dream a little big dream with us! october 2012 aashe conference los angeles, california
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ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY NETWORK
• What If…..• All community college presidents
in a state got together• And committed to increasing
sustainability • Then convinced the Governor of
the importance of sustainability• And received seed money and
grants from the state• Then prepared a grant proposal to
the DOL • And received funding to change
the way students are taught……
• Illinois Green Economy Network is born (2006) and….
• IGEN Career Pathways (2011) takes off…..
Then….
TO
Green Careers Green Curriculum Green Communities
Identify, develop and expand quality green job/career training for students andworkers, effectively informed by community and employer partnerships (balance demand/supply)
Provide assistance and training to Illinois community college faculty to integratesustainability and green economy content into most disciplines and in general education programs
Serve as regional and sector partners for mobilizing community and employer engagement, fostering community education, and supporting action for environmental sustainability
To position the Illinois Community College System as a global leader in transforming education and
the economy for a sustainable future.
Make sustainability a guiding principle for all institutional practices, promote successful initiatives that reduce energy use and the environmental impact at campuses, and enable colleges to serve as sustainable demonstration sites for teaching and community engagement
Green Campuses
VISION AND STRATEGIC PROGRAM AREAS
1. Led the nation in sustainability collaboration
2. Developed working groups tasked with moving forward efforts to build a green economy
3. Expanded from 4 to 20 Illinois community college sustainability centers
4. Trained more than 250 faculty members at 15 community colleges
5. Offered 253 workforce training programs attended by more than 7,050 people
Top Ten accomplishments
6. Hosted sustainability events and workshops reaching more than 102,610 community members, students, staff, and faculty
7. Offered more than 850 builders and codes officials free, full-day Illinois International Energy Codes Training sessions
8. Trained more than 500 college staff, students, and business members
9. Implemented $1.6 million in electric and gas energy-saving measures
10.Leveraged more than $20 million in federal grants
Top Ten accomplishments
IGEN’s cooperative approach leverages the power of a sustainability network with the deep community connections of individual colleges and the innovative strength of businesses and industry to:
Expand deployment of clean energy technologies
Increase employment opportunities
Foster community engagement
Improve human and environmental health
Accelerate market competitiveness
DRIVING GREEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS
IGEN colleges share lessons learned and best practices around sustainability and energy projects through open communication, ongoing cooperation and innovative partnerships
NETWORK COLLABORATION
Lake Land College
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Goals: Entire campus can
be taken off grid Grid positive
How? Campus diesel Geothermal Currently 4 kW PV Installing 40kW PV One 10 kW turbine Two 100 kW
turbines
Lake Land College
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Existing Curriculum Home
automation PV Wind
Planned Curriculum Building
automation Smart Grid
• College Navigator • Access to resources so student s get the right start
• Test prep • Career Advising• Financial Aid assistance• Referral Network
• Embedded general education to enable accelerated completion
Bhag 1 – Reduce time to completion and retention
• NTER – Hybrid delivery of courses – 3D capability
• Cloud Hosted Application – faster response time
• Intrusive Text Messaging Advising• Virtual Career Network
Bhag 2 – Leverage Technology to improve outcomes
• Partner with employers and organizations to better understand core green skills
• Use skills identified to contextualize learning
• Provide feedback mechanism with employers for continual updating of curriculum
BHAG 4 – Create Statewide employer advisory board
• Elevate the discussion of sustainability education in the state of Illinois
• Make community colleges the center of the discussion
• Provide a network
Ultimate BHAG
IGEN is a collaborative multi-college
sustainability initiative transforming how
educational institutions, businesses,
government and community
organizations partner together to produce
new pathways to green careers and drive
green economic development
Julie ElzanatiHeartland Community Collegejulie.elzanati@heartland.edu
Terri BerrymanCollege of Lake Countytberryman@clcillinois.edu
www.igencc.org
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