ACCE Green School Application
  • ACCE GREEN SCHOOL APPLICATION
  • Table of Contents
  • Objective One: Use of the Environment as a Context for Learning
    • Criteria 1: Classroom Learning>
      • Learning opportunities
      • 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Science
      • 9th Grade Science & Sustainability Curriculum>
        • 9th Grade Cox Creek Field Trip
      • 10th & 11th Grade Biology Audubon Watershed Experience Partnership
      • 12th Grade Biology Bridge Projects
    • Criteria 1: After School Activities>
      • 2011-2012 ACCE Green Team Activities
      • 2012-2013 ACCE Green Team Activities
      • Middle School Garden Club>
        • Monarch Waystation
        • Recycled Bird Feeders
      • 8th Period Environmental Club>
        • Environmental Issues
        • Noise Pollution
        • Water Cycle
        • Rain Gardens
    • Criteria 1: Summer Activities>
      • Summer Program 2011
      • Summer Programs 2012
    • Criteria 2: ACCE staff professional development>
      • ACCE Staff Professional Development Mondays
      • ACCE Science Team Greening focus
      • ACCE Staff External Professional Development
      • MAEOE Conference
    • Criteria 3: Celebration with All-School Activities>
      • All School Planting Day
      • Earth Week 2012
      • Baltimore Healthy Schools Challenge Awards
      • National Food Day- October 24, 2012
  • Objective Two: Best Management Practices
    • BMP#1: Water Pollution Reduction>
      • Water
      • Reducing Runoff
      • Rain Garden Plans
      • Rain Garden Lesson
    • BMP#2: Conserving Energy>
      • Baltimore Energy Challenge Buy Use Toss Lessons with Students
      • Energy Conservation
      • Towson University Energy Analysis Collaboration
    • BMP#3: Solid Waste Reduction>
      • Art integrated curriculum
      • Recycling Challenge
    • BMP#4: Habitat Restoration>
      • Pre-existing conditions
      • Restored Green Space at ACCE
      • Summer 2011 - Removing invasive species
      • Pavement to Prairie
      • Tree Plantings at ACCE
    • BMP#5: Structures for Learning>
      • Student Projects
    • BMP#7: Healthy School Environment
  • Objective Three: Community Partnerships
    • Our Partners
    • Office of Sustainability
    • Blue Water Baltimore
    • Chesapeake Bay Trust
    • Mayor's Office of Employment Development
    • Parents as partners
    • Hampden Community
    • Communication with partners

ACCE Staff Professional Development Mondays

Every  Monday, the entire staff of ACCE meets to have professional development. These professional developments focus on helping the staff to collaborate and close the achievement gap. Every member of the ACCE community attends these meetings. It is during these meetings that ACCE's dedication to becoming green has been encouraged by staff members. Announcements are made to encourage staff to recycle, incorporate the environment into their curriculum, and push our students to become active stewards of the environment. ACCE had thirty-four teachers in the 2011-2012 school year and forty-two teachers in the 2012-2013 school year.

Cross-curricular collaboration between Science, English, Math, and Social Studies teams-October 23, 2011

The Science team has made ACCE's greening mission one of their core principles.  As a way to encourage other teams to incorporate the environment into their lessons, the Science team worked with the other three teams on a PD Monday. The members of the Science team created activities to help the other teams to see ways that they can utilize Science in their lessons. The attachments below are examples of the worksheets used in the PD. The collaboration with the English and Social Studies teams in particular provided the staff with resources to use the environment as a context for learning. Twenty-nine teachers (85%)  participated in this PD.
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reading_science_passages_for_10-20_pd.doc
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curriculum_mapping1._integrating_math.doc
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Baltimore Energy Challenge-February 6, 2012

The staff at ACCE attended a professional development with the Baltimore Energy Challenge.  The staff learned about ways that they could reduce their energy use at home and at school.  Numerous members of the ACCE community signed up for Baltimore Gas and Electric's energy reduction program.  The impact this professional development had on ACCE and its staff was significant.  Teachers started to become more mindful of their energy consumption and started to turn off their lights more, use power strips, and much more. Thirty teachers (88%) participated in this PD.

Greening at ACCE with Jean Mellott-March 4, 2013

Jean Mellott is a landscape architect who is an environmental consultant to ACCE. She has been working with educators of various disciplines to access the environment through their lessons. In addition, she faciltates the after school greening clubs with the middle and high school students. Jean provided the ACCE staff this PD to inform them about progress of the ACCE greening movement and to explain the environmental issues that the greening program is working to address.  In addition, she had teachers sign up to bring their classes outside with her to improve the school environment. Twenty-two teachers (50%) participated in this PD.
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