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Dream a Little big Dream With us! October 2012 AASHE Conference Los Angeles, California

Dream a Little big Dream With us! October 2012 AASHE Conference Los Angeles, California

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Dream a Little big Dream With us!

October 2012AASHE ConferenceLos Angeles, California

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

Presidents Steering

Committee

IGEN LEADERSHIP

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

Heartland Community College

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June 20121.65 MW Wind Turbine – Vestas 8.2

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

BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOALS

IGEN Career Pathways

By the numbers

• 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

• 33/5/193• Outcomes based curriculum design • Backward build

BHAG 3 – Develop 33 Programs

• 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 [email protected]

Terri BerrymanCollege of Lake [email protected]

www.igencc.org