BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN SCHOOL WORKGROUP: MEETING 2 Green Ambassador INSERT NAME INSERT CONTACT INFO1 INSERT CONTACT INFO2 For additional information: Joanna Pi-Sunyer Green Schools Coordinator Baltimore City Public Schools

Today’s Goals 2 Goals:  What do we want in our new school? Review the survey.  What partners are involved in making schools green?  What are the Green, Healthy Smart Challenge grants?  What is the MAEOE Green School Award?  What are the Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards?  What are the connections between building design, operations, programs and curriculum?

Workgroup Purpose and Goals 3  Purpose: To advocate for green initiatives that contribute to a healthier learning environment and increased educational opportunities.  Goals: To influence the design of this school in ways that support the community’s priorities for sustainability. Support MD Environmental Literacy Standards. Be a bridge to the design team. Begin or expand current green practices. Seek Green School Award.

Participants & Ambassadors 4  Participants: students, teachers, staff, students, parents, partners and community members interested in sustainability  Ambassadors: volunteers passionate about sustainability and trained to facilitate the workgroups

Green schools…. 5 Help kids:  Hear  See  Breathe  Move  Think  Feel And:  Are designed, built and operated to be great buildings  Reduce our environmental impact  Promote the health of students, staff, teachers & the community

Steps  Decide what you have and want – e.g. a garden, a utility kiosk, an outdoor classroom, food education spaces  Understand the design process – know when you can influence the design 6  Engage your design team – ask questions, tell them what you want and they can incorporate your ideas  Plan for now and the future – build your team for today and when your new school opens

School Survey: Current green programs 7  [list here responses from assessment]

School Survey: Current green physical features 8  [list here responses from assessment]

School Survey: Future green programs 9  [list here responses from assessment]

School Survey: Future green physical features 10  [list here responses from assessment]

Partners: City Schools 11  Engagement – Green Schools Network  Teaching & Learning  Facilities  Design & Construction Operations & Maintenance Health & Safety  Food & Nutrition Learning to Work Great Kids Farm Service Learning  School Support Networks

Partners: External 12 Partners (sample):  American Institute of Architects Baltimore  Audubon Society Patterson Park  Baltimore City Dept of Public Works  Baltimore City Dept of Recreation and Parks  Baltimore City Office of Sustainability  Baltimore Community Foundation  Baltimore Ecosystem Study  BioEYES/Carnegie Institution for Science  Blue Water Baltimore  Chesapeake Bay Foundation  Chesapeake Bay Trust  Civic Works  Irvine Nature Center  Maryland Environmental Health Network  Maryland Association of Environmental & Outdoor Education  Parks & People Foundation  US Green Building Council Professional Development:  Living Classrooms  Baltimore Ecosystem Study  Irvine Nature Center  University of Maryland

Green, Healthy, Smart Challenge Grants 13 Totals: 114 schools 296 grants!

Gilmor – recycling team Highlandtown #215 – building bird houses for Marshy Point State Park Hilton – outdoor classroom & orchard Roland Park – schoolyard green map 14

Federal Hill Prep – living wall & air quality Moravia Park – recycling Montessori – bicycle-powered blender Cross Country – student-built solar oven

Thomas Jefferson – environmental education lesson matrix Guilford – schoolyard design Armistead Gardens – tree planting Tunbridge – Nature Art

Green School Awards 17

Green School Awards: MAEOE Why be a certified Green School?  Academic achievement  Interaction with nature  Health effects on social, emotional, cognitive and physical development  Development of a 21 st century workforce  Importance of environmental literacy and engagement  Stewardship  Recertify every 4 years 18 A state-wide nonprofit educational association that runs the Maryland Green Schools Awards Program $750 stipend per year for two years to a teacher who leads the application!!

Green School Awards: MAEOE  Objective 1 – Systemic sustainability Curriculum and instruction – environmental issue instruction with at least one example per grade level Professional development (PD) - all staff is aware of application, and at least 10% of staff have participated in environmental education PD School-wide environmental behavior change (not required) – e.g., electronic newsletters, task lamps, integrated pest management Celebration – at least one school-wide, annual event  Objective 2 – Student-driven sustainability practices – 2 actions in at least 4 of categories: water, energy, solid waste, habitat, structures for environmental learning, transportation, healthy school environment  Objective 3 – Community partnerships, awards and special recognition 19

Public Schools  Academy for College and Career Exploration  Augusta Fells Savage Institute for Visual Arts  Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School  Benjamin Franklin High  City Neighbors Charter School  Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle  Cross Country Elementary/Middle  Curtis Bay Elementary  Federal Hill Prep Elementary  George W.F. McMechen High  Green Street Academy  Hilton Elementary  Independence High  John Eager Howard Elementary  Highlandtwon #215 Elementary/Middle Baltimore’s Green Schools 22 Baltimore City Public Schools and 6 Independent schools  Mount Washington Elementary  Patterson Park Public Charter  Roland Park Elementary/Middle  The Green School of Baltimore  Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle  Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle  WEB Dubois High Independent Schools  Baltimore Lab School  Calvert School  Catholic High School  St. Elizabeth School  St. Casimir School  Waldorf School of Baltimore

What is Environmental Education?  To enable students to make decisions and take actions that create and maintain an optimal relationship between themselves and the environment  To preserve and protect the unique natural resources of Maryland, particularly those of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. 21 Maryland State Department of Education

Climbing the Environmental Literacy Ladder Capacity for personal and collective action and civic participation Problem solving and critical thinking skills Attitudes of appreciation and concern for the environment Knowledge and understanding of human and natural systems and processes General awareness of the relationship between the environment and human life Campaign for Environmental Literacy 22

Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards 1. Environmental Issues Environmental Issue Investigation Action Component 2. Interactions of Earth’s Systems Earth Systems Systems Thinking 3. Flow of Matter and Energy Conservation of Matter within Earth Systems Energy Distribution through Earth Systems Interaction of Physical Systems and the Biosphere 23 State law requires that students graduating are environmentally literate and that school systems integrate environmental education in all grades Next Generation Science Standards: National voluntary standards with topics including energy, nature, climate, sustainability and the earth

Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards, continued 4. Populations, Communities and Ecosystems Cycling of Matter and Energy Population Dynamics Community and Ecosystem Dynamics Stability in Populations, Communities and Ecosystems Diversity 5. Humans and Natural Resources Human Impact on Natural Processes Human Impact on Natural Resources 6. Environmental Health Natural Changes and Human Health Human-Induced Changes and Human Health Hazards and Risk Analysis 24

Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards, continued 7. Environment and Society Environmental Quality Individual and Group Actions and the Environment Cultural Perspectives and the Environment Political Systems and the Environment Economics and Environment Technology and Environment 8. Sustainability Intergenerational Responsibility Interconnectedness of Systems Influence of Economic Systems on Sustainability Influence of Social and Cultural Systems on Sustainability Limits of Ecological Systems Action Component 25

Next meeting  Who else should be here?  When shall we meet?  How do our priorities affect the school design?  Are our priorities reflected in the feasibility study and/or concept design?  Who is communicating with the architect/engineer team?  How can we begin the Green School Awards application? 26