Guerilla Educators

Student Energy Audit Training (SEAT)

Under the leadership of Ms Merrilee Harrigan, Vice President for Education at the Alliance to Save Energy, students at Oyster Adams Bilingual Public School participated in the Alliance's Student Energy Audit Training (SEAT).  The event was part of the Alliances "Saving Energy in DC Schools" (SEDS) Green Schools program.  Over the next 10 weeks and guided by teacher Jason Hoeksma, nineteen 7th and 8th grade Students at Oyster Adams will devise energy conservation strategies for their school designed to reduce energy costs.  The SEAT training was conducted by Byron Humphries, an exceptional educator who specializes in helping students learn about the many facets of sustainability.  Take a look...

During the 2008-'09 school year, 17 schools in Washington DC will participate in SEDS.  This remarkable program will create powerful opportunities for students to achieve proficiency in grade appropriate curricular and standards-based objectives across a variety of disciplines, develop positive citizenship/leadership qualities, and realize significant energy savings for participating schools.           WIN - WIN - WIN!

To hear an "on location" news report from radio station WAMU 88.5 FM about the Oyster Adams energy conservation project, click here.

To see more video of Green Schools project activities in DC schools, click here.

Service Learning Teacher Training; Green Schools

The Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools program is a nationwide initiative that teaches students the importance of energy conservation. In Green Schools projects, students design realtime strategies for their schools to save energy. This video documents a Green Schools training for Philadelphia educators that was given in 2003.   Take a look...

Many energy based projects were conducted in schools across the School District of Philadelphia as a result of this training.  Here is a compilation of realtime activities from a project whose teachers were part of the training in the video, above. The project took place in an inner city middle school.  Take a look... These 2 videos show an authentic cycle from teacher training through student reporting out of a very strong Service Learning project.