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Pre-Conference Sessions, December 4
Note: These sessions run concurrently, from
1 - 4:30 pm. Registration cost is $250.
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Green Schools A to Z |
New to green schools? Want to brush up on the
basics of green, or "high performance," school facilities? This
session will provide a comprehensive overview of the basic components
of green school design and their benefits. Learn the fundamental
principles and objectives that underlie any green school; how builders
and school districts have achieved remarkable bottom line savings; and
a sustainable approach to green operations. Success of green schools
depends on creating a school-wide culture that recognizes and pursues
sustainability, engaging students, faculty, operations staff, parents
and the community. This session has it all! Presented by a panel
moderated by Deborah Moore, executive director, Green Schools
Initiative
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How Do I Pay for
This?
Proposition 1D and Other Funding Options and Strategies |
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Proposition 1D
offers $100 million in high performance school incentive grants. Find
out how to apply for these funds and learn about the wide range of
strategies that exist to address the economic challenges involved in
greening your schools. This session will provide concrete examples of
the ways that these projects can be funded and assistance in
identifying the strategies and funding sources that are best for you.
Presented by a panel from the California Office
of Public School Instruction moderated by Rob Cook, OPSC executive
officer
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How to Get Your
Green School Built:
LEED for Schools and Green Schools Advocacy |
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Interested in making the case for green schools? This workshop will
explore effective strategies for getting green schools built in your
community and encouraging district-wide adoptions of green building
standards. LEED for Schools offers a comprehensive tool for schools
that wish to build green with immediate, measurable and certified
results. This session will introduce USGBC's new green building rating
system and provide the necessary tools and resources you need for
effective green school advocacy in California and beyond. Participants
in this workshop assess the needs and concerns of various stakeholders
in school construction – from parents to facility planners, teachers
to school boards – and work together to create a Green Schools Toolkit
for effective advocacy and successful green school projects.
Presented by Rachel Gutter, Schools Sector Manager, US Green Building
Council; co-presenters - Wendy Rogers, AIA, Principal, LPA Architects
and Pauline Souza, AIA, Director of Green Services, WRNS Studio
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Greening the Curriculum |
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Room 103
Wherever your
school is on the road to becoming green, it can provide a context for
achievement of key math, science and social science standards. Taking
advantage of this opportunity requires an approach to instructional
design that works backwards from the real world of your students'
environment and uncovers the concepts, knowledge and skills that are
at the heart of those standards. This session will walk you through
that process, and give you the skills AND resources you need to take
it back to your colleagues and implement it in your school.
Presented by Dave Hendry, President, Real
Curriculum
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LAUSD's Green
Vision |
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LAUSD's Green Vision - Room 101
In 2001, the Los Angeles Unified School District was the first school
district in the nation to commit to CHPS. Over the past seven years,
the District has learned, often the hard way, what it takes to
successfully implement a district-wide high performance schools
initiative. The key has been to use CHPS as a tool to rethink how to
deliver the best schools for students, staff and the community. This
session will explore the lessons learned as well as the processes and
tools developed by LAUSD and available to others to for use in your
own program. Presented by panel from LAUSD moderated by Ying Wang,
Program Manager - CHPS/Energy, School Planning and Design New
Construction Branch, LAUSD
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