgroup.com/Html/EnvironmentalLanding

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">//Green Schools Initiative within the Health and Wellness Committee*// = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">With the Green School initiative, a subcommittee will develop the anaylysis tools, research what is available, and analyze/ identify areas of weakness or need improvement and recommend action steps to change. Last, benchmark actual savings to schools. Mark low cost or no cost solutions.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Committee will consist of Current Health and Wellness Committee members and will add an additional members to serve as the lead for the Green Schools Initiative Subcommittee.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">They are charged with making recommendations to district administrators that promote the implementation of the mission statement.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">They will investigate and analyze the environmental situation of each school.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">They will recommend behavioral changes for school to implement.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a website that communicates to the public current environmental state of each school, goals, actions, volunteer opportunities, and what they can do at home.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">They will collect, report, and disseminate the financial and environmental impact of behavioral changes in these three main aspects: Environmental, Social, Economic.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Evaluation**:
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is being evaluated? By whom?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Level of compliance with Energy Star of each building. Improve the insulation quality of the building and have a 5 year plan to replace.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Measure impact on student performance- Indicators that show increase in student engagement.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Increased attendance rate of students and teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Decrease in disciplinary incidents.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Affect Interview survey: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Use pre and post surveys on Survey Monkey: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Do you feel different about school? Why? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A. Can implement 6 months in to the program

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy E-Portfolio Documentation (for students and from students- assessment for students)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Benchmark- pick areas to conserve on (lighting, computers, devices... any thing that uses energy)- first is assess, then conserve implementation measurements, generate.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Resources:**
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Healthy Schools Campaign <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green School Buildings <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]