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https://zurl.co/l8db For school-aged youth, especially as they enter adolescence, their circles of influence are heavily impacted by peers and non-related adults within their areas of interest. This makes sports a critical pathway to influence children’s and teens’ future career aspirations. These interests follow young people into adulthood. Sports Power Clean Energy meets youth and families where they are. Our clean-energy education curriculum and clean energy professional insights expose youth, coaches, and parents to clean-energy lifestyles, workforce training and career placement. Over 90% of Sports Power Clean Energy participants were not aware of the clean energy industry let alone workforce and supply chain opportunities for themselves. #IPF2024 #IPFConf #2024IPF #offshorewind #localcontent #sportspowercleanenergy

https://zurl.co/l8db For school-aged youth, especially as they enter adolescence, their circles of influence are heavily impacted by peers and non-related adults within their areas of interest. This makes sports a critical pathway to influence children’s and teens’ future career aspirations. These interests follow young people into adulthood. Sports Power Clean Energy meets youth and families where they are. Our clean-energy education curriculum and clean energy professional insights expose youth, coaches, and parents to clean-energy lifestyles, workforce training and career placement. Over 90% of Sports Power Clean Energy participants were not aware of the clean energy industry let alone workforce and supply chain opportunities for themselves. #IPF2024 #IPFConf #2024IPF #offshorewind #localcontent #sportspowercleanenergy

https://zurl.co/l8db For school-aged youth, especially as they enter adolescence, their circles of influence are heavily impacted by peers and non-related adults within their areas of interest. This makes sports a critical pathway to influence children’s and teens’ future career aspirations. These interests follow young people into adulthood. Sports Power Clean Energy meets youth and families where they are. Our clean-energy education curriculum and clean energy professional insights expose youth, coaches, and parents to clean-energy lifestyles, workforce training and career placement. Over 90% of Sports Power Clean Energy participants were not aware of the clean energy industry let alone workforce and supply chain opportunities for themselves. #IPF2024 #IPFConf #2024IPF #offshorewind #localcontent #sportspowercleanenergy

⭐Why Energy Express? Unveiling the Educational Benefits! A study conducted by Scholastic in 2010 found that kids in grades 3-5 lose approximately 20% of their school year gains in reading throughout the summer. That is roughly one whole month of learning. More recently, Annenberg Brown University, in 2020, found that grades 1-8 lose about 17% to 34%. The learning loss is observed to be even higher for students with learning disabilities, early learners and families in low-income communities. This slip in academic knowledge is known as the 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞. At Energy Express, we do everything we can to provide a safe, creative, healthy summer of fun, while still working hard to maintain and improve children's literacy rates. 🤔But does it work? Well, here is some great data from summer 2023 to show you just how powerful WVUExtension Energy Express can be! #AmeriCorps #EnergyExpressFamily #SummerLearning

Some know that RAND authors the National Guard Youth Challenge Program Annual Report, but most don't know they've also accomplished a rather large amount of research focused on ChalleNGe. Check out this link which has multiple reports on RAND research projects such as Graduate Goal Setting, the best job skills to obtain, performance measures, Career Technical Education and other interesting subjects. #RAND #challengeworks #ngycp

In this recent piece in RTE Brainstorm, I discuss the challenges facing classroom indoor climate, why they are important, and the need for future resilience. The piece is intended as a public facing introduction to our DOROTHY COFUND funded project, INSIDE-AIR (https://lnkd.in/euHCKB-S) #classrooms #schools #IndoorAirQuality #SustainableBuildings #HealthyBuildings #IndoorClimate #ThermalComfort

Discover how student leaders are driving the transition to 100% clean energy in schools with the Green Schools Campaign! 🌱 Learn about their journey and how you can get involved. https://lnkd.in/eYfiaGuK

Loving days like these! Promoting the Utilities & Infrastructure industry to young people who have, currently, trodden the wrong path. Not only have they ALL said they enjoyed the session, but I have been invited back! To design my lesson plan, to the syllabus provided by the client, is something I really enjoy. We have a session to tweak elements and decide on a case study provided by their course, plus a scattering of examples from my real world experience. (Which reminds me, I should update my STEM Ambassadors profile!). This particular session didn't have a pre-session task, but often the Course provides an example and by me using it as prep for the session, the course leaders have a marked improvement in engagement with the topic. Which is great - getting interaction and understanding started is so important. Well done to the staff and the participants, they have a bit of a journey to release, but I am equally confident that I will have some great businesses attending the end of course celebration - and potential job offers for the participants. Oh and yes, there are the odd people who don't want to be there, don't want to engage and do want to disrupt the session, but today it was a 'silent protest' and actually, I did note the glimmer of interest! #GatsbyBenchmarks #CareerGuidance #Utilities #Infrastructure #FutureWorkforce #Electricity #Water #Wastewater #Development #Regeneration #InspiringChange #Teaching #LessonPlanning #Post16 #Feedback #Oppportunities #CourseWork #Rehabilitation #YoungOffenders #OnlineTeaching #Online #Zoom #Teams #STEM #STEMAmbassadors

The National School Climate Center (NSCC), a leader in school climate research and improvement, is launching a series of blog posts to guide schools in creating safer, more engaging, and equitable learning environments. The series emphasizes the urgency of addressing school climate challenges, exacerbated by recent events like the pandemic and social polarization. The NSCC aims to empower school communities to navigate these complexities and build a positive school climate that benefits everyone. Why do you think school climate is important? Check out NSCC's answer to this question and the introduction to the blog post series below. https://lnkd.in/gdQurz2x

I wrote a rebuttal to David Seymour's commentary about the #schoolstrike4climate. It wasn't picked up by Newsroom NZ so I'll post it here, if you're interested. Most concerningly, our Associate Minister of Education was citing someone who didn't finish his university degree, instead of drawing on decades of #climatescience, to inform his debate. That's downright shocking! Instead, let's look at the facts: 1. 195 countries signed an IPCC report last year calling for urgent climate action. The crisis is upon us. Localised action in this decade at the structural systems level is paramount to the #transition. As cognizant global citizens, many young people understand this. 2. #Ecoanxiety is a valid response to #climateeducation and needs to be understood. A recent study* of 10,000 16-25 year old's across 10 countries found that 75% of young people believe “the future is frightening”. If politicians were meeting emissions targets, instead of campaigning to repeal the Zero Carbon Act (like the ACT party did*), youth might relax and not feel the need to protest. 3. Taking action permits #hope to re-emerge for youth. Participating in movements like the #SchoolStrike4Climate enables students to develop social #agency and participate in #democracy. These skills underpin #mentalresilience. By exercising individual agency within a #collectiveresponsibility framework, young people are not skipping school; they are learning important lessons in best-practice education on #civic #engagement*. 4. School strikes expose youth to a wealth of knowledge beyond traditional classroom subjects. As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights* specifies, education should encompass the full development of human personality, including the right to protest within a democratic society. Through the school strike movement, youth are shifting political structures and questioning the democratic ideals of our society*. Far from mutilating the economy to save the planet, youth want to #savetheplanet to protect their generation’s access to resources. As such, they are challenging the ideologies of politicians like Mr Seymour. 5. Historical evidence shows that #youthactivism is effective. The Civil Rights Movement and the anti-apartheid movement were both significantly influenced by young activists. In climate action, Greta Thunberg has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize*, teens have filed lawsuits against governments*, and youth have championed climate legislation*. Through this work, youth are rewriting the narrative of environmental activism, challenging systemic injustices, and demanding accountability from those in power. This is important work. Finally, if David Seymour wants to be a credible Associate Minister of Education, he needs to understand that learning is a cumulative process across a lifetime, not the outcome of one week of attendance. Hon Erica Stanford MP - maybe you could let him know? * If you would like the links to references, please just ask.