Sustainable Building Teacher Workshops

2008 Sustainable Building Teacher Workshops

OBC is currently planning two Teacher Workshops centered around promoting sustainable building education as it relates to academic and technical teachers. The workshops will be intimate experiences with only 15-20 participants per class and will include classroom and field-based learning.

Portland | Southern Oregon

Sustainable Building Teachers Events in Portland

In Portland, we will offer a series of information events about sustainable building exclusively for middle school and high school teachers of all disciplines from the Portland Metro Area. The events will be held once a month in the evenings starting in the fall of 2008 at the Academy for Architecture, Construction and Engineering in NE Portland and will be facilitated by passionate industry experts. The information events will be offered free of charge for teachers thanks to a generous grant from the Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter Foundation.

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Sustainable Building Careers Pathways Project in Southern Oregon

Thanks to a generous grant from the State of Oregon's Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, OBC will partner with Rogue Community College and the Southern Oregon Educational Service District to create a new pathway from high school to post-secondary education in the high-growth, high wage industry sector of Sustainable Building. The project will include a one-week Teachers Workshop that will bring together high school and community college science and math teachers, counselors, curriculum staff and administrators with industry experts in the fields of sustainable architecture, construction and engineering. Out of the workshop will come a Pathway Design Team to take the information learned during the week and build upon it to create a new Sustainability Pathway. The Workshop and Pathway Design Team work are scheduled for summer 2009 but promotional activities will begin in the fall of 2008.

Credit through Rogue Community College may be available to participating teachers. The workshop will offered free of charge for teachers but will require a refundable deposit to reserve a spot.

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For more information about these workshops, please contact Jan Wierima, OBC Program Manager, at 503.318.8145.