The+Green+Team

**The Green Team **
 * Professional Learning Community **

75% of students will show significant increase in environmental literacy after course completion following new curriculum.
 * 1. **** SMART Goal ** ( ** S ** pecific, ** M ** easurable, ** A ** ttainable, ** R ** ealistic, and ** T ** imely):

//**Click on link for Middle School Environmental Literacy Instrument**// [|MSELI.docx]
 * 2.** **Rationale** In September of 2011, the 7th grade curriculum changed to include a major component of environmental education. Our goal as educators is to utilize this new direction to help student feel empowered to make change on behalf of the environment. Rather than just learning environmental awareness, the new curriculum focuses on improving students' own belief that they can work towards change on a local and community level. Students were assessed as a pre-survey at the end of June, 2011, using the Middle School Environmental Literacy Instrument. A post-survey will be administered in June of 2012.

January, 2012: Continued implementation of Action Plan. Coordination with new MSELI published in December, 2011, by Markowski, Volk, and Hungerford in compliance with National Standards. New national incentive for accountability in school districts has raised the bar on environmental education. Our efforts are focusing on inquiry methods and student empowerment to allow understanding of local channels to implement change.


 * 3. ** **Action Plan**
 * **Activity** || **Person Responsible** || **Timeline** || **Outcome** ||
 * Pre-survey administered as baseline || Kindler, Steneken || 6/11 || Scores recorded ||
 * Implementation of new 7th grade curriculum || Kindler, Steneken || 9/11-6/12 || Focus on empowering students to implement local and community change ||
 * Post-survey to be given at end of school year || Kindler, Steneken || 6/12 || To be determined; scores compared to identify improvement in self-efficacy ||
 * 4.** **Group Member Names: Kindler, Steneken**
 * 5.** **Which Middle School goal does this impact?** #2 and #3
 * 4.** **Group Member Names: Kindler, Steneken**
 * 5.** **Which Middle School goal does this impact?** #2 and #3