RYE.ca Youth Education Program
RYE.ca Youth Education Program - The Need Education for recycling programs constrained by limited resources Traditional informational messaging secondary to inspirational approaches In-school education outreach “helps build awareness and shift attitudes” Hands-on action research approach Deliver information tied to emotions
RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Development Advisory team: lead teachers in environmental education and science fields Best initial connection for RYE.ca Electricity and climate change Science and Technology in Society and the Environment (STSE) Ontario EcoSchools
RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Electricity & Climate Change Hands-on “action research” approach Five classroom-ready lessons Student activities, teachers’ notes Printable activity sheets, web links (on-demand downloadable PDFs) Sample lesson Collection event, school fundraiser
RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Outreach Introduce program in Tier 1 counties (rural / northern / school boards with limited personnel resources) Curriculum distributed to 23 district boards 400+ USB keys 2000+ booklets Workshops; 120+ teachers STAO Conference 2013/14 Educators’ Toolkit (RYE.ca)
RYE.ca Youth Education Program - Key Learnings Overwhelmingly positive reception 98% rated the program as either excellent or very good Estimated 4,640 students / households reached Spike in RYE.ca web traffic, educators’ toolkit, fundraising Requests for more resources, workshops
RYE.ca Youth Education Program